Seoul searching...

Yesterday was one of many eventful treks to the big city. Dear husband had taken a few days off so we thought it would be a great idea to spend the day in Seoul. In case you don't already know, just to set the stage a bit, Seoul is only about 40 miles from where live. It takes about two hours by car, an hour and 10 minutes by bus, or anywhere between an hour (if you know what your doing) and 3 hours by train (if you make the mistake of taking two strollers, one of which gets stuck in a turnstile, getting separated from husband and one son, husband losing said son, finding said son thirty seconds later thanks to a group of grandmotherly type Korean ladies who saw the panic on dear husband's face, getting on the wrong train going in the wrong direction and stopping at several stops along the way with no English signs and no English speaking passengers. There was also a lost ticket and some Korean charades as well as getting stuck on a train that stopped running completely but I'll stop there.) That was our first trip away from home. I'm honestly surprised we ever left again.

I have to say that for the most part this adventure was relatively uneventful. Thank  you God:O)

Seoul Tower in Namsan Park

"Haechi, Seoul's symbol, is an imaginary creature that helps realize justice and enhance safety and happiness."

This is the observation level of the Tower. What a great place to race cars!

Hubby and I goofing around.

One view from the Tower. Sorry about the spots. The windows were a little dirty.

This was part of the walk down from the Tower. Really nice trails but it was cold! The high was 20 degrees that day.

Hot chocolate with marshmallows!



Post hot chocolate with marshmallows smile.

After warming up, we hit the streets and the subway and after about two hours of navigating crowds and changing trains, we arrived at the COEX Mall which is located at the Seoul World Trade Center. It's ginourmous! The mall and the Trade Center building! 
They have a wonderful aquarium but I had lost steam at this point with taking pictures so here are just a couple that were too cute to not include. 


A Spiderman fish tank!



Double trouble:O)

We decided to try Korean Chicago style pizza (interesting) for dinner and then start the journey home. I'd like to thank my friend Susan for talking to the cab driver (in Korean) that seemed to have no immediate plan to take us where we needed to go. Not because he didn't want to. He didn't know where he was going! And he had a GPS! Go figure.

Never a dull moment!
Lisa