Seoul gets a bad rap from some people, but it’s become one of my favorite cities in Asia, having been there a handful of times over the last 24 months. The food is awesome, things work, the people are fashionable, the culture is redolent with history. Enough similarities, yet differences with Japan to always keep you on your toes
You haven;t lived until you come out of the chicken ginseng soup places with your head positively ripping through a ginseng buzz. And then there’s the Soju
When you walk through the hillside neighborhoods up toward the Shilla and Hyatt, the place just crackles with local energy (well, unless its winter and people are sensibly bundled up inside). It can be beastly expensive - that’s for sure - though I gather that the won has cratered since the last time I was there.
Great place - now you’ve got me wanting to go back
