My feet hurt so bad! I think I've done too much walking. I've also come down with a cold - typical! But I went out anyway of course. Figured some actual fresh might help so I went to Hahoe Folk Village in Andong. It took about an hour and a half by bus to get to Andong. Then I got a taxi to the folk village as I thought I was on a time limit to be back at Andong bus station by 3:15 (boy I got that wrong, which I found out when I got back to Andong bus station)....

Cooking class, dog cafe and Nanta Theatre! Since I took a Japanese cooking class when I was in Kyoto last year, I thought I should try one in Seoul too. And I wasn't disappointed. The meals you prepare and cook are simple to do, but for me this is good as I'm not exactly a good chef at the best of times. We prepared Kimchi (we used cabbage) but that needs to be left to ferment for a couple of days so she cooked some she had made a week or so ago into a pancake m...

So here I am on my first day here in South Korea in the beautiful city of Seoul! Got up nice and early thinking I had a cooking class. After I got dressed and fed I realised that the class is tomorrow, not today. SO change of plan. Instead, I went to Gyeongbukgung Palace and the War Memorial. The palace was stunning. Big gates leading to the buildings. Which were separated out by vast courtyards. Some had some flowers in bloom, others with curling pine trees. ...