Seoul, South Korea – 2026 – Part 2

We went to the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History which was very interesting and I enjoyed it a lot. There was a lot about the Korean War and what led up to and beyond. When North Korea attacked South Korea in the early 1950’s, my Dad was in South Korea as he was in the Army. As I mentioned, it was interesting museum.

  • Museum building
  • Display
  • Hyundai Pony, Korea’s first indigenous automobile
  • View from the rooftop of the museum

We also went to the Gyeongbokgung Palace, but it happened to be closed on Wednesdays. We were able to walk around the outside but not go in any of the buildings.

  • This couple had dressed up and I was there in time to see them
  • Gardens
  • More people dressed up

The weather is really nice today and I’m hot! We headed to a craft brewery called the Kiwa Taproom where they had Elujiro Brewing Co. beer. It was in an old building but that didn’t affect the taste of the beer !

One day we took a cable car up to the Seoul North Tower with a structural height of 236.7 metres. It was lovely up there and they had all kinds of little stores and restaurants.

  • Cable Car
  • Tower
  • View from the top
  • People love to put locks on things
  • Funicular to come down

One more post on Seoul and then we head to the city of Gyeongju-si !

10 thoughts on “Seoul, South Korea – 2026 – Part 2”

  1. You saw a lot of different things Susan. Too bad the Palace was closed. A fellow blogger and her family are Korean Americans and last year they took their two kids, (preteens), to Korea. I think they went to that Palace and posed in front of it in a ceremonial/native dress and were photographed professionally, together and separately. I don’t know if that was something they did because they are Korean, or it might have been available if the Palace had been open. I thought you were standing in front of a colorful mural – I had no idea it was a lot of locks. That’s just crazy and I had never heard of putting lock on items until a few years ago when people were locking them onto a covered bridge at Ford Field Park and someone tuned me into why.

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    1. I was in Rome years ago and there was a bridge there, I forgot the name, and it was covered with locks. I personally don’t like the idea I would rather just see the bridge and I really don’t understand the purpose of it.
      If you know why Linda, let me know!
      There were different spots on our trip where you could rent outfits and pose in front of different places. We did not do that, maybe if I was a lot younger I would’ve!

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      1. Susan, I posted once quite a while ago about a lot of locks attached to the mesh part of a covered bridge at a park where I go. It was not totally covered with locks, but enough. Some followers said the people were copycatting the bridge over the River Seine in Paris, the Pont des Arts, a/k/a the love lock bridge. I just Googled to ensure I had it right … beginning in 2007, couples used to attach inscribed padlocks to the railings and throw the keys into the water as a symbol of eternal love. But they attached so many locks onto the mesh part, that portion of the bridge came apart. The locks were all removed – now there is a Plexiglass guard over the mesh.

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