{"id":78,"date":"2003-11-29T23:33:02","date_gmt":"2003-11-29T23:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=78"},"modified":"2003-11-29T23:33:02","modified_gmt":"2003-11-29T23:33:02","slug":"seoul_food_and_moments_full_of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/seoul_food_and_moments_full_of\/","title":{"rendered":"Seoul Food and moments full of Seoul"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today was my first and only full day in Seoul. Besides breakfast, the one thing I wanted to do was to tour the DMZ.<\/p>\n

The DMZ, despite being the most fortified border on Earth, where the nuclear tripwire is still in effect, is a tourist attraction.<\/p>\n

There are tour groups that highlight Panmunjom, the village that straddles the border and where there is a line that dissects a building in half. That’s where they held the armistice talks. The two big tunnels that were dug by the North that can move thousands of fully armed troops from North to South without detection. Etc, etc.<\/p>\n

Except that you need 24 hours notice to join a tour group, so that the US Army can do background checks and all that stuff.<\/p>\n

So instead I saw the Changdeokgung Palace instead. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the few examples of “culture” on this trip.<\/p>\n

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Also went to a very nice kaiseki (I think) dinner. This was just the beginning of the meal. I think the table has a Kill Bill feel, dun you think?<\/p>\n

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These were appetizers. Then they were empty.<\/p>\n

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We all also drank a huge amount of sake, shochu and some Korean (ginseng?) wine. Wound up taking subway back. For 45 minutes.<\/p>\n

Also, I was told that no visit to Seoul isn’t complete without running into these guys.<\/p>\n

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They were assembling at their staging area to return to barracks after a demonstration. Interesting…check out the face of the guy above as I snapped that pic.<\/p>\n

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Today was my first and only full day in Seoul. Besides breakfast, the one thing I wanted to do was to tour the DMZ. The DMZ, despite being the most fortified border on Earth, where the nuclear tripwire is still in effect, is a tourist attraction. There are tour groups that highlight Panmunjom, the village … <\/p>\n

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