Travelogues Seoul

This was our last day in Seoul, so I didn't have any other activities planned besides shopping. I thought we would get back to the hotel early that day and pack up.

After the hectic days so far, we tried to relax a bit - that's how I originally planned it - and I only scheduled two important activities. The morning time slot was reserved for...

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King Jeongjo's temporary palace

Despite being very tired, I couldn't sleep properly on the first night at the Seoul accommodation. I woke up at 3 AM and couldn't fall back asleep afterward. So we set off...

The departure from Szeged started yesterday, so we were looking at a pretty long day ahead of us. Baggage check-in opened at 5 PM. We finished this quickly, as the Korean Air...

Entrance gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace

For today's adventure, we planned to visit the Jongmyo Shrine and the Changgyeonggung Palace to experience a bit more of South Korean culture. To avoid arriving totally hungry and...

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Admiral Yi Sun-sin on Gwanghwamun Square

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in the bus number can change things. However, we're lucky because when we reach the other intersection again, the right Bus 58 comes rushing up. Now we drive the last stretch to...

(according to the Chinese calendar), the next year seems to be my year. But read for yourself: Horoscope 2026 for Dragons After the observatory, food was on the agenda. We...

The view from Ansan Mountain

I am fascinated by Korea and Seoul. The culture, with its entire history and philosophy, has so much to offer, and the people are simply incredibly nice, creating a pleasant...

Why is Korean culture so interesting? Because a ruling dynasty that lasted over 500 years significantly shaped this culture. King Taejo founded the dynasty in 1392. He declared...

Not much happened yesterday—hence there was no blog post. Sometimes there are just days when you take it a bit easy, and that was one of those days. We only went to a local café,...

After a sufficient amount of sleep to counter the jet lag, the first agenda item was to meet with the coffee nerd and his coach (or coachess? I’ll just stick with coach). Picked...

In the evening in Seoul, we take the metro to Hoehyeon Station and first stop at a restaurant where we order and pay via tablet at the table. The advantage: the menu is available...

Dear Kimchi fans, Today also started very relaxed: Around 10:30 AM, we headed to Namdaemun Market – and treated ourselves to a cheese corndog for breakfast. Unfortunately, it...

Shin Kyuk-ho founded the candy factory 'Lotte Confectionery' many decades ago. The name 'Lotte' is derived from the character Charlotte from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 'The...

Seoul offers various modern lifestyles across many districts, but we unfortunately won't have time to explore them all during our five-day trip. Nevertheless, we must visit a...

What happened Saturday and Sunday...

Bahnhof Cangzhou

The first week is over.

The fifth day began quite uneventfully (spoiler alert: and remained so): tidying up the hotel room a bit, packing and sorting a few things. The coffee

"One of everything please!" 😅

Good conversations, delicious food

Laughing Buddhas and heartfelt farewell

First mall, then meal 😉