N Seoul Tower
I've been pretty bad at keeping my blog updated, I know, but there are going to be a lot of blog updates that will be coming in the next week to get everyone caught up. In this blog post I will be taking you back in time to the weekend of December 7th, 2008! Yes, 2008! It seems like such a long time ago, and it is. I can't believe it's already February 2009!
The weekend of December 7th, Kim and I couldn't figure out what to do, so on an impulse we decided to go tour around the n Seoul Tower. It is a beautiful tower that served many purposes, such as communication and keeping watch for the North Koreans attacking. In the grounds of the park there are many things to do, such as a botanical gardens, a traditional Korean village, and a hike up the mountain. Since it was pretty cold out and on the verge of snowing, we decided that it would be better to take the cable cars up to the top of the mountain. Because of time constraints, we also didn't visit the Botanical Gardens, or the Korean Village, so stay tuned for another post from the Namsan Park. When we got to the top of the hill and reached the tower, we were able to walk around the complex. There were some interesting things, such as Fire warning signals to signal for the North Koreans that were attacking (these can be seen in the Disney Movie Mulan). If they spotted the North attacking, they light the stack that signals the other tower and that tower lights and signals the next tower and so on. Soon the entire city knows they are under attack. This was very interesting. But to the main part of out visit, the tower. We purchased our tickets and then took the elevator to the top where there is an observation deck. We went up the tower just as the sun was going down, so we were able to get views of when the sun was still a bit up and also a night view of the city. Both were fantastic. The city's skyline is very interesting during the day and lit up at night! There are so many lights and neon signs all around the city that it looks phenomenal from the top of the tower and a clear evening.
As we were coming down from the observation deck we were pretty hungry, so we were able to eat dinner and a quaint little Italian restaurant and it was very pretty watching the snow come down. We had our three course meal, courtesy of Duncan, Carolyn, and Marcia (Thanks!) and it was a very good evening.
The weekend of December 7th, Kim and I couldn't figure out what to do, so on an impulse we decided to go tour around the n Seoul Tower. It is a beautiful tower that served many purposes, such as communication and keeping watch for the North Koreans attacking. In the grounds of the park there are many things to do, such as a botanical gardens, a traditional Korean village, and a hike up the mountain. Since it was pretty cold out and on the verge of snowing, we decided that it would be better to take the cable cars up to the top of the mountain. Because of time constraints, we also didn't visit the Botanical Gardens, or the Korean Village, so stay tuned for another post from the Namsan Park. When we got to the top of the hill and reached the tower, we were able to walk around the complex. There were some interesting things, such as Fire warning signals to signal for the North Koreans that were attacking (these can be seen in the Disney Movie Mulan). If they spotted the North attacking, they light the stack that signals the other tower and that tower lights and signals the next tower and so on. Soon the entire city knows they are under attack. This was very interesting. But to the main part of out visit, the tower. We purchased our tickets and then took the elevator to the top where there is an observation deck. We went up the tower just as the sun was going down, so we were able to get views of when the sun was still a bit up and also a night view of the city. Both were fantastic. The city's skyline is very interesting during the day and lit up at night! There are so many lights and neon signs all around the city that it looks phenomenal from the top of the tower and a clear evening.
As we were coming down from the observation deck we were pretty hungry, so we were able to eat dinner and a quaint little Italian restaurant and it was very pretty watching the snow come down. We had our three course meal, courtesy of Duncan, Carolyn, and Marcia (Thanks!) and it was a very good evening.
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