Seoul: Day 3 - Cooking class

The following morning we went back to Gyeongbokgung Palace but this time to watch the Changing of the Guard. There were about 20 guards dressed in colorful historical military uniform, some playing music others holding flags and they walked in a procession changing duties. It was interesting watching them and seeing their colorful outfits although Ciara reviewed it as "good to see" so I'm not sure how impressed she was.

Afterwards we went to a cooking class in Hansik Korean cooking class. Our chef was Jennifer who demonstrated how to make different Korean dishes. We copied her afterwards learning to roll a Gimbap rice roll (similar to sushi), Tteobokki (Korean rice cakes), Seafood Pajeon (seafood pancake) and Budae Jjigae (Korean army stew). I'm not going to lie we enjoyed doing a different activity and learning how to cook Korean food however we didn't enjoy eating the food too much so I don't think we will be making these recipes when we get home.

We rested in the hostel for the afternoon before heading to the Gangnam area which is in the south of the city. We walked around Seokchon Lake which had loads of cherry blossom trees and some pink lanterns. It was so pretty watching the sun set and the lights from the lanterns illuminating the beautiful trees. We sat and people watched for ages as it was a busy lake for locals to walk around.

We decided that we needed to eat a different type of food after all the Korean food this morning so we found an Italian restaurant close to the lake. Often it is not advisable to eat Western food in Asia however there was locals in the restaurant so we felt that it may be a safe option. It didn't disappoint we had some delicious fresh pasta and lasagna. It is handy traveling with Ciara as we seem to have similar tastes, this means we can order to dishes and share them getting a chance to try two different options.

After dinner we got the bus to Starfield Library. The highlight of the bus was at the bus stop as the bench was heated, we could have stayed waiting on the bus for ages. Starfield Library is a strange library as it is in the middle of a shopping center. There are shelves of books all along the wall of the shopping center and then tables were people can sit and read their books. It seems a very useful place for a library although I'm not sure how quite the library would be.
Outside the shopping center was a statue of Gangnam style dance move. Ciara tried to reinact the dance bringing us back to college days.Read more