South Korea

I was happy to have a chance to spend two weeks in Korea, in order to revisit my favorite places and say goodbye to my friends! Here are some favorites from Seoul and Busan. In Busan, we stayed in our ...

I recently visited Bongeunsa, a Buddhist temple right in the center of Gangnam, across from the COEX mall. It’s peaceful and beautiful, especially with all those spring flowers! The lanterns are for Buddha’s Birthday in April.   Here is also ...

Here are a few pictures of things I find funny or amusing. They mostly have to do with animals or strange English! The raccoon cafe was quite a surprise. There’s also a meerkat cafe, but I didn’t go – and ...

It’s been a long winter and I’ve been busy! Here’s a long post with lots of pictures to make up for it… Thankfully, winters in Seoul are shorter and milder than in Montreal, with very little snow. The sun shines, the ...

Gyeongbokgung (Gyeongbok Palace) is the largest of five palaces in Seoul, South Korea. It was built over 600 years ago, as the main royal palace of the Joseon dynasty. On Seollal, the first day of the lunar new year, admission was free ...

On Christmas Day, we didn’t have anything to do, since we’re far away from our families in Canada… It was just another Sunday, so we decided to take a short trip to visit a new city. We saw that Daejeon ...

One November Sunday, we decided to hop on a train and go to Chuncheon with no specific plan in mind except to eat the famous “Chuncheon chicken” – something like “let’s have dinner in Chuncheon”. It was by far the best ...

Seoul is big and hectic, but I love it! The Seoul Capital Area is one of the world’s largest urban areas, with 24 million people, while Seoul itself has a population of about 10 million people. Here’s what it looks ...

C’est le printemps, et donc la saison des cerisiers en fleurs! C’est de toute beauté. Voici donc quelques photos que j’ai prises ici, cette année. En 2012, on était allés voir les cerisiers à Yeouido, et en 2013 on était ...

C’est un vrai plaisir de se balader dans le beau quartier de Bukchon, à Séoul. Les maisons de cet ancien village ont été conservées (ou reconstruites?) dans le style des anciennes maisons coréennes, appellées “hanok”. C’est un quartier normal, mais on ...

J’ai enfin eu le temps de me balader un peu, alors voici des photos prises dans plusieurs quartiers de Séoul : la “Hyundai Card Music Library” à Itaewon, l’université Hongik, des gratte-ciels, un marché, une énorme église, la mosquée d’Itaewon, un magasin ...

Avec sa chanson satirique, “Gangnam Style”, le chanteur Psy a popularisé le nom de ce quartier huppé de Séoul. Mais oui, ce quartier existe réellement! C’est à la fois le “Manhattan” et le “Silicon Valley” de Séoul. Par contre, à ...

We are back again in South Korea! So far, I have mostly pictures of food. Here they are! 🙂