Today was my first day in Seoul, South Korea, and I have to say, despite it getting to a chilly top of only 1 degree, the city has some real charm and beauty.
The things I planned on doing today were closed, and I needed to catch up on some sleep, so I just spent the day exploring some of the streets around Gwanghwamun (nope, I can't say it properly either) which was amazingly beautiful.
I started off with a free museum of contemporary history of South Korea, because despite researching all of the cool places to go, I figured I didn't really know much about the last 50 years of the countries history, and it was really interesting seeing how they developed from a war-torn country to one of the biggest global entities in such a short time, through so much horror and despair, to become to lively and friendly.
After the museum, I just wandered around, past Gyeongbokgung Palace (which was closed) and Jogyesa Temple, which was bright and full of people.
After that, I just wandered around the area for a while, including a huge monument to the creator of the Korean alphabet, one of the old Kings of Korea.
And in case you didn't believe me, there is a frozen creek thrown in there too to prove how cold it is here.
Tomorrow, historic Seoul xx