For lunch, we went to Seoga and Cook with the Singapore crew, including Kelly and Cynthia.
Seoga and Cook - set meal
And of course, we then adjourned to Solbing and had bingsoo for dessert.
After that, as planned, I went to the National Museum of Korea with Kelly and Cynthia (Ichon, line 4, #2). The museum is located in a serene location not far from the river with a fairly decent view of Seoul. As hinted at by the name, the museum wasn't about contemporary art or even particularly about the histories of the various Korean dynasties, though there were artifacts from those time periods.
View from the National Museum of Korea
The place was separated into many different rooms showcasing items from different eras and movements in the Korean history, e.g. the Buddhist influence on the Joseon period and its related pottery. As such, after a while, all the museum pieces started to meld into one, and though they were interesting in their own right, they did not serve to tell a cohesive story but instead simply became display pieces. I think it gave a fairly decent general review of the Korean dynasty and its influences, but I probably would have liked it more if I went to a museum about the historical development of Korea and its current place in modern society, rather than the archaeological side of things.
It's undeniable that the items on display were beautiful though.
Artifacts from the museum
And of course, as a typical tourist, I had to get my souvenirs at the gift shop. These consisted of some stickers and cards.
Ah! And I forgot to mention, there is no entry fee to the National Museum of Korea - it's free! Just be mindful of the opening times though.
We headed back to Sinchon, where Kelly and I had dinner at a small Korean restaurant where the menu consisted of Korean words on the wall with minimum pictures. My mastery of the Korean language was thus put to the test.
On the way back, we got some bread from the Paris Baguette near Yonsei Uni for our breakfast the next day.
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