Insadong

I got up early this morning and headed into Seoul to do some sightseeing. I took the subway to Jonggak and had a browse around the Bandi & Lund bookstore (it has a foreign books section) in the basement of the Jongno Tower. I then walked down to Insadong which is an area of Seoul which is famous for its tea shops and antiques shops and is a lovely area for browsing around. The main street, Insadong-gil, is closed to traffic at the weekends and there are lots of little stalls and shops selling souvenirs and street food. I bought some souvenirs (a silk purse, some traditional Korean art coasters, chopsticks and silk scarves), drank a glass of iced plum tea and ate dolsot bibimbap. I think bibimbap is my favourite Korean food so far - its rice served with vegetables (sometimes meat) and a fried egg on top which you mix together with gochujang (pepper sauce). Probably tastes better than it sounds!