On the first two days of 2025 I visited three of the five royal palaces in Seoul. We (my brother and I) spent the afternoon of new years day at the Gyeongbokgung palace, having slept in for the morning because we stayed up late on new years eve. The next

On the last day of 2024 we joined a tour of the DMZ between south and north Korea. We were part of a large group on a bus that could fit up to 50 people, and because of the military schedules, we had to leave Seoul at 6:40 AM.

While staying in Seoul, we took the opportunity to visit Seoraksan National Park. This park is located near the eastern coast of the Korean peninsula, in the north of the country, part of the Taebaek Mountain range. A friend of my brother's had recommended this place to us

I visited South Korea for about one week. It was the middle country of my planned trip (between Taiwan and Japan), and Seoul was the main destination. We arrived a few days after Christmas and left on the third of January, in the new year. At this point, Seoul was