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[oyceter]

1. The new code push for DW is awesome! Especially the expandable cut tag, omg. On another note, I currently xpost to LJ with comments on LJ closed. If that's the case, would people find a link on my DW entry going to the xposted LJ entry useful or not?


2. I am going to Korea soon! Rec me things to do!
   
   I am usually very for wandering into odd places, and I don't tend to like places with a lot of tourists. On the other hand, if it's a good museum, I'm for it. I am not great with scenery or outdoor activity. I would especially love anything on food and/or historical clothing, interesting neighborhoods, fun people watching, etc. A "things to eat" list is also excellent (I eat mostly everything, with the possible exception of bugs, although I am considering trying the silkworms)!
   
   I already am planning on going to as many bookstores as possible, finding used bookstores (any recs?), ordering take out jjajjanmyeon, sitting in one of those outside stands and getting ddeokboggi, and popping into as many convenience stores as possible. What else?
   
   ETA: I am going to be in Seoul for most of the trip, but I think weekend excursions should be possible.

Comments

[dichroic]

For Korea, mostly what I saw and would recommend are the obvious things: palaces like Gyangbokkung, markets like Namdaemun (less overrun with tourists / American soldiers than Itaewon, as I recall). The War Museum was interesting and educational, though a bit depressing; the folk life museum was good. It was very easy to get around, because the roads and subway have signs in English and Japanese as well as Korean.

Oh, and if you happen to need eyeglasses, apparently Korean is known as a great place to get them. I can vouch that I picked up disposable contacts while I was there without needing a prescription (I just got the same kind I'd been getting in the US; I knew my prescription hadn't changed and at the time I was living in AZ where you need a scrip less than a year old to get contact lenses.)