Picnic at Yeouinaru, by the river
Molly and I went on a little picnic at Yeouinaru this past Sunday. It’s an area by the river with lots of grass where people hang out and relax. It was featured in my “Springtime in Seoul” video actually in the beginning, although it was MUCH less crowded when we went this past weekend. Still though, there were people hanging out and enjoying themselves as usual.
Molly is a fun person to hang out with and we have a lot in common, one of which is our devout love of Korean food. So we had an appropriate lunch of kimchi ramen (ramen is really big here, and delicious), kimbab (the Korean version of sushi), and kimchi. I could eat this food for the rest of my life and be a happy camper, haha. There is much to do along the Han River in Seoul…you can paddleboat, fly kites, jet ski, innertube, take a cruise on one of the river boats (something I really should do before it gets to cold!) or just bike along the river.
This is where they host the Hi Seoul! festivals which they have quarterly each year. There are lots of events at these things like open-air concerts, strange competitions, shows, you name it. I’ve always meant to make it to one of these things, but it just hasn’t happened yet. Yeouinaru is pretty far from me also, so that doesn’t help with the motivation in heading over there. Plus I can see another point of the river if I travel about 10 minutes away from where I live, and there are other parks on my side of town as well.
We were a little tired though and content with just walking around. We ventured along the Han and then happened upon the National Assembly Building which we’d never seen before, so we explored a bit of where the government resides. It had a very Washington DC feel to it, but in a creepy way because it was Sunday and hardly anyone was walking around there.
All-in-all a pleasant way to spend a Sunday afternoon, for sure.
