This is the picture I took of "Brad Pitt" It didn't come out all that well - the point of the picture was to show you these guys who stand in the middle of these mountain roads with light sticks (can you see the little red lights behind him?) trying to get cars to come to their restaurants - all of which sell the same exact thing, pork cutlet and grilled ribs. After our crazy night last night, I went for a big walk around the city on my own and ended up going to Namsan Tower which is Seoul's Space Needle pretty much. It's been a bunch of things since 1394, but most recently a Japanese garrison in the 1890s and then various Japanese fortresses during their occupation and it became a park in the 1960s. It's a few bucks to go up in the cable car, and only about a dollar more for a round trip because lots of people walk back down the mountain - one guy told me had just finished running up it when I was walking around. It's a 3 minute cable car ride, I can't even imagine how hard that run might be. It's really pretty up there, you get off the cable car at the top of the mountain and then you walk up lots of teeny steps to get to the tower area. I remember going when I was younger and FLYING up the stairs. Now, however, it was a bit more of a hike. The view was nice, but none of my skyline pictures turned out that well. Just lots of lights amid the darkness. It was a beautiful, clear night though, so being up at the top of even a little mountain was great!
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(a) What the tower looks like during the day and where it is, pretty much smack in the middle of the city. (Thanks asianinfo.org)
(b) The view during the day, now you can see what Seoul looks like! (Thanks SeoulSearching.com)
(c) Namsan Smoke Signal Station - Way back when, they had smoke signal stations on the top of mountains to communicate between areas. They fixed these up and now they greet you hike up the steps after the cable car.
(d) Before you get to the tower, you see this pagoda. There are benches for people to sit on and you can see most of the area from where it sits. Not as crazy as right by the tower, when I went it was nice and quiet.
(e)&(f) The top and bottom of the tower. You can go to the observatory in the tower too, right around where the blue meets the red, but the line was really, really long so I didn't go.
(g) Me with some skyline behind me.
(h) This guy made killer cotton candy for 75 cents. His cart has been there for over 40 years (he took over from his dad)!
Sorry some of the pictures are blurry, but you get the idea...HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRANDMA!!!
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