Namsan Seoul Tower

This past week, I caught up with my two friends I hadn't seen since Thailand, and spent more time with my new fabulous friends. We visited a few different areas of Seoul, but the chart topper was definitely the Seoul tower.



The view was amazing even at the bottom of the tower.


We took a taxi up most of the way since we were pressed for time, but many people walk all the way up the hill. Once we got to the top, there were many things to see and do while waiting for our ticket number to be called. Outside under some trees are strings of prayer ribbons. They were all written in Korean, but still very cool to look at.



Now, I've noticed how romantic and coupled up these Koreans are. But I still wasn't prepared for this level of love here on the tower. Think the Eiffel tower is romantic? You ain't seen nothing until you've been to the Seoul tower. It's Valentine's Day, New Year's Eve, and Christmas all combined...and its like that every single day.




People write little love messages or dates on their locks, and lock them to these trees or the fence. The outside area of the tower was just covered with these.

And in case the thousands of locks weren't enough, the walls inside the tower are covered with tiles couples buy and put their pictures and messages on them.



We wanted to see the view from the top at sunset, but the wait was too long. We still had an amazing view of it from the bottom.





After it was dark, we went inside. There is ALWAYS something to look at in Korea. There were stores, a teddy bear museum, some arcade games, and a Twosome Cafe. Yes, there are even cafes just for "twosomes". They also had Turkish ice cream!


Turkish ice cream is chewy, but yummy!

Finally, we rode the elveator to the observatory.






Unfortunately, they didn't have Dallas anywhere. They had cities from all over the world on the windows, and even the South Pole.




I can't wait to visit here again in the fall with Laurie!