The #Tech world – always communicating behind glass, usually with filters distorting the view. Looking each other face – to – face might help us see one another more clearly.
Mozarella Cheese Corn Dog – 2,000 KRW – at #Namdaemun Street Market in #Seoul (the oldest traditional market in the city)
Better than #myeongdong imo.
Lived in China for 3 years, but there is still so much we haven’t seen! So we were planning a tourism trip around some famous spots, but our Residence Permits expired in early July, leaving us no time.
We ended up booking a last minute trip to Seoul, South Korea (beautiful city and country! Definitely recommend a visit.) in order to leave before our visas ran out and needed to get new tourist visas to go do our travel plans. But I had a pain in the neck time figuring out if I could actually GET a Chinese visa in Seoul.
A couple websites told me that only certain embassies offered it. Other sites said I had to have an ARC (Korean Alien Resident Card). Since those cards are only give to foreign residents, that was kind of a blow for me. (THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT TRUE — SEE BELOW). I did learn from a few people that having a Chinese visa in the past could help.
I decided to run with it and here is the step-by-step process I used for getting a Chinese Tourist Visa (L Visa) in Seoul!
Contact Information:
Call: 1670-1888
Fax: 02-6260-8855
E-mail: seoulsquarecenter@visaforchina.org
1) Many “copies” are needed in this process (passport copies, visa copies, etc). Black & White were acceptable. My hotel didn’t have a printer, so I went to a local Kinkos in Seoul. Just google “Kinkos in Seoul” to find the addresses. They are open 24 hours and weren’t a bad price. The copies were EXCELLENT quality paper–perfect for me. Continue reading
#koreanfood done right! Seoul Train Station has a restaurant on 4th floor called ‘Korean Restaurant’ (inventive huh?! 😂). It is SO GOOD! #motherdearest ordered the #galbi stew and I ordered #Bulgogi. All the side dishes came with. Garlic, Leaf wraps, Kimchi, Radish, Soy Soup, etc. #Yummy
“Stone Guardian from the Baekje Era” – I’m calling him Charley! He just looks so #happy! He’s probably singing the song in his head 😜 He looks like he’d get along great with #Mushu the #dragon
Tripping on #Travel! Hitting the streets of #Dongdaemun in Seoul today time for some #bargain hunting!
America is my country, but #Seoul is my hometown. There is something so soothing to me about this city, with the topsy-turvy combination of new & sleek contrasted with old & meandering. The moment I see my river begin to rise in the bus windows, my soul relaxes and I know it’s all ok. To stand, looking out over a city as old as time. Knowing that for centuries, one nation after another (often repeatedly) tried to stamp out its #culture and #Heritage only for Seoul to stay standing. It’s a Beautiful feeling – Here for 14 days!
😂 Travel #Miscommunication – I asked a local importer if he could help me find #BBQ sauce, knowing that #HuntsBBQ is in a lot of places here. He said ‘Sure!’ A couple days later, they told me my sauce was in and I came to find this – #KoreanBBQ sauce 😜 Also delicious! Just not what I was thinking. One of the fun parts of travel – We have different views of food vocabulary 😄
First – Start on the top left and make a long horizontal line. Then (WITHOUT PICKING UP YOUR PEN!) pull a short vertical line down. Basically, you are forming the “Hangul G.” You see this a lot in Hangul, where on character is used to form another. 
Second – Starting on the left, form a long horizontal line that connects to the first stroke. You are kind of making a backwards, upside down ㄷ. 🙂
Third. Starting on the top left of stroke two, go down forming a short vertical line. Then (WITHOUT PICKING UP YOUR PEN!) make a second long horizontal line. Basically makes a Hangul “N”.
“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city” ~ Roman Payne
Language Translation
Deceptively Blonde 