N Seoul Tower

We're a little backlogged in Korea. We've had a very very busy week and haven't had a chance to share our most recent adventures with you! On Friday we visited Namsan tower with some of the people we met during our orientation in Seoul. I think we've made some life long friends in just a short couple weeks. We met people from New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa and everywhere in North America. It's pretty fantastic to have friends who literally come from all over the world. 

You can find a really informative link to N Seoul Tower here. We had to climb some pretty steep hills to get to the cable car that took us to the top of Namsan Mountain. I got some altitude sickness because I'm just not used to going to high and it didn't help that I wasn't over my flu. 

Once we got to the top though, it was all worth it. We took a cable car up and the view was incredible. We could see all of Seoul. It was also incredibly terrifying and made me question what I ate for lunch because we were packed in the car with a lot of other people and the car swung on the cable ever so slightly. Not so good for someone afraid of heights.

By the time we got to the top of the tower the sun was beginning to set and we got some really lovely pictures. It also became increasingly cold. The higher we went and the later it got the colder it became.

 At the very top of tower is a lookout point and literally every surface is covered in locks. (Locks you can buy, by the way, for 5,000 won on the way up). The locks symbolize locking your love so that it will stay eternal.

I'm such a sap, so of course we bought a lock and locked it to the fence  near the highest point in Seoul.












After you've locked your love, you throw away the key into this red mail box looking thing. You're supposed to both hold hands as you let go of the key, hence the awkward positioning.


 You can see all the locks behind us. Amplify what you see in this picture by 100.

 The view from the tower is nothing short of stunning.

 I defaced this sculpture, but all the cool kids were doing it!













This is actually the highest point in Seoul. We didn't go to the top because...well the line was long, we were cold and everybody's tummy was rumbling. The picture was enough for this adventure.

Everything on the tower was saturated in cute. The benches inclined towards the middle so you'd have to sit right next to each other. They had trees covered in love locks and even their wet floor signs had adorable bears with hearts on their chests.

We had a really spectacular adventure on Friday, even if it was freezing and we were both still sick.