Namsan Tower

Namsan Tower (N Seoul Tower) is located on Namsan in Seoul. It's a must-do for tourists, although the view isn't any better than the mountains in Seoul (like Bukhansan). In fact, I'd argue that the view from the mountains is beautiful AND has the reward of just climbing a mountain. But I digress. You can take a cable car up to the tower, walk or drive. We took a cab. I was half tempted to limp after getting out of the taxi just so people would think we had an excuse for being lazy foreigners. To our credit, we didn't know the guy was going to drive us all the way up to the tower!

N Seoul Tower 5/29/2010

 On the first floor of the tower is the Seoul Teddy Bear Museum. It is a museum of Korea's history but played out with teddy bears. It's a little freaky and a whole lot of awesome.

Chase, my fiance, 5/29/2010

no big deal. just some bears, building a temple.

our friend, Austin - "Beard Envy"

Like most observatories in city towers, on the windows were the distances to major cities through out the world. We tried to get a group shot in front of the Washington, D.C. (I know what you're thinking. We were all a bit shocked to not find an Erie, PA, USA sign on the windows!)

Some Northwestern PA folks in Seoul, 5/29/2010

The final destination for the Namsan Tower trip was the "Locks of Love." We purchased a lock and marker and sealed our fate! Wouldn't it be great to go back in 10 years and try to find it?!

Our Lock of Love at Namsan Tower, 5/29/2010

... i hope we remembered a permanent marker...