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My initial plan was to get a bus right to the airport, but apparently only one bus goes from Ulsan in the morning, and it was already full, probably had been for a few days. My second option was to take a bus to the Seoul Express Bus Terminal, then take the subway, or if I really needed to hurry, a taxi to the airport. But with Buddha's birthday traffic, the trip took six hours, and I didn't get to Seoul until an hour before my flight. I had estimated the subway trip to be about 90 minutes, and a taxi ride probably close to an hour with traffic. So I had to go to a PC room to contact the hotel on Skype. I got charged for a full night for canceling the day of. I won't know what's going to happen with my flight payment until tomorrow when the travel agency opens. I'm hoping I can just reschedule the flight and go for a slightly longer trip in August, after my contract ends.
Anyway, a friend of mine was hanging out in Seoul, so I saw him for a while, and we had some Japanese pub food and chicken on a stick. Later I found a cheapish motel for the night, and went shopping the next day before heading home. I went to Insadong and saw a bunch of art exhibits and looked at/bought traditional Korean stuff. Then I hopped on the subway to get to the bus station and head home. A rain that has been forecast to last at least ten days started just as I got on the bus. Today I saw How to Train Your Dragon in 3D. So it was a pretty decent weekend, except for incurring fees.
Here are pictures from one of the exhibits. I felt weird taking pictures of people's paintings, but other people were taking pictures of these shoes, so I figured I'd share. Here's the website:
http://www.ibluedot.co.kr/1/index.asp
On my way out, a parade was beginning, as part of the Traditional Ceremonies Reenactment deal that was going on. There were some tea ceremony setups, too, but I didn't see those.
