I have had years of practice hailing a NYC taxi cab. My perfect form, leg cocked just so, lengthy arm extended directly towards two o'clock...I was in a taxi in a matter of minutes. And off to Namsangol Hanok Village I go! After being inside of a museum, it was a joy to step outside into the Seoul sun and explore these replicas of traditional upper-class housing from the Joseon Dynasty. Although I jumped on the tail end of an English-language tour, I quickly realized it would be way more fun if we just explored the village on our own. It was time to get active. From toe-stand yoga poses in front of archways, ssi reum (traditional Korean wrestling) with my friend Kyung Il in front of a crowd, jumping for joy, or simply doing some classical ballet pirouttes across a stage, we really took the Namsangol Hanok Village by storm. The place was beautiful and had a really tranquil vibe to it. The way that Seoul balances the traditional with the modern is truly stunning and impressive.
Hungry for a snack, I picked up some dduk, a Korean rice cake sprinkled with soy powder. This is not a cake. Let's just say this reminded me more of a really really chewy fruit rollup, sans the fruit flavor. Emphasis on chewy. Luckily, you can snag dduk with a variety of different powders. So while the consistency was fun, the soy powder...not so much. Next time, I'm going to grab the rainbow ones.
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