Day 13: Seoul World Cup Stadium and Museum
I decided the night before to go and visit the 2002 Seoul World Cup Stadium and Museum . The stadium wasn’t a place I initially planned for and thus did not have it on my itinerary thinking there probably wasn’t much to see other than an empty stadium. The more I thought about it however, the more I wanted to check it out because the World Cup represented such a fond recent memory among Koreans, including myself. During the 2002 World Cup, I remember feeling the enthusiasm and support the people of Korea gave to the National team all the way in Toronto. At that time, my non-Korean friends always made comments about how crazy and passionate the Korean fans were as they saw them on TV. I can’t imagine what it was like to actually be in Korea and Seoul during that time. I work in an area with a Korean population so I could also see and hear the local support pouring on to the streets of Toronto after each gut wrenching win on their way to the quarter fin...