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Day 2: Namdaemun Market

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After leaving Seoul City Hall and Plaza, I took Line 1 down to Seoul Station and then transferred to Line 4 and took it to Hoehyeon Station with the intentions of checking out Namdaemun Market. I should mention that one of things I noticed about Seoul’s subway system is that it seemed really well heated, almost too well heated. Every time I entered a subway station I would always get really warm and need to buy a drink or equip myself with one before hand to cool down. I think part of it was because I was always constantly moving and then wouldn’t realize how warm I was until I stopped moving, but I also think that Koreans are just use to having a warmer body temperature... or you could say that Canadians are better at tolerating the cold. At first that may seem like an obvious statement that Canada is colder but I didn’t think I would feel that way as I always thought that the weather between Toronto and Seoul was very similar. When I arrived at my aunt’s place yesterday, the first ...