Day 3: Observations of Seoul, Part 1
Today my aunt wanted to take me to visit the Seoul Museum of History. I think she felt bad that I was travelling alone and didn't have any younger relatives available to accompany and show me around the city. It was a sentiment shared by my other aunts who had children my age but who were unavailable to act as a guide because of work. In reality though, I really enjoyed and preferred travelling alone as it made me in control of my own schedule. I think it would be a little awkward too to all of sudden be paired with someone I really didn't know even if they were relatives. I found Seoul to be very tourist friendly and an easy place to travel. Mind you, I know Korean also (albeit less than I would like) so that certainly helped along the way. It was partly my fault though for my aunt feeling that way because I never explained to her how much I pre-planned my entire trip. For some reason it never crossed my mind until later to show her my Lonely Planet Book, my itineraries, GPS, ...