This is a picture of GyeongGyeCheon Stream, which runs through the middle of town (or the side of town that's North of the Han River). It was really nice to walk at night with all of the buildings on either side all lit up. There were a lot of families and couples out taking holiday pictures along the stream. Underneath one of the bridges there was a neat photo gallery showing the area over the years. After the Korean war, the stream was really polluted and the areas around it were basically shantytowns. In the 60's and 70's the whole area was paved over with a street followed by an elevated expressway. It wasn't until the 2000's when they re-renovated the stream to its current pedestrian-friendly state.
I'm not sure where this was (we were wandering around town sort of at random). I think it was somewhere off the main road between Jongno sam-ga and Jongno o-ga. I just liked the view of the narrow street with all of the lights.
This was a very pretty pavilion with a gigantic bell (that yellow thing on the second floor). It's called the Bosingak bell pavilion, and the bell is only rung three times a year (New Year's Day, Independence Movement Day (March 1st), and Liberation Day (August 15)).
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