Buddha's Birthday Adventures

This Monday we had a school holiday for Buddha's birthday (a coincidence that it match up with Memorial Day).  Some of my friends and I decided to head out to Bukchon village.  This is the technically historical district in Seoul.  We started off by running into one of the most prestigious high schools in all of Seoul and decided to give ourselves a little tour.

I only got a picture of the main building.  The campus is centered around a gymnasium which is connected to an outdoor soccer stadium.  There are 4 or 5 buildings that stretch around the stadium and then this building sits in front of all of it looking over everything else.  It is pretty amazing considering it is just a high school. After seeing the school,  we went and explored the rest of the village.  

We ended up walking into the most famous street of the village. 

This street shows up in a lot of tv shows and movies and is quite the tourist attraction.  

Afterward, we headed out to Namsan Tower.  This tower is known for the locks that people put on top of the tower.  To get up to the tower, you either have to pay for a cable car or walk the 1000 steps up.  As good college students, we decided to be cheap and just walk.  I am not going to lie.  It sucked, but the views were unbelievable.  

The way the locks work is you buy the lock and put your groups' names on it and lock it to other locks already on the tower.  Then you throw away the key forever. 

They only had heart ones so no judgement.  Better than the pink one right?