After Jeju, we flew straight to Seoul for my dad’s last night in Korea. The hotel we booked wasn’t as nice as Hotel EJ in Jeju, but it was at least a place to lay our heads. We dropped our bags, had a bite to eat at Bennigan’s, then headed to Insadong .. or so we thought.

I totally forgot that the black color taxis in Seoul are considered “luxury” taxis and the base cost is more.  This didn’t register until we’d already started driving along. I had told the taxi driver  where we wanted to go in Korean and even showed him a map which also had the name of the place in Korean writing.  The driver said he knew where it was, so we got in.  Then we went halfway around the block, where the driver pulled over and spent at least 5 minutes searching on his GPS.  The place we wanted to go is a FAMOUS spot both for Koreans and tourists. How does he NOT know where it is?  When he realized we were about to just get out of the taxi he again pretended to know where he was going. Taking us on another 5 minute journey around the block, we ended up at exactly the same place we started – facing the opposite direction we wanted to go in the first place.  He clearly had no idea where we wanted to go.  At this point we decided just to take the subway (which we should’ve done to begin with).  The cost for this lovely scenic ’round the block tour was 7 bucks.  Oh well, lesson learned.

BUT once we got to Insadong, it was lovely! My dad really liked the atmosphere and the street we were on with all the little shops.  It was here we caught the last hour of the TrickEye Museum.  The name states exactly what it is – a museum that tricks your eyes.  It’s hard to explain, but you can see the pictures for yourself.  Most of the stuff is just painted on the wall, but it’s painted in a way that it looks like you can interact with it. Sort of like 3D? Anyway, just look at the pictures and you’ll see what I mean 🙂