More random Seoul wandering

Every now and again on the weekends, we brave the cold and the riot police and go wandering around in Seoul. Usually I pick a direction and we just go. About two weeks ago (the weekend before Christmas I think), we headed south towards Myeongdong Cathedral and Namsan Tunnel #2. It was pretty cold, near freezing I think. And there were hordes of riot police lined up near Myeongdong Cathedral. I haven't figure out why they were there yet. Although my coworkers say not to worry, foreigners are safe. And there were plenty of other people out walking the streets and ignoring the ranks upon ranks of helmeted and armed police lined up along the street. It was a tad disconcerting, so on our way back, we ducked down into one of the underground shopping plazas that connects several subway stations together and managed to cross several city blocks and pop up on the other side of Myeongdong and closer to home. I'm pretty sure that you can cross huge swaths of Seoul simply by using the underground plazas and subway stations.

View of Seoul tower:


The corner Domino's pizza (note the shrimp on the pizza in the ad in the window) and a car parked on the sidewalk.


Some of the many trees decorated with lights for the holidays.