Seoul

Seoul Geographical Layout

Seoul is the largest city I’ve lived in. Depending on how you are counting, it is among the 5 largest cities in the world, with a population of over 10 million. To put that into perspective, Seattle is just over half a million, Seoul is roughly 20 times the size of Seattle.  Surprisingly, Paris isn’t too far behind in size, despite the drastic difference in how they feel in size. Although, both cities have similar geographical layouts, both are circular in shape with a river running horizontally through the middle and both are organized into about 20 neighborhoods.

Paris Geographical Layout 

Seoul is a megacity and it seems like they do everything BIG! I took a tour bus of Seoul because I was told it was a good way to get a lay of the land. The one thing that I took from the tour is that there is A LOT of shopping. A mall here is like 3 of our malls put into one mega mall. On the tour I saw several, but I only covered the downtown area, so I am guessing there are more spread throughout the city, which equals endless shopping in my mind. 

There is also a whole street dedicated to pets, lined with tiny little puppies in windows that you can buy, followed by another street that only sells motorcycles. You can also find a 9-story building that sells mostly electronics or there is shopping area for toys, with over 100 shops with just toys. 

A few years back, I asked my dad to buy my sister and I some knock off purses from a “famous area” in Seoul, but I didn’t know the name, and I told him, there’s no way you could miss it, according to my source.  I realize that it would have been near impossible to find it amongst all the shopping areas in Seoul. Good on you Dad for finding us those Kate Spade purses!