Korea is the 15th best country in the world

According to Newsweek. The US is 11th.

I'll take it.

Ranking of "Best" Countries

This list bothers me slightly because Finland comes in at #1.

Fine, it is the best country to live in (supposedly).

However I feel like they should take 'contribution to the rest of the world' into account if you are going to say that Finland is the 'best country' in the world. The only thing they have contributed to the rest of the world has been Nokia phones (which haven't been used by non-Finnish people since 2001) and lingonberries.

In the past 30 years the U.S has given the world the internet (no big deal), Apple products, GPS, and Prozac.

South Korea in the past 30 years has contributed high quality LCD TVs, MP3 players (we invented them in 1998), cell phones, and Hyundais (they come with a 10 year warranty, come on son).

According to Newsweek, China is only one spot worse than Thailand (!?) and two spots better than...Kazakhstan.

Some Chinese people are going to be pissed.

I need to go here

My second to next travel destination (not the first because I neeeeeed to go to San Sebastian Spain like ASAP).

Tangier looks so beautiful.

Link: New York times Slideshow much better than the above photo

Korean Vogue

I love buying fashion magazines here. Seeing asian models rock the looks is great.

I remember being in middle school and trying to learn how to do my eye makeup from American fashion magazines and just not being able to adapt. We don't have eye lids so it's hard to figure it out when it is new to you.

Now I know how to do my eye makeup but seeing it on Asian models in a magazine is refreshing.

Also, because Koreans love free stuff you will often get a free lotion or a fashion book with the purchase of a magazine. I guess it's one way to boost magazine sales.

These photos would be much better seen larger however I forgot how to make my images bigger . I am the worst blogger. Oh well.

Very pretty photo:

She's like coneheads are so hot right now:

MMmm meat:

Nice fall look/colors:

Her makeup is very striking:

King Sejong statue

King Sejong 'invented' hangul (Korean language). They have a statue dedicated to him in Sejong center in Gwanghwamun.

They have a museum underground (enter through the back of the statue) dedicated to him, hangul, Admiral Yi (guy who invented turtle boat), and some other Korean artifact stuff.

Definitely worth going to if you are into history.

I took a lot more pictures but they didn't upload right. Oops.

Wedding Pictures

You always always see people taking wedding pictures on the streets in Seoul.

We literally saw 3 couples on this same street getting their wedding photos taken during the course of a meal.

This couple needs a stylist but they are in love so I will refrain from criticism.

I guess it's cute either way.

Sky

Over Chungdam. I love being able to see the Sun and the Moon here, never happens in the city.

St Augustin

St Augustin is an Asian fushion and wine restaurant on Garosugil.

I did not eat there but had wine and they are pretty generous with the pours. It is nice because whenever I order wine in Seoul it is always on the light side.

The inside of the restaurant is pretty and the waiters were nice. I wanted more cheese and they gave me a bowlful.

Sure the cheese was the cubed Laughing Cow kind (they love that cheese here, not sure why) but there is something very satisfying about cubed cheese that is basically just cream cheese.

Call me a fatty, whatever.

Recommended if you want western alcohol on Garsugil.