21 April 2026
No more blossoms
Jamsil and Lotte world tower
Last time I went to Seokchon lake at Jamsil, the blossom festival was in full swing. This year, I am too late, no more blossoms, just the worlds 6th tallest (previously 5th tallest) building, the Lotte world tower.
So in one day, I have seen the worlds 3rd busiest museum, and 6th tallest building, what are the chances? Pretty high if you live in Seoul I guess.
I think I go to this area of Seoul every time I visit, the lake, which is kind of twin lakes with a road through the middle are nice to walk around. You can gawk at the fun park, which I never go to, because I do not like fun, and then you can take your pick of mall basements for a cheap dinner.
On first inspection, the food court was gone, I headed up to the upper levels but the restaurants there were either too fancy, sushi sneeze trains, or had lines of people, so I was determined to find the food court, and eventually I located a renewal food court, and had malatang again with the other poor families.
It's a whole new world. When I was over the road it was showing an animated version of 'the scream' painting, but by the time I got to the photo spot it was playing something much more boring.
The amusement park has various devices designed to kill the occasional visitor. I am willing to bet if I google that, I will be correct.
A very nice place to walk around. They have markings on the ground for joggers to know how far they have run, assuming they cannot afford a fancy gps watch like I have.
The world's largest digital thermometer, and 6th largest building.
I screamed abuse at the fun park patrons.
Lots of malls.
No blossoms, just yellow flowers. Boring.
The upper level restaurants were very nice, but I did not feel like lining up.
It is a huge mall. 2 malls in 2 nights. No mall tomorrow night.
No running track in this mall, just fake grass. I like the fake grass, nice to walk on.
Malatang again, but really, it was matang, a little ma but no la. So not as good as the actual malatang I had in Daejeon a week or so ago.
After my dinner I walked a lap of the other half of the lake, which gave me a shot at a night shot. Impossible to get all of the tower in.
Tomorrow is a hiking day... the last one!