I made a friend at the Geumsansa Temple Stay who likes tea just as much as I do (but knows more) and invited me out in Insadong to visit the small market streets and have a nice tea in his favorite tea shop (the only tea shop in Insadong that is non-smoking). We walked around and I - sadly - found EXACTLY the kind of Korean traditional jade hairpins I want (starting from $350 and up....).
Before getting to the market street we passed by a Buddhist temple and went for lunch in a Korean restaurant in one of the back streets. I love that when you go around with people who grew up around, they know of the nicest places even when they are hidden amongst the weirdest neighbourhoods.
I became quite infatuated with Insadong. Tons of hand-made crafts, jewelry, nice food, nice tea shops .... and photo studios.
After I had tea with my friend Heather joined us and we walked around. Then we found this amazing photo studio and decided HELL YEAH, we were totally going to get dressed up as Korean princess and gisaeng....:) the hell with pride. We had such a good time!!!!!
I bought a stamp with my Korean name on it :) shaped in my Chinese Sign :) so pretty! <3
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