Lost in wintry Seoul

Getting lost has long been Quarter-life Vices' theme when it comes to travel.  Sure, we check what places are worth going but we never really strictly plan our days with a well mapped-out itinerary.  This philosophy has proved well for us so far but how about getting lost in sub-zero temperatures?  It could be a bad idea.  Images of hypothermia and frostbite (an ear falling out, perhaps?) comes to mind.  There's also the dowdy and plain ugly winter style for the novice cold-weather fashionista (puff-jackets with pom-pom bonnets?  Or how about jeans with white cross-trainers?)  Yes, it is so bad an idea that you want to forget about it.  But the lure of extremely-low promo air fares and the beauty of a foreign land we've never been to has  such a strong force that a bad idea could become a crazy one.  And you know, crazy ideas have the potential of being the most fun.  And who doesn't like fun?  So here we are, starting 2012 with a c-c-cold winter in Seoul and a bit of Nami (which is even colder but we're already on that road of crazy so what the heck, right?).

To let you know how cold it was in Seoul during our stay, a quick look at the weather forecast on our phones provides the fact: -10°C or -8°, or -3° and one Thursday afternoon we got lucky: 0° Celsius! (yay, we could finally get that one layer of thick clothing off!)  So, bundled up in a down jacket with a fur-lined hood and a bonnet with pom-poms dangling on the sides of my ear (two things I swore I would never wear but here we are),  I braved the Seoul winter with P and T to be able to tell you that the term "dead of winter" does not apply to a city as vibrant and enigmatic as Seoul.