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- jfletcher0
I think most good stuff has been mentioned.... but I'll drop in. My wife is Korean, and I've been there a ton.
in-sa-dong is like the tourist old school korea. It's a cool place, espcially if you like traditional art supply stuff. I had a seal/stamp made for me there. Love it although I rarely use it :p
I'll take Myeong-dong (note the "d", not sure if the above was accidental mis-spelling) over dong-dae-mun. Dong-dae-mun feels a little too knock off for me I think.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Gang-nam which may be my fav place.
I have never been to I-tae-won and unless I have a real reason won't go there. I prefer Korean-Korea. I usually stay outside of Seoul in San-bon, but unless you want to wander into the weeds outsdie Seoul I wouldn't worry about it... but someone said it above, if you go outside Seoul, learn a little. It's an alphebet system and some basics arne't too bad... well, actually "hello" may be the biggest pain in the ass in learning :p
Few notes besides places:
try street food. It's fine, won't get you sick. My favs are:
dokk-bokk-i - spicy rice cake
man-doo - dumplings/gyozaIf you can find a place, try live octopus/squid. They chop off the legs and serve them moving. Just an interesting experience.
Learning to say a few phrases is helpful and people appriciate it.
an-nyong-ha-se-yo = hello
hwa-jeong-shil = bathroom :D
gam-sa-ham-ni-da = thank youSomeone can feel free to correct my english spelling above. I haven't spelled the words in english in a while >.<