Seoul Lantern Festival

This past weekend I took up to Seoul for the Lotus Lantern Festival.  There were a number of people going, but I'm never one to rely on or wait for a group so I booked accommodation and said I'd meet them there.  Once in Seoul, I ran into Beth and Katie only to find out they were staying at the same hostel as me.  I then found Stephen at the subway station and we made our way to the hostel, dumped our bags and proceeded into the nightlife of Hongdae.  This was my second weekend spent on the streets of Hongdae and I can say I've not been disappointed.  There's a university nearby so there is plenty of bars, clubs, restaurants and street food.  It was one of Stephen's friends birthdays so we started by getting burgers, beer and some unnecessary shots at one o the restaurants.  After that, we made our way to a few different bars before calling it a night somewhere around 3am.

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