Another post from my trip to Korea! While looking up various places in Seoul, I stumbled upon a suggestion to visit Hyewa Mural Village. Turns out that this small village was only a twenty minute walk from our hostel! The various murals that locals and visitors see are the finished (and ongoing) products from local artists who participated in a project to revitalize the quaint neighborhood area. This village has since become a more popular tourist attraction and because of this, I decided to go back again the next day before anyone else came :D In addition to seeing the murals alone, I also ventured up to Seoul City Wall. The further you walk in, the less outside noise you hear as you lose yourself in the many paintings that line the streets or peek out from corners...
We started our way up the stairs and were already impressed by the mural that lined the entire wall.
An ongoing project?
If these two cuties and the pink bike don't brighten up your day as you walk past, I don't know what will.
Invisible chair! :)
I thought this was a wonderful idea. While most of the writings were in hangul, there were still quite a handful written in English.
Flower tile mosaic. I've always wondered how people make these when you take angles and the height of the stairs into consideration..
Many photographs depicting this newly revitalized area were hung around the village as a sort of portfolio and I couldn't resist snapping a few ^^
This was one of the most popular murals since people can stand right in front of the angel wings to get their picture taken :)
Continued to walk past the village and followed the road and the Seoul City Wall that was built around Seoul at the beginning of the Joseon Dynasty.
Didn't walk down this path, but it looked so peaceful ^^
When I got to the top, I was rewarded with a panoramic view of Seoul :)
Thank you so much for reading! ^^ I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
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