We drove up to Seoul over a long weekend and immediately regretted it the moment we approached the outskirts of the city. What was to be a 3-4 hour drive turned into something more like 5-6. That will be the first and last time we ever drive to Seoul.
By the time we reached Seoul, a bunch of streets were closed due to the Seoul International Fireworks Festival scheduled for later that evening. As luck would have it, the apartment we rented happened to be right across the bridge from the festival grounds, something we didn’t exactly plan on when we booked our place. It took us well over an hour to cross a bridge that was literally a five minute drive from our apartment.
On the other hand, once we finally made it to our place, settled in, found a place to eat, and stuffed our faces, we only had to walk about 10 minutes from our place to reach a fireworks viewing spot.