Seoulista, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea

I was back in Seoul for a day before flying home to Melbourne in the evening. I spent the day exploring the area just east of Seoul Station near the Sungnyemun Gate (Namdaemun).

Mid afternoon I started the walk back towards my hotel but pulled up the map to look for somewhere for a sneaky last drink. Up popped Seoulista.

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Palais de Chine, Taipei, Taiwan

I’d made a last minute decision to change hotels after working out it’d be difficult to get around where I was originally staying.

As I was looking for my new hotel, Palais de Chine popped up. You can’t fault the location. Just across the road from Taipei Main Station, and a 7 minute walk to the airport railway station. It’s in the same building as the Q Square shopping centre. The hotel occupies the higher floors.

As a bonus, while I was searching, there was a special deal for the hotel that gave me free breakfasts!

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