Moving in and out of the Dragon Hill Lodge

For the next week and a half, we will be living in the Dragon Hill Lodge (a huge hotel on post). Since we had to move out of our apartment, the Army lets us stay in the Dragon the last 10 days we are here in Seoul, Korea. It all started on the last day we had our car. We used our car to bring everything that we had left in our apartment to the hotel (not very much). We unpacked, checked in, and went up to our rooms (one for parents, one for us kids). The rooms were awesome! Mini-kitchen, bathroom, a huge bed, a fold-out-bed couch, and a huge flat screen TV! Since we got two adjoining rooms, there was a door in between so we didn't have to go all the way around outside to get into our parents' room (and so they could keep an eye on us kids).  After all that, we delivered the car to the people who bought it. AAAGGGGHHHHHHHHH what will we do!!? (Read on for the solution.) 

Even though we no longer had a car, the Samgachi subway station is only a short walk away so we could still get to lots of places very easily (exit 13 is closest to the DHL gate).   There is also a Yongsan post shuttle with stops right next to the Dragon so you can easily get all around post.  Or if you prefer, there's a taxi stand right out front.

The front entrance all set up for Thanksgiving.

Right inside the entrance, you can find a Discover Seoul desk. Discover Seoul is an organization that helps people plan and execute fun new adventures in Seoul like going to an amusement park, or Myeongdong, among other things.  Although it's great for people just coming to Seoul, sometimes you can get a lot better deal by just doing the research and planning things yourself.

There are several options for where to eat at the Dragon Hill Lodge.

Greenstreet, on the main floor, offers a breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffet along with other entrees.            

If you go down one level, you can find other restaurants like Pizza Hut, Subway, and Oasis.

Oasis has a Mexican buffet line along with other Mexican entrees (including new items such as kimchi fries, copycatting Vatos Tacos in Itaewon and arguably just as good for a lot less money!). 

The Deli, also downstairs, offers a good selection of desserts and a few other food items.

It was too cold while we were here, but there is a convenient outdoor eating area next to a beautiful fountain and grassy field outside in the back.

Besides food, there is also a children's park, salon, business center (with 25 cent color copies!), and lots of little stores.  Basically, if you wanted to, you could live inside the Dragon Hill Lodge for a month and never come out!  But that would be boring.  While we were there, we still went to school (just a few minutes' walk down the hill) and went on lots of last-time excursions.  

When it was finally time to go, we took advantage of the free shuttle from the DHL to the Incheon airport.  It leaves at 7am, 9:30am, and 4pm (and leaves the airport to come back at 8am, 10:30am, 2pm, 5pm, 7pm, 9pm, and 10pm).  I can't believe I really might never see Korea again.  It was a great three years and hard to say goodbye, but I can't wait to see where our next adventure will take us.