Annyeonghaseyo! So finally we have reached Seoul! So how did we manage to teleport ourselves from Busan? We took SRT to travel the distance hence we could reach Suseo directly instead of Yongsan so it was nearer to Gangnam, where we were staying.
Pig Brown with us!
Quick breakfast before catching the train!
SRT and KTX are both located at the same place. All we need to do is to reach the Busan Station. Through Metro, take Line 1 to Busan Station and walk towards the direction indicating KTX station. They are both different buildings and you need to leave the Metro Busan Station and walk towards KTX Busan station. There is an information counter and if you are having heavy luggage with you, the personnel will lead you to the elevator. No worries! =)
You can see Korail train just beside SRT train tracks. =)
We bought our very super yummy brunch from Paris Baguette and I am so impressed by their packaging! So thoughtful and so easy to handle! And to be honest it is crazily yummy! Chicken sandwich. Yes, we are allowed to eat in the train. =)
It was a really comfortable ride and not too expensive but the major drawback was the railway company does not offer English version of the website so it can be awfully hard for foreigners. I did it with the help of my Korean chingu! 🙂
Let’s move on to: Hanbok day! Yay! So we finally got to try on Hanbok rented from Gowonsol Hanbok. The hanbok shop is located very near to Gyeongbukgong and it was easy to search for it. The shop owners are friendly and they provided accurate directions to their shop. They have huge selections of hanboks and they all look so new and clean! If you are interested, do drop them a Facebook message, they are friendly and nice. Owh, but reservation is necessary! Don’t forget that!
2hours rental price – KRW 10000
4hours rental price – KRW 15000
With the paid fee, you are entitled to wear Hanbok, headpiece, a cloth ribbon, handbag and in winter, we were being offered with free vest but I did not take it as it made me look bulky hehe..
With Hanbok on, we went to 삼백집 (Sambaekjib) to have 콩나물국밥 (bean sprout soup). Sambaekjib is located just in front of exit 4 of Metro Gyeongbokgung station. They serve really light and hearty bean sprout soup and it was so warm! It gave us all the HEAT that we needed inside.
Crazy people in the restaurant. JiYeon was wearing the vest! So sweet!
Chingu and I.
They love raw eggs so they scooped it out before it gets too cooked. But I don’t like raw egg haha.. There is a white jar of salted beef it tastes so yummy but so salty! I love salty food keke..
Just a few steps away it was Gyeongbokgong!
Excuse me! The King wants to cross the road! *hahahahahahahaha laugh die me*
Fai became the KING and he was getting ready to hunt for animals. *the store owner said the King wore this outfit to hunt animals in the forest.*
Two cuties.
I wasn’t ready for pictures as I hadn’t remove my coat but the tourists kept requesting for photos with us. We became celebrity!
I really love this picture so much!
Modern and traditional fashion.
Like, enemies coming! ahaha..
This is so hilarious!
The shop owner (sajangnim) tied the red cloth ribbon for me. So sweet!
After playing for FOUR HOURS, we returned our Hanbok and we went to visit Sejong the Great. I missed out seeing him during my previous visit so I was so happy to see him. There is a “Story of King Sejong” located at the underground level. Do drop by if you wish to know him better. Entrance fee was free.
The great king who invented Hangul system.
I was deeply impressed at how liberal or democratic the South Korea’s government is. Citizens are allowed to protest and voice their political thoughts. Protests were carried out at Gwanghwamun, in front of the statue of Admiral Yi Sun Shin.
We can’t do this here. 😀
Memorial booth was set up in the remembrance of the Ferry victims. It was so heartbreaking to see them.. 😦
Soon, we left and headed to the Yellow Cafe featuring BANANA MILK by Binggrae located in Hyundai City Outlets. Take the metro to Dongdaemun History & Culture Park station, walk towards exit 14. Continue to walk straight for around 3 minutes, turn left and walk for 1 minute, Hyundai City Outlets will be on your right. Take the escalator and go down to B2F and you will see Yellow Cafe.
Huge banana milk!
I ordered black tea banana milk latte. Yums!
We had a good chat there and it was really awesome to spend some time with JiYeon. Then we headed to Gwangjang Market to have our dinner, the Korean way. It was freezing cold outside so we boarded a cab (KRW3000) to Gwangjang Market.
Through Metro, take Subway Line 1 to Jongno 5-ga Station and exit from Exit 7. The most famous food is bindaetteok (mung bean pancake) and tteokboki.
Entrance of Gwangjang Market.
Ahjumma stacking bindaetteok.
Ahjumma selling Mayak Kimbap. Mayak means addictive poison but of course it has no poison! Hehehe.
Mayak kimbap, tteokboki and bindaetteok. The tteokboki was made of rice, not flour! So soft and chewy like I never had such wonderful tteokboki before. The long benches were heated with heater! Woooooo~ hot buttocks!
Then we headed to Dongdaemun Design Plaza to enjoy the LED roses. Whoaaaaa~~~The direction is: Metro Line 2,4, 5 Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station exit 1, 2.
Whoaaaaaa~~~ #noedit #nofilter
So coldddddd~
Admiring at the beauty of the roses.
So we went home and waved goodbye to JiYeon. Awwwwwww so miss her!!
We had a good rest and we planned a shopping spree the next day. Hehe.
Night night!
Annyeong!
Til I blog again.
Love,
Yanni.
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