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Korea Spring, Day Six: Seoul, Korea

Posted on September 25, 2015 by serenatan

We woke up early today as it will be our last day in Korea before ending the trip.

Follow our footstep:

Built in 1395, Gyeongbokgung Palace is also commonly referred to as the Northern Palace because its location is furthest north when compared to the neighboring palaces of Changdeokgung (Eastern Palace) and Gyeongheegung (Western Palace) Palace. Gyeongbokgung Palace is arguably the most beautiful, and remains the largest of all five palaces.

A pavilion at Gyeongbokgung. It was also the filming site of “Rooftop Prince”.

The beautiful arch. Me love ❤

Beautiful, don’t you think?

And.. obviously I am talking about the palace, no?

2. National Folk Museum

The museum is not that big, so it won’t be too time-consuming to check it out.

And, its free admission!

3. Gwanghwamun

Changing of guards: 1pm daily.

4. King Sejong Statue

5. Admiral Yi Shun Shin Statue

6. Ssamziegil, Insadong.

7. Insadong

Lunch Time.

Our lunch looked like this:

TADA!

Insadong street is packed with tourists venturing into all the local stalls.

You can easily get souvenirs like keychain, post cards etc here too.

I got myself a Taegukgi shirt for only RM30.

8. Bukchon Hanok Village

Situated nearby Insadong area. It is accessible via foot.

Easy guide to walk to Bukchon Hanok Village.

9. Try “Hanbok”

Try on Korean Traditional Costume, a.k.a Hanbok.

Beautiful right!?

10. Cafe Breezin, Samcheong-dong

The waffle is super good.

I realized.. there is nothing in Korea that is not good. At all!

Evening view from top of Cafe Breezin overlooking the street of Samcheong-dong.

11. Namdaemun Market

You can taste variety of food here in Namdaemun market.

Bear in mind, the shops close pretty early.

12. Myeongdong, (Again!)

We went back to Myeongdong after checking out Namdaemun.

Did some last-minute shopping here, had supper and walk around since it was our last day in Seoul already.

I must say Korea has been a great place throughout my 7 days trip and the weather was nice.

I can’t wait to blog about my Autumn trip in Korea soon!

Til then.

Korea Spring, Day Five: Seoul, Korea

Posted on September 24, 2015 by serenatan

Day Five was a hectic one. We traveled from Jungmun to Jeju Airport early in the morning but it was raining cats and dogs.

We arrived at Gimpo Airport about 12noon already with a lil delay and stuff.

Took AREX to Gyeongbokgung station to our booked homestay.

1. Vine Hanok Guest House.

9 mins away from Gyeongbokgung station.

It was our first experience staying in a Hanok. Simply means Korean Traditional House.

The setting was lovely and really comfortable-looking. There are 4 rooms in this Hanok.

We were greeted by the host as we booked via airbnb web.

2. Tosokchun Samgyetang.

One of the very famous Samgyetang (Ginseng Chicken) in Seoul.

Located near Gyeongbokgung Station, the restaurant was also frequented by late President Roh Moo-hyun.

It produces their ingredients like Tojongdak (Korean chicken), 4-years ginseng, chest nut, jujube, garlics, ginger, adlay, perilla seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seed, nuts, pine nut, black sesame, and etc.