Posts

Showing posts with the label MyeongDong Kyoja

[Seoul Vacation] Day 01: Exploring around the city

Image
After a successful trip last year to Hong Kong, Baby decided to arrange another vacation with his friends to Seoul. We met up with our squad at the airport at Terminal 3, where Asiana flies off from. We took a photo inside the plane before taking off. We took a midnight flight with Asiana Airlines as our flight was scheduled at 2250hrs. I got myself a serving of bibimbap during my flight, and I had a pleasant 6-hour+ flight to Incheon. We arrived in Seoul around 6am local time. (Do note that Korea is an hour ahead of us.) After clearing the customs at the airport, we made our exit, and bought bus/limousine tickets which took us straight to our hotel! After about an hour's drive, we finally reached the very posh THE PLAZA Seoul, Autograph Collection. It is located within the City Hall Subway Station. After leaving my luggage with the hotel concierge, we walked to Myeongdong which was about a 15mins walk from the hotel in order to get some breakfast. However, first things first!...

[Day 02 & 03] Super short trip to Seoul, Korea

Image
The next morning, after a simple breakfast of Gimbap, we were ready to have a full day of activities as well as sightseeing.  We were pretty lucky to come across the Royal Guard Changing Ceremony  outside  Deoksugung  Palace .  Although I could not understand a single command that was being said, the overall ceremony was pretty cool! Our first sightseeing in Seoul was to visit a Korean palace as baby is a keen history buff and luckily enough,  Deoksugung palace was right outside our hotel. How cool! After visiting the palace, we walked over to Seoul Plaza which is literally opposite the Deoksugung Palace , as I spotted statues of Pinkfong and Baby Shark. I took some photos random photos against the statues. After that, we took the subway to Seoul's oldest, popular and traditional market - Gwangjang Market for lunch. I love Bindaetteok – Mung Bean Pancake very much, and it is my MUST-EAT in Seoul. The pancake was extra crispy on the outside and soft on t...