Korea [091115 - 161115]

Busan

Day 1 - 9 Nov 15

 

Seomyeon, Gwangan Bridge

Travelled straight to Busan via KTX once we reached seoul, after a good many hours, finally reached! Was tired and hungry when we finally found our hotel. Walked the streets in search of food and settled for this place. Menus in Busan were mainly in Korean... Think i cannot survive there alone. lol.. food in the simple furnished shop was surprisingly good!

We stayed in Home Hotel in Busan, so-so experience.. Staff there were not able to converse well in english too.

Visited Gwangan Bridge at night after some rest, had our rice with pork in soup and intestine on hot plate.. yums~

Day 2 - 10 Nov 15

Gamcheon Village, Jagalchi Fish Market

Visited Gamcheon village in the morning, and Jagalchi fish market thereafter. The fish market was quite an eye-opener.. seafood lunch at the fish market.. the grilled fish is super nice!

Visited LINE cafe and store.. SO CUTE! Had BBQ dinner near our hotel at night.

 Day 3 - 11 Nov 15

Beomeosa temple, Busan National University

Visited a wet market near our hotel in the morning, then proceeded to Beomeosa temple. Nice autumn leaves spotted!

Shopping at Busan National University in the afternoon.. Winter clothes are so cheap but of no use to us.. Haiz...

Fried chicken for dinner! Very nice and cheap.. The portion is so huge!

Seoul

Day 4 - 12 Nov 15

Lotte Mart, Myeongdong

Took KTX back to Seoul. Shopping at lotte mart, so many things to buy! End up have to pack the purchases into boxes to bring back to our hotel as their bags are chargable and our things couldn't fit into the 2 bags we bought!

Went to Myeongdong for more shopping after unloading our stuff back at our Airbnb apartment. Another round of crazy purchases of langeige and other skin care products!

Day 5 - 13 Nov 15

Nami Island, Petite France

Booked a 1-day tour to Nami Island & Petite France. Instantly fell in love with the awesome autumn sight at Nami~ Although there's nothing much on the island and we didn't stayed for long. It was drizzling and was super cold! Had lunch at this place where our tour guide brought us to, yoogane style.. So nice for the cold weather. It was still drizzling when we reached petite france, such a pity.. Ginseng chicken for dinner while we comb Myeongdong again.

Day 6 - 14 Nov 15

Hongik, Sinchon, Ehwa Woman's university

Our shopping + cafe hopping day. But it was raining the whole day so our shopping plans were kinda spoilt as most of the shopping areas are not sheltered. Visited hello kitty and rilakumma cafe. Had our dinner at Myeongdong and trying all the street food we wanted to try!

Day 7 - 15 Nov 15

Everland

Our day spent at Everland! Glad that we chose to visit Everland (although its freaking far), it's so big and has so many things inside. Particularly loving the animals section where animals can come so close to us! Christmas decorations are also up and they are so pretty! Always enjoy being in a theme park although I don't take rides. Only regret was not staying for the fireworks as it was too late.

Went back to Myeongdong for dinner (yes, Myeongdong every single night after we reached seoul!), chose budae jjigae as we had a lousy one the previous night, must make up for it! Haha..


My first visit to Korea. Thankful for the nice weather (I love the cold!) and good food. But lacked shopping as most clothes are too thick to be worn in sg. Korea is also not as tourist-friendly as I thought it will be.. Not knowing how to communicate in korean will probably bring some inconvenience. Will probably be back for shopping next time.. Till then~