1st day of adventure in Seoul (23 January 2014)
Sunday, February 9, 2014 | 11:48 AM | 0 comments
Day 1We went out to Hongdae but before we went there, we accidentally stroll around the area nearby our hostel. (actually we got lost on our way out to Ehwa Women's University subway station as we were confused with the pathway to the station). Along the way, we found a lot of interesting shops and cafe here in Seodaemun-gu.
Stop at 7 eleven and bought this!Now I know why everyone loves this!DELICIOUS!
(We even bought Olleh wifi reload which cost us 9900 won for 4 days use)
*Who says that here in Seoul have a lot of free wifi and its easy to get..?when you get here, you really need to buy wifi reload. Not all wifi here are free.
There's still a little snow left here.
We took the train to Hongdae and went to the Hello Kitty Cafe. On our way there, we were a little bit confused with the direction we got from a website and again, we got lost. One more tips when we got lost is, DON'T PANIC. Take it positively and have a little adventure. So we just walk along the street (and maybe circled around the buildings nearby the subway station) until we found a pathway that looks like exactly what had mentioned in the direction that we got.
We walk into a narrow pathway and found the cafe which is very recognisable..
Its obviously recognisable because its building is all pinky and it has a lot of hello kitty decoration on it.
Since its really cold outside, we quickly get into the cafe which is quite warm and cosy in there. I was really amaze with the decorations in the cafe. For a pink hater like me, I kinda like the cafe's decorations and their concept. Almost everything in here are all in hello kitty shape (the walls, chairs, curtains)
Even the waffle is in hello kitty shape.
*My order: Earl Grey latte and Hello kitty cream waffle.
The earl grey latte taste like teh tarik..seriously! :3
happy face since our tummy were filled with foods..hehehe
Pink, pink and pink! Everything in this cafe is PINK~
*This is the 2nd floor of the cafe
*Me at 2nd floor..more pink and hello kitty stuffs here at 2nd floor.
*The price for a coffee and waffle here are a bit pricey. For my order, it cost about 8,000 won. Standard price for a coffee is worth 4,000 won if I'm not mistaken.
We went back to our hostel around 1.30 p.m and check-in when we reached there. We had a rest before we went back to Hongdae to Trick Eye museum(Santorini Seoul).
Our room. Comfy and spacious!
and got a big TV!
We continue our journey around 4.30 p.m which its like almost sunset here. Stop at Hongdae and off we go to Trick Eye museum.
*The ticket cost about 15,000 won and includes admission to ice museum.
At the entrance of Trick Eye Museum
Best thing about trick eye museum is that you can took pictures of you with the arts that comes to life~!
You can even shrunk and grow yourself up! :P
One of my favourite picture..and I'm sticking on the wall! >.<
We spent almost two hours here in trick eye museum before we went to the ice museum.
A lot of cute ice sculptures here in ice museum
*Oh look~ its a family of penguin~ :3
A lot of sculptures that you can take pictures with but since its really d**n cold in here, we took some of it only.
and there's an ice slide that you can play with!
*and yes, cold butt alert! >.<
*Here in ice museum is really really really cold and its very different from winter's cold. You might feel pain a little (especially if you have sensitive skin)
We didn't spent a lot of time here in ice museum and we got of from the building around 6.45 p.m. (Its already dark outside and yes, another culture shock since its too early to be dark outside)
But hey, our 1st day of adventure doesn't end just like that. We went to Myeondong to meet up with Kimie's friend, Kak Shiema. Took the train to Myeondong and we went to Lotte's department store to meet with her.
Outside of the department store. Beautiful isn't it? :)
and there's hand prints of lotte duty free endorsers!
Here's 2pm!
Super Junior's and TVXQ's!
Oh look! My right hand is almost the same size as Donghae oppa! >.<
We were supposed to meet at Lotte Young Plaza and but we were at the other side of the building(which I forgot the name) when we reached at lotte department store. Since we had lot of time while waiting for Kak Shiema to come, we searched our way to Lotte Young Plaza. When we reached there, we thought that Kak Shiema had arrived, but she's still on her way. So we stroll in the building and had a little fun in there since there's SM pop store!
tadaaa~!A photo zone with EXO! >.<
Just like the one in Suria KLCC, the merchandise are quite EXPENSIVE~(I only get to buy Exo's Kai button for my cousin..hopefully she likes it)
Kak Shiema arrived a bit late and all of us were very hungry. When she arrived, we quickly went to Yoogane Restaurant (ha~hungry like a lion). I must say that the place was very nice and the food here was delicious! Unfortunately I forgot the name of the food we ordered. Its like seafood fried rice and you add cheese and ramen and cook them all together!
The side dish.
*Surprisingly, the kimchi here was spicy yet delicious! who says that Korean people don't eat spicy foods? Its almost the same as Malaysian spicy foods!
Patiently waiting for it to cook
A selca with tiha before eating.
If you think that our 1st day adventure ends here..then..딩! You're wrong! we went karaoke at a nearby 노래방.
They got tambourine and disco ball in the karaoke room~
We spent almost 2 hours here and went back to our hostel. Its really a tiring and adventurous day for us. Although we were tired, Kimie and I stayed up untill really late at night, while Tiha had gone to slumber land.
END OF FIRST DAY ADVENTURE IN SEOUL (23 JANUARY 2014)
XOXO
kirana
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