๐๐๐18 June 2017 – Sunday
Today’s itineraryย Tosokchon Sangyetang > Gyeogbokgung Palace > Bukchon Hanok village > Insadong > Dongdaemun > Hongdae
Hey guys I’m rewriting this post since I kind of accidentally deleted it.ย ๐ญ
Our first stop of the day is Tosokchon Samgyetang which is near the Palace. This place is really famous and known to most tourists and locals. As they can get really busy during the weekends and peak hours, we came here for lunch before heading to the palace.
Tosokchon Samgyetangย
Address:ย 5, Jahamun-ro 5-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
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Directions:ย Take exit 2 of Gyeongbokgung station, walk straight for about 150m before heading into the alley for 10m.ย 
We then headed to the palace by heading back into the same exit and taking a different exit to the palace to avoid the hot sun.ย ๐ย This is my third time here and I cannot get over how beautiful this place is. The palace is like a teeny bit of their rich history located right in the middle of the city.ย ๐๐๐ย 
After touring around the palace and taking many pictures, we then took the subway to Anguk station to go to Bukchon Hanok village. It is actually possible to walk there from the palace but being the lazy us oh wells๐๐
We decided to be smart asses and not use the citymappers app and rely on the map that we saw at the subway station. In the end, we got lost and had to U-turn again to get back to where we started from. We end up taking a break at Starbucks first since we were exhausted alreadyย ๐๐๐
Starting our journey again from the same exit. We GOT LOST again halfway through and happened to reach a tourist information center who gave us exact directions to the village .ย ๐๐
FINALLY! The view is definitely worth the journey tho. Super pretty! Be sure to keep your voices down as this is a residential estate and many people are living here.
Next stop, Insadong. We know we would not be able to make it there without the help of anyone, we asked one of those tourist police to help us. He gave us a map of the area and highlighted the route out for us! So thankful for that. Just take another look at the view guys.ย ๐
Along the way there was a street with many stores and snacks. We stopped by the convenience store to get an ice cream. Despite the bad throat, I could not resist anymore. Then, we saw this korean snack store which once again I cannot resist. Yum yum.ย ๐
There’s just so many things to see around here.ย ๐
Traditional korean costumes; Hanbok for rent.ย 
Some traditional korean candy sorthathing.ย 
Walked around this plaza called Ssamziegil which has alot of shops selling handicrafts and all.
Ssamziegil
Address:ย 44 Insadong-gil, Gwanhun-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Walking to the end ย of the street and crossing a traffic light leads us back to the subway station. We then took it to Dongdaemun station. Taking exit 9 which leads the different fashion malls like Hello apm, doota and migilore. Firstly, we passed by theย Cheonggyecheon stream. It is so beautiful and picturesque.ย 
We went to have dinner first at Yoogane in one of the shophouses next to the malls. It is so good and so much cheaper than having it in Singapore. Definitely a must eat in Korea.ย 
After walking around the different malls, we headed across the street to the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP). They have this light setup of many MANY roses across the whole field. Such a viewย ๐ย Especially when the weather is cooling, it just feels so relaxing to take a walk along the ‘park’.ย 
Finally we then headed back to Hongdae area for abit of the buskings before heading back to our airbnb. Its interesting to see many young people out there performing and doing what they like during the weekends and heading back to school on weekdays.ย 
My silly brother and I attempted to look like the Hyundai car logo ๐
After finishing our shopping, we then headed to Gangnam station with the intention of having Kyochon Chicken. I remembered from my last trip that the outlet in Gangnam had the BEST FRIED CHICKEN that I’ve ever eaten. HOWEVERRRRR IT WAS CLOSED DOWN ๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข. We tried searching around the area and even asked their locals and they said it was gone. Hew Hew ๐ข๐ข In the end we decided to have Korean BBQ at this pretty famous restaurant. We went to the outlet in Gangnam instead of Hongdae. The meat is really good and even the bowls they used for the soup looks traditional. There happened to be this aunty working there that speaks Chinese too! ๐ 
The view outside Seoul station in the evening. 
After putting our things back at the airbnb, we went over to the main street of Hongdae for some shopping and dinner. We decided to have Korean BBQ again since we know this will be what we would miss most ๐๐ 
Being the glutton us, we wanted some fried chicken for supper. We googled for the Hongdae outlet of Kyochon chicken and make our way there. To our surprise, it was closed down! However, thank goodness they relocated to a location just nearby. They were good enough to provide maps for people looking for them and the maps were covered with plastic covers in case it rains. 
We were afraid they will be closed already but no worries they actually closed ar around 1-2am.
Next was our super long train journey to Cheongpyeong station for the Shuttle bus to Petite France. The shuttle bus ticket was 6000 won. It allows you to take the whole loop for an unlimited number of time for the day. All you have to do is to pay the bus captain 6000 won and he’ll give you the bus ticket. Afterwards, you only have to show the ticket every time you board the bus.ย 
After a snack stop at their snack stop (no pictures โน๏ธ) we then left Petite France around 4pm to the bus stop to make our long long long journey back to Hongdae for dinner. We waited for the bus for about nearly 30mins and gosh was the bus packed. We had to stand the whole bus ride back to the station (About 30mins but its alright).
Holy cow (Literally)ย ๐คฃ
We then stopped by ‘Kiss the Tiramisu’ for some desert! Although it is rather pricey, the taste is worth it. (Totally reminiscing the memories with Shi Hui the year before where we broke the cup while eating this in the super cold weather with the super cold wind blowing at us ๐คฃ)ย ย 
We then walked around a little before ending our day.ย ๐ย 
Defying memories - CAMILLE .CSY 