Oh my...it's been so so weeks already!! And I'm only still blogging about our second day! Well, anyway, it's better late than never right?hehe
So our day started with SKYPE! We went online early in the morning just so we can skype with Oxford (my cutie patootie nephew). It lasted about 10 minutes only since he has a short attention span (not in a bad way though, just the normal kind usually for kids hehe)
Here's Oxie on screen!!
We had breakfast at a nearby (just a 2-minute walk from the hotel) local Korean restaurant..I tried something different that morning;actually, i forgot what this meal was called but it was sooooo delicious!!! (it's a kiddie meal, i think)
My YUMMY BREKKY
Right after our very HEAVY Breakfast, we've then decided to take a stroll around dongdaemun..
The Streets of Dongdaemun
Since it was still too early (10 am, go figure!), there were not too many stores that were open yet, and so we just decided to go to Gangnam on our own via subway!! yay!!
Sindang station (around 20 minutes away, we thought this was the closest one to our hotel; but turns out that there was another one nearby..and it's just a 3-minute walk!haha!!oh well)
It was our first time to ride the korean subway..The first for my mom and dad (AS IN FIRST), but not for me and my ate..we ride the LRT back in the Philippines whenever we get lucky haha!! So, during that time, we were not aware that the machine does not accept large amount of bills...we were trying to insert our 50,000 won but the machine won't accept it..So we went out again and then looked for a nearby convenience store. We found one, but instead of sticking to the original plan which was to exchange our bill for smaller bills, we just bought a can of mineral water. Turned out that that the lady cannot understand and speak english! She even called an interpreter..but the interpreter knows chinese only! She thought we were chinese pala!haha!! So anyway, after we got the bills, we returned to the station and this time, the machine accepted!!
Here's me, my ate, and my mom feeling victorious!haha!!
Oh and btw, before I forget, in Korea, everytime you buy a single journey card for the train, you would have to pay an additional amount as a deposit..this deposit, however, would be instantly refunded after you got off the train! amazing huh?=)
It took us around 30 minutes to get to Gangnam station. This was way more savvy as compared to a taxi ride..Actually we were not really sure if we were really supposed to be headed to Gangnam. We just took a wild guess if it was the right station. Luckily, when we got off, we found this sign:
KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORP!! We were right!! We walked a little bit more..and found the building finally!!
KEPCO Head Office (This is the main office of the company where my mom and dad works!)
We went inside and looked for my mom and dad's boss (he was the vice president back when he was in the Philippines, but now he's back in here). He asked us to go first to the nearby COEX Mall (which was just literally across the office), and asked us to meet him again at exactly 3:15 pm!!haha!! He asked us the places where we wanted to go and listed them all down!
COEX MALL!! The largest underground mall in Asia!
Some cute kids that we saw..hihihi..so ADORABLE!
At 3:!5, we were back in KEPCO! We met again with Mr. Shin (my mom and dad's boss), and he then took us to the different places where we wanted to go!We passed along Apgujeong a.k.a. Rodeo Drive, then we went to our first destination! First stop: N Seoul Tower!! This tower is the most famous tower in Korea..actually it was named as the Most Beautiful Tower in Asia..People go up here to chill during the day..but it was actually really famous for COUPLES..They go here and put up locks (i will show later the picture) to profess their love, and to signify their sort of "FOREVER AND ALWAYS" thingy..that kinds of stuff haha!! The place was filled with many of these!! and it really looked SO AMAZING!! It was nice to know that a lot of people are FANS OF LOVE..haha!! Although, it would be really nice to know how many of those locks have actually served their purpose..haha!!
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The view of Seoul Tower as we were getting closer!!
btw, this tower is located at Mt. Namsan, so it was really high! Some people take a walk, but it would be rather convenient to ride a bus, or a car. Once you're there you would then have to ride a cable car to go the tower. This was a fun ride! =)
The view of Seoul Tower from the Cable Car
Mr. Shin's car which practically brought us around Seoul! Thank you!! =)
More Tower pics!
Locks of LOVE!!
Me in front of the TEDDY BEAR MUSEUM (This was featured in the Korean Drama, "Princess Hours")
Waiting for the elevator that would take us up to the TOWER! =)
Inside the tower, there's this what they call the "Shocking Step". I don't really understand why, I was not shocked in the first place hehe..more of amazed actually.. So there, there are different glass panels with different names of places and their distance..It was said that these windows literally points to where that specific place is. We were so happy to see Manila!!! =)..also, there's a telescope that you can use; although I don't think that you could literally see those places using that telescope
Manila!! So we were this far away from home!=)
Jeju Island!!
After going to Seoul tower, we were then taken to Yeouido Road a.k.a. The Cherry Blossoms Road!! This street is actually famous during Spring, because it is filled with almost a thousand cherry blossom trees!!! We were really lucky during our trip because it was the peak of the BLOSSOM!!haha! What I mean is that it was during that time when the trees are in FULL BLOOM..So we literally see the white trees so nicely lined up!! =)..People go there to spend their afternoon eating snacks with the view of the HAN RIVER. It was really nice there!!
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(Yeouido Park)
Me eating sausage under the cherry blossom tree!haha!
The view of the Han River during SUNSET!! =)
Cute Korean Baby that I saw climbing the mini hill, unaccompanied!!haha!! she really amazed me!!! I even ran after her..she was super fast!!haha!!
We then went to 63 Convention (Which was featured in the Korean drama, "My Girl"). We had dinner there, then went back to the hotel right after. It was a LOOONGGG DAY...But we were really happy that day!!!! We saw the BEST OF SEOUL in JUST ONE DAY!!! =)
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