It has been a week since our first trip in Seoul Korea and we could say that we had the best time of our lives in the land of Kimchi, Kdrama and Sangyeopsal. 
In fact, I still have hang-over thinking about our wonderful experience and all the delicious foods we ate during our trip. We stayed in Seoul for 8 days which gave us an ample time to cover everything listed in our itinerary. A vacation to South Korea is definitely a dream come true for someone like me who is an avid fan of Korean dramas--and to see with my very own eyes the familiar places that I only get to watch in K-dramas literally gave me a surreal feeling. We came in Seoul just in time for cherry blossoms and it was indeed a sweet treat for us to see the Cherry blossoms for the first time.
Day 1: Arrival in Seoul
We arrived in Incheon International Airport at around past 9 in the evening. The travel time from the airport to get to our hotel is about more than an hour. We stayed in Hotel Atrium located in the prime area of Jongno. It is near Line 1 and 5 subway, the famous KwangJang Market is just across the hotel and Jongmyo shrine and Insadong are walking distance.
We booked their King Deluxe room via agoda and paid around PHP26,000.00 for a 7 nights stay. Our room is quite spacious for a korean standard.. we have a king size bed, mini-bar with refrigerator, bath tub, hot & cold shower, and I specifically would like to mention the hi-tech toilet with featured buttons for bidet washing, seat warming and deodorizing just like in Japan. I love that our room is being made up everyday after a day of exploring the City. Check in and out went out smoothly and the receptionists can speak english quite well (and they are all good looking, too). The only downside is that you still have to pay their buffet breakfast separately which we didn't mind because we get up quite late during our stay and we prefer to dine outside to try local food (they serve western breakfast).
After we checked in, we went to a nearby restaurant for our late dinner. Establishments in Seoul closes early.. at 11pm, there are no barely establishments opened and we even saw some few korean men who were dragging themselves to walk home because they're too drunk just like what I always see in K dramas. Koreans are heavy drinkers.. even women drink soju together with a regular meal. We walked to an alley across Kwang Jang Market and finally found an open restau that offers beer and KFC (Korean Fried Chicken) . As a loyal customer of Kyochon in my country.. we are so delighted to have KFC for our first meal in Seoul. The restaurant owner was so accommodating and suggested for us to order a mix of their sweet&spicy and sun flower chicken. Jan also ordered Cass beer to match his chicken.
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| KFC for our first meal in Seoul :) |
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| Jan enjoys Cass Beer so much he drinks it everyday |
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| Midnight snack. Bwahahaha |
Day 2: Yeouido and Myeongdong
In our second day in seoul.. we went to Yeouido Park to see the cherry blossoms. Yeouido is the main finance and banking district in Seoul and is one of the popular places to go to during the Spring most especially when the cherry flowers are in full bloom. An annual Spring Flower Festival are being held here with various performances, streetfood and art craft stalls lined up for tourists and local alike to enjoy while admiring the beauty of the cherry trees. We noticed that koreans are very family-oriented.. we often see Korean dads play with their children, they go to the park with their family to go picnic and restaurant owners run their businesses with their family members.
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| Jampacked of people in Yeouido Spring Flower Festival |
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| But first.. a little OOTD pic. :D |
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| Our Brunch.. Bimbimbap |
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| Cherry Blossoms are so beautiful |
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| Chicken Barbecue we bought in one of the food stalls in the park. See the photobomber uber sweet couple? :) |
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| Jan's moment |
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| Busy Yeouido District |
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| A more bloomed Cherry Tree |
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| We stopped by again to try out Tteokbokki (Spicy Rice Cake) and Odeng (Fish Cake Soup) for the first time which are two popular Korean Streetfoods. |
We went back to our hotel after a half day of exploring Yeouido park. Later that evening , we went to Myeongdong for streetfood trippin and a little shopping. . The district is so vibrant at night and we definitely enjoy a leisurey walk while indulging to the local streetfoods and delicacies.
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| Jan and his sausages :P |
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| Sausage balls in different variant |
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| Korean version of Takoyaki |
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| Korean Ice cream with real honey on top. Yummy! |
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| Freshly squeezed Lemon |
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| And we ate Odeng again .. we were surprised how delicious Odeng is .. we like it more than Tteokbokki. |
Beauty and make up stores are left and right and i found it so difficult to pick what I want. I ended up buying tons of facial mask in inisfree for souvenir and bought a couple of nail polishes to retouch my cracked nails.
And obviously, we went home that night with a fulfilled first full day in Seoul with another HAPPY TUMMIES.
Continuation here
Always,
