Korea, Seoul (3rd Day)

After a couple of days of eating, it is only right to go for some sightseeing. We head off to Gyeongbokgung Palace. Remember to be there at 11am for English tour. If you miss that, you can go for 1.30pm or 3.30pm.

The tour was pretty good, and informative. Somehow the tour guide looks pretty bored when explaining. Probably this is her 50th or 60th time doing this.

Changing of Guards

King's Throne

After the tour, we headed to the exit, where the Blue House (current President official residence) is located. So convenient, it's just behind the Palace

This was the closest that we could get to the house

Next, we headed off to Bukchon Hanok Village. We were a bit lost, but there were tourist guide's that provided us with a map to make it easier to walk around. (Look for a pair dressed from red from head to toe with a cowboy hat. You cannot miss them.)

Bukchon Hanok Village is a Korean traditional village where the houses still remain traditional. The first thing we were told to do is to be quiet, because it's still a residential area, and a lot of residents were complaining about the noise from tourist

The reason we came here was to see was to see olden korean houses.. and it was the shooting location for Personal Taste :)

The house was quite hard to find and we came across it by accident. We notice that everyone were taking picture of the hill and we wanted to do the same, but there were so many people, we decided to take the same picture on the next lane. And... it turns out to be the house at Personal Taste. Talk about... lucky!

The hill everyone was clambering for to take

Rustic houses

After walking around for many hours, we decided to drop by a cafe where they were serving coffee and waffles. There are many cafe's littered around Seoul that specializes in serving waffles and coffee. I think it's a great concept. A place where people could just sit around and chat (with awesome waffles)

Strawberry waffle and ice cream

Late into the evening, we decided to head back to Myeong Dong to grab dinner

What's a must have in Seoul for dinner? BBQ!

We headed to a shop called Wangbijib MyeongDong. It's located in the heart of MyeongDong, on top of a beauty products shop called Beautiplex.

Pork BBQ

(11,000 won for 150g)

Pajeon (korean pancake)

Then, after snacking on a few street food littered around Myeong Dong, we headed back to our hotel for a good sleep. We are taking a tour to Nami Island and Petite France tomorrow morning!