Showing posts with label Seoul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Seoul. Show all posts
Saturday, 25 July 2009
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Goodbye, Korea
Today we went around Hongdae for a while before meeting up with Cecilia at the Ewha's Woman University subway station.
The plans were to go to dressing cafe´s to dress up in hanbok but because of lack of money we focused on walking around a little in the area. We went to the Ewha's Woman University, a really beautiful university I must say.
We got some very nice gifts from Cecilia.
I got a Nell CD, and I am so thankful. She is so nice!! It was great meeting Cecilia, Ringo & Hyunjung here in Korea, and I will miss them much! Thanks to them we discovered some great shopping areas, got to try delicious Korean food and also got to visit the awesome Gyeongbokgung palace!
I don't know when I will be able to visit South Korea again, but hopefully sometime soon in the future - when I wish I could have the possibility to meet my biological mother.
Of course I am disappointed in not being able to meet her, but still I am very happy for getting in contact with her through letters. It was a strange feeling, walking around in Seoul knowing that the person sitting next to you in the subway could be your uncle, your cousin, your father and so on..
I hope that I can get to know more about my family in the future. I hope they will get to know about my existence.
Right now I am sitting here at the guesthouse in the middle of the night, waiting for the bus which will take us to Incheon Airport in the morning .
I really recommend the guesthouse we stayed at. If you ever come to Seoul, you should think of staying at Hong Guesthouse.
Hong Guesthouse is located 5 min from HongIk University subway station, which is part of the subway's Green Line. The green subway line is like Tokyo's Yamanote line, in the centre of the city - connecting to many of the major lines. There's also Hongdae district here, with lots of fun shops, restaurants, bars and stuff - so it's always close to entertainment. The guesthouse itself is & looks very nice, and the owner of the place has been very helpful & nice during our stay. I will miss this place.
I will miss Korea.
The plans were to go to dressing cafe´s to dress up in hanbok but because of lack of money we focused on walking around a little in the area. We went to the Ewha's Woman University, a really beautiful university I must say.
We got some very nice gifts from Cecilia.
I got a Nell CD, and I am so thankful. She is so nice!! It was great meeting Cecilia, Ringo & Hyunjung here in Korea, and I will miss them much! Thanks to them we discovered some great shopping areas, got to try delicious Korean food and also got to visit the awesome Gyeongbokgung palace!
I don't know when I will be able to visit South Korea again, but hopefully sometime soon in the future - when I wish I could have the possibility to meet my biological mother.
Of course I am disappointed in not being able to meet her, but still I am very happy for getting in contact with her through letters. It was a strange feeling, walking around in Seoul knowing that the person sitting next to you in the subway could be your uncle, your cousin, your father and so on..
I hope that I can get to know more about my family in the future. I hope they will get to know about my existence.
Right now I am sitting here at the guesthouse in the middle of the night, waiting for the bus which will take us to Incheon Airport in the morning .
I really recommend the guesthouse we stayed at. If you ever come to Seoul, you should think of staying at Hong Guesthouse.
Hong Guesthouse is located 5 min from HongIk University subway station, which is part of the subway's Green Line. The green subway line is like Tokyo's Yamanote line, in the centre of the city - connecting to many of the major lines. There's also Hongdae district here, with lots of fun shops, restaurants, bars and stuff - so it's always close to entertainment. The guesthouse itself is & looks very nice, and the owner of the place has been very helpful & nice during our stay. I will miss this place.
I will miss Korea.
Monday, 20 July 2009
Gyeongbokgung
Today we went to visit Gyeongbokgung Palace built during Joseon dynasty.
Amazing architecture, and a really beautiful view! Nothing much more to say. Just enjoy the photos ^^. Tomorrow we will meet Cecilia & Ringo again and go to a dress cafe, where you can wear traditional Korean dresses (Hanbok).
Click on the photos to view them in original size.
Amazing architecture, and a really beautiful view! Nothing much more to say. Just enjoy the photos ^^. Tomorrow we will meet Cecilia & Ringo again and go to a dress cafe, where you can wear traditional Korean dresses (Hanbok).
Click on the photos to view them in original size.
Weekend!
Yeah, weekend was awesome.
On Saturday at about 5 pm we met up with Ringo at Anguk station (I think?). Cecilia was a bit late so we strolled around a little in the rain, and also went to a HUGE music instrument store. Kinda interesting!
At last Cecilia arrived, and we went to eat cold noodles.
For me, cold noodles is nothing new; but still this was new to me as it was served with ice cubes - ice-cold noodles! Wow. Pretty tasty! We then went to gaming centre for a while and then ended up taking purikura, which was alot of fun.
We also took a visit to Baskins-Robbins for some icecream.
At evening we went to Hongdae to drink and have fun.
At first we ate at KFC. Wow, seems like there was no salt in my french fries, and there were no salt to find at all in the restaurant. Kinda sucked, but oh well. We ended up at HO-bar, some bar that seemed good, with alot of foreigners in it. Well, the waitress (or whatever) at that place was kinda rude so we left pretty early. It turned out to be nothing more than.. well.. a ho-bar.
At last we found a good Korean bar! It was in izakaya-style, and we had a fun night together; eating and drinking. It was so cheap too! About.. 5000 won each, which is about... 34 Swedish kronor, or about 380-400 Japanese yen. We ordered a big jug of beer, alot of different dishes and a bottle of sake.
On Sunday we went around Myongdong, looked around in a few stores and also went to a huge combined book & music store.
Before that we ate a good breakfast at Mr Pizza.
I found alot of interesting CD's, even though I didn't buy anything. Maybe I should've bought a Nell album. It would've been worth it. Oh well, I can go back there someday.... or maybe not? Already on Wednesday we will go back to Japan.
On Saturday at about 5 pm we met up with Ringo at Anguk station (I think?). Cecilia was a bit late so we strolled around a little in the rain, and also went to a HUGE music instrument store. Kinda interesting!
At last Cecilia arrived, and we went to eat cold noodles.
For me, cold noodles is nothing new; but still this was new to me as it was served with ice cubes - ice-cold noodles! Wow. Pretty tasty! We then went to gaming centre for a while and then ended up taking purikura, which was alot of fun.
We also took a visit to Baskins-Robbins for some icecream.
At evening we went to Hongdae to drink and have fun.
At first we ate at KFC. Wow, seems like there was no salt in my french fries, and there were no salt to find at all in the restaurant. Kinda sucked, but oh well. We ended up at HO-bar, some bar that seemed good, with alot of foreigners in it. Well, the waitress (or whatever) at that place was kinda rude so we left pretty early. It turned out to be nothing more than.. well.. a ho-bar.
At last we found a good Korean bar! It was in izakaya-style, and we had a fun night together; eating and drinking. It was so cheap too! About.. 5000 won each, which is about... 34 Swedish kronor, or about 380-400 Japanese yen. We ordered a big jug of beer, alot of different dishes and a bottle of sake.
On Sunday we went around Myongdong, looked around in a few stores and also went to a huge combined book & music store.
Before that we ate a good breakfast at Mr Pizza.
I found alot of interesting CD's, even though I didn't buy anything. Maybe I should've bought a Nell album. It would've been worth it. Oh well, I can go back there someday.... or maybe not? Already on Wednesday we will go back to Japan.
Friday, 17 July 2009
Dongdaemun
Today we went shopping with Hyunjung at Dongdaemun.
It was raining like crazy, still I enjoyed the weather as it wasnt as hot as usual.
In Dongdaemun it was so many different small clothing shops everywhere in many different buildings with alot of floors. I found some nice T-shirts that I bought. I am glad Hyunjung were nice to help us with talking to the sellers, as it's common that foreigners get tricked into paying too much.
Quite funny how everyone thought I was Japanese. Yeah, fashion is very different here than from Japan. Still you can find really nice things for very cheap prices!
We ate some really good food at a restaurant. So delicious. For my first time I drank Korean beer (Cass). Not much of a taste experience, but very easy to drink and to get drunk at.
I also today tried gimbap for the first time. Surprisingly good!
Tonight we are eventually going clubbing, or maybe just relax at the guesthouse. Tomorrow we are going to meet Cecilia and Ringo. It will be lots and lots of fun! Looking forward to it.
It was raining like crazy, still I enjoyed the weather as it wasnt as hot as usual.
In Dongdaemun it was so many different small clothing shops everywhere in many different buildings with alot of floors. I found some nice T-shirts that I bought. I am glad Hyunjung were nice to help us with talking to the sellers, as it's common that foreigners get tricked into paying too much.
Quite funny how everyone thought I was Japanese. Yeah, fashion is very different here than from Japan. Still you can find really nice things for very cheap prices!
We ate some really good food at a restaurant. So delicious. For my first time I drank Korean beer (Cass). Not much of a taste experience, but very easy to drink and to get drunk at.
I also today tried gimbap for the first time. Surprisingly good!
Tonight we are eventually going clubbing, or maybe just relax at the guesthouse. Tomorrow we are going to meet Cecilia and Ringo. It will be lots and lots of fun! Looking forward to it.
Thursday, 16 July 2009
South Korea
Me and Rebecca are finally in South Korea now.
We arrived at Incheon Airport about 9 pm yesterday (Wednesday). It feels... undescribable.. very strange. It took about two hours 'til we arrived to the guesthouse here in Mapo-gu in Seoul. It's a very nice, big guesthouse with lots of other guests from different parts of the world.
Today we met the worker at Social Welfare Society who helped me get in contact with my biological mother. She was a very nice person, and even treated us a good meal at an excellent bulgogi restaurant.
At evening, after taking a nap, we met up with Cecilia & Hyunjung with her boyfriend. It was very fun. Actually I have been talking with Cecilia & Hyunjung for about 4 years online, so finally we got to meet each other in real life.
We went to a good, inexpensive bar; drank and had fun.
After that Cecilia, me and Rebecca went around to look in alot of shops in the area (Hongdae), and ended up in Starbucks after a while cause of me getting hungry.
We arrived at Incheon Airport about 9 pm yesterday (Wednesday). It feels... undescribable.. very strange. It took about two hours 'til we arrived to the guesthouse here in Mapo-gu in Seoul. It's a very nice, big guesthouse with lots of other guests from different parts of the world.
Today we met the worker at Social Welfare Society who helped me get in contact with my biological mother. She was a very nice person, and even treated us a good meal at an excellent bulgogi restaurant.
At evening, after taking a nap, we met up with Cecilia & Hyunjung with her boyfriend. It was very fun. Actually I have been talking with Cecilia & Hyunjung for about 4 years online, so finally we got to meet each other in real life.
We went to a good, inexpensive bar; drank and had fun.
After that Cecilia, me and Rebecca went around to look in alot of shops in the area (Hongdae), and ended up in Starbucks after a while cause of me getting hungry.
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