so basically for day 2 we went to Gyeongbokgung, Samcheongdong and Myeongdong.
Gyeongbokgung has an entrance fee of 3000₩ but speak to them in english or more or less show that you are a tourist they will most likely give you a discounted price. the easiest way to get there is by subway to Gyeongbokgung station and from exit 5.
oh right i forgot we had breakfast before heading down! there's this shop Isaac Toast near our pension. if you happen to stay at the same pension, just walk down all the way and you will see it before reach Myeongdong exit 3. however, if you are not then head over to Myeongdong exit 5 and walk for about 50m you'll see it[:
alright so we went to Gyeongbokgung. we went on a Saturday so there was quite a crowd and lots of tour groups :\ which was kinda annoying so avoid weekends if you are not a crowd lover.
you will know it's the right exit if you need to walk pass this gate. (yep that's my friend and I)
there will be a long flight of stairs for you to climb. and when you reach the top you will probably see sth like this:
well i mean without that loving couple there xD (that's my mum and my dad :3)
so basically buying the ticket and stuff is pretty straight forward. well take note that no matter how many people you are with, if you are buying your tickets in a group they will most probably just give you 1 ticket with the number of people stated on top. so if you want the ticket as a keepsake you gotta fight it out with your friends :3
oh right you will see some photobooth at the main entrance (the one you are entering from with my directions is the side gate). you can rent a costume and take a photo there.
the moment we entered the palace, my friend and I were like total idiots going "OMG OMG OMG" because we saw cherry blossoms.
well my dad's hobby is photography and let's just say i take after him. so we spent quite some time taking photos of the cherry blossoms.
pretty eh? :3 oh and look at the full bloom :O i felt like a little kid because i was really super happy to see it><
so apparently my dad bought this book at the ticketing area. it has a map of the place in it with it's explanation. it's 400 to 500₩ if i didn't remember wrongly~ but if you feel that it's useless after that you can choose not to get it and just look out for the stands at each section which tell you where you are at.
hahah you are gonna see more cherry blossoms pics soon because i really love them <3
okay sorry for this terribly slanted pic. the wind blew and the petals started flying everywhere. it was such a beautiful and rare scene that i couldn't care less about the angle and just snapped it straight. can you see those flying petals? <3
hahah alright explanation of this shot. so this couple was like having their mini photoshoot in front of the tree. and honestly the scene was too beautiful i really wanted to get rid of them so that i could take a proper pic of the tree. but anyway they took really long and i was getting fed up so i started randomly snapping photos of them with the tree. then suddenly the guy turned to look at my camera. okay awkward so i immediately stop snapping and walked away xD
so tada this is how they scene looks after they walked away and i went back :3
hmm the place is quite interesting because some of them only have open windows for you to look at how the whole place is decorated while you get to go closer to some.
this pavilion is one example where you watch from afar. there is a bridge but it's blocked off~
so this is what you should expect to see there~
we took a small break at their souvenir shop/cafe. and sadly i lost my wallet there.
well i think it got stolen when i was picking out magnets for my sister but the good thing is i didn't keep all my money in there and all my relevant identifications are not in there. so becareful when you are there. make sure your bag is zipped and you can see the zip clearly in front of you.
so after that we continued walking around.
if you watch dae jang geum you will find this familiar^^
with a staff that dressed up as the imperial lady~ okay i seriously look round here ._.
so we were leaving the place to grab lunch and then we caught the guards in their changing shift ceremony!
well it's not very exciting or that worth squeezing the crowd but it's definitely sth interesting to watch~ we were just lucky that the timing matched for us^^
so after the ceremony ended we headed out for lunch~
it started to drizzle so we had some difficulties finding our way and we were really hungry ><
so we ended up just stopping at cook n heim. i actually didn't want it because it's western food. i mean who goes to korea and eat western there :\ but wow i was amazed the food is actually really great.
sorry i don't have any pics of my pasta>< but their cream pasta is really good. not the kind where you will get sick of it after awhile. my friend ordered a spicy crab pasta and we exchanged our pastas halfway through. the spicy crab pasta is good too but be warned if you don't have high tolerance of spiciness you better have a bottle of water with you :3
so subsequently we walked around samcheongdong to shop too~ things there are not cheap though so yep^^
we headed back to myeongdong for dinner!^^ for our first night, we ate myeongdong gyoza! search it up online and you will know how the entrance look like.
after that we headed back to our pension and bought some fruits and snacks on the way. the orange is awesome (Y)
yep that's how our actual first day in korea is~ the maps above are not exactly accurate. you should probably get some free maps that they are giving out to find out better. because when we went there, levi's is no longer at the location that was marked on the map.
so yep thanks for reading! and comment if you have any questions[:
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