Day 9 of Korea~
Like Day 8, had breakfast at Mcdonald's. Had to be thrifty because we were running low on money =(
Went to Namsan after breakfast. Unlike Rodeo Street, Namsan was so much easier to find because they had road signs directing us all the way there. Okay, it was a little difficult finding our way out of the maze-like train station initially though.
As we were lazy bums and did not want to climb all the way up and walk all the way down later, we decided to take the 7,000won cable car instead. If you've watched My Name is Kim Sam Soon, you'll realise that this is the place where Hyun Bin and Kim Sun Ah took the cable car in episode I-can't-remember. In the show, they had the cable car all to themselves because he lied that he was going to propose to her. I should've done that too because the cable car was freaking packed! OMG, luckily the ventilation was good or else I would've died there. Too bad both of us were girls so we couldn't use Hyun Bin's tactic. Boo~
The smoke-signal station...with "actors" walking down from it. Korea really takes her tourism seriously. They have all these staged performances at like almost every tourist spot. When we were at Insadong, they had people staging a Korean wedding ceremony. -___-
Go lock your partner up, so that he/she will be with you forever and ever~! Heh heh heh. wtf.
Sat down for lunch at one of the cafes there. Had this damn delicious bagel and a cup of orange juice. I look like as if the straw's stuck up my nose in this picture. *&#$*^#$
That's better~lalala.
Parents should really look at the design of the t-shirts before they buy any for their kids. Seriously, I don't think that he knows the meaning of 'fuck' lo. The whole thing read 'DSquared Fucking', with two cuckoo birds printed below the words. wtf.
There were like tons of high school kids that day, boys especially, and it was damn scary. None of them looked like the Korean guys you normally see on tv. =( They were eating cup noodles and the smell of the cup noodles was so good that Li Ming went to buy one too. =D
Cost us another 7,000won to go up to the observatory tower.
In the observatory tower with tons of high school boys who left shortly after we arrived. We were like 'Yay, finally we'll have peace," and then in came the kindergarten/primary school kids.
Waiting to take the cable car down. One of the kids dropped his shoe and kept quiet about it. I picked his shoe up and returned to his teacher, who later asked him why he didn't tell her about it. The sheepish face that he gave her was...priceless =D
Next, we went to Myeong-dong where I went to receive my complimentary coffee from Starbucks because I bought a bottle there. I wanted "Tall" but the guy kept telling me to take "Venti" instead. Eh, I take the smaller size=save Starbucks money lo but whatever la, I took "Venti" in the end.~
Come to think of it, was this some kind of publicity stunt for Kungfu Panda?
wtf. Ikko?!
Moved on to a departmental store. Had to cross the road but there wasn't any traffic lights and in place was a guy to direct the traffic. -_- At least you know that you wont get knocked down by cars if he's there.
On our way to DuChamp (one of the filming locations of My Name is Kim Sam Soon), we passed by Plaza Hotel, the place where the chef who made pastries in the above-mentioned show works at. Eh, this day is turning out to be like a My Name is Kim Sam Soon trail day.
Li Ming's seafood pasta.
My scallop dish.
Cakes that were yummlicious~ The restaurant was damn pretty, even the toilet~ Whee~
Took a taxi back to hotel where we shopped at COEX for a while before returning to our room to do packing. Almost couldn't fit everything into my luggage.
The tattered and torn map that served us well.~ Yup, end of Day 9~
More here: http://mizu-kioku.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=149
Like Day 8, had breakfast at Mcdonald's. Had to be thrifty because we were running low on money =(
Went to Namsan after breakfast. Unlike Rodeo Street, Namsan was so much easier to find because they had road signs directing us all the way there. Okay, it was a little difficult finding our way out of the maze-like train station initially though.
As we were lazy bums and did not want to climb all the way up and walk all the way down later, we decided to take the 7,000won cable car instead. If you've watched My Name is Kim Sam Soon, you'll realise that this is the place where Hyun Bin and Kim Sun Ah took the cable car in episode I-can't-remember. In the show, they had the cable car all to themselves because he lied that he was going to propose to her. I should've done that too because the cable car was freaking packed! OMG, luckily the ventilation was good or else I would've died there. Too bad both of us were girls so we couldn't use Hyun Bin's tactic. Boo~
The smoke-signal station...with "actors" walking down from it. Korea really takes her tourism seriously. They have all these staged performances at like almost every tourist spot. When we were at Insadong, they had people staging a Korean wedding ceremony. -___-
Go lock your partner up, so that he/she will be with you forever and ever~! Heh heh heh. wtf.
Sat down for lunch at one of the cafes there. Had this damn delicious bagel and a cup of orange juice. I look like as if the straw's stuck up my nose in this picture. *&#$*^#$
That's better~lalala.
Parents should really look at the design of the t-shirts before they buy any for their kids. Seriously, I don't think that he knows the meaning of 'fuck' lo. The whole thing read 'DSquared Fucking', with two cuckoo birds printed below the words. wtf.
There were like tons of high school kids that day, boys especially, and it was damn scary. None of them looked like the Korean guys you normally see on tv. =( They were eating cup noodles and the smell of the cup noodles was so good that Li Ming went to buy one too. =D
Cost us another 7,000won to go up to the observatory tower.
In the observatory tower with tons of high school boys who left shortly after we arrived. We were like 'Yay, finally we'll have peace," and then in came the kindergarten/primary school kids.
Waiting to take the cable car down. One of the kids dropped his shoe and kept quiet about it. I picked his shoe up and returned to his teacher, who later asked him why he didn't tell her about it. The sheepish face that he gave her was...priceless =D
Next, we went to Myeong-dong where I went to receive my complimentary coffee from Starbucks because I bought a bottle there. I wanted "Tall" but the guy kept telling me to take "Venti" instead. Eh, I take the smaller size=save Starbucks money lo but whatever la, I took "Venti" in the end.~
Come to think of it, was this some kind of publicity stunt for Kungfu Panda?
wtf. Ikko?!
Moved on to a departmental store. Had to cross the road but there wasn't any traffic lights and in place was a guy to direct the traffic. -_- At least you know that you wont get knocked down by cars if he's there.
On our way to DuChamp (one of the filming locations of My Name is Kim Sam Soon), we passed by Plaza Hotel, the place where the chef who made pastries in the above-mentioned show works at. Eh, this day is turning out to be like a My Name is Kim Sam Soon trail day.
Li Ming's seafood pasta.
My scallop dish.
Cakes that were yummlicious~ The restaurant was damn pretty, even the toilet~ Whee~
Took a taxi back to hotel where we shopped at COEX for a while before returning to our room to do packing. Almost couldn't fit everything into my luggage.
The tattered and torn map that served us well.~ Yup, end of Day 9~
More here: http://mizu-kioku.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=149
