Friday, 18 January 2013

Day 4 - The Seoul Impression



This is one of my very first impression of Korea - Ginseng Chicken soup with kimchi and I went to the best place in Korea for it this time. 









One of the things I love about in my stay in Seoul is that they have a great selection of yogurt drink, below is one of the most delicious one I have had! 







A little snack leftover from last night! hehe 







Finally went out, it was snowing that morning and we accidentally found this lovely coffee shop








It reminded me a bit of my classroom back to the 90's









Vanilla mocha and a club sandwich, sounds ordinary but it was just more than perfect for that snowy cold morning









Many cafes there have smoking area, that's quite thoughtful actually








Little cute chair decors 









The decor here are very simple and the metal ones are all rusted, it doesn't sound like an appetizing place to eat but strangely those made the place very cozy 







Small takeout window at the entrance










Time to start our day - getting our first subway travel card 








This is the deposit refund machine for the subway cards, but they work only if you get the single passes 









They have several kinds of gates here, this is the newest kind :) 










The subway map in Seoul











I guess these accessory stores make great profit here, they are almost everywhere! 










Very cute animal little bags










lol










Snack stores are big here in the subway, eating is allowed here in Korea subway









Custard waffles









Even if there is no snack stores there are always snack machines!! 








Napping while traveling! snack stores everywhere, city life?









One of the school uniforms,quite  like their bright color but probably the kids would disagree with me! 










Arrived Geongbukgond











Geongbukgong is situated in the city center










New and old










This lion has been watching the city grow










The entrance of Geongbukgong










The Korean "fortunate clouds", often seen with phoenix and dragons 










The blogs in the old days lol .....











The Journey to the West - the characters used to be the guardians of the palace 











Etiquette machine in the washroom, had never tired tho...it supposed to play yogo music while you do your business ... lol











The old vs the new 



















Immortal Gate - removed from the palace and now situated in the subway exit of the palace 









"Charity" band in the tube 








The art wall in the same station

















The best chicken Ginseng soup in Korea is here - Local Custom Village (translated)









The strong yet very smooth rice wine you must drink before digging in










Tubes of ginseng








Fire place 
















They do roasted chicken too :) 









This kind of humor is everywhere in Seoul

This is a grilled chicken booth 












STARBUCKS - Can't you read it!?










Ice-skating ring in the middle of City Hall



















Right next to a lovely cafe :) 










Finally found a local home-style diner for dinner










The Before and After ;) 









































Hahah Channel 19 is a erotic one, we knew it only after like - 2 hours ? hahah 


This is an erotic comedy  - Steven Chow kinda movie !!!










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