I was so excited for my Korea trip! However, I am more of a Japan kinda girl so I really don't have a lot of ideas where to go in Seoul, aside from the places I see often from friends who recently traveled there. Also, I had to take into consideration the season when I'm going to visit, which was late autumn of 2015. Of course, the first thing to look for are places where I can see lots of autumn maple leaves! I also want to experience the culture and get to know some history of this country, and the most important part is to taste as much Korean food as I can, including street food.
So before anything else, here's the itinerary for my South Korea trip.
8 DAY ITINERARY
Day 1
Arrival at Incheon
Check-in at Mago guesthouse
Namsangol Hanok Village
Day 2
Trickeye museum
Hongdae
Day 3
Changdeokgung Palace
Huwon (Secret Garden,also in Changdeokgung Palace)
Seoul Museum of Art
Day 4
Insadong
Jogyesa Buddhist Temple
2Cats Cafe
Dongdaemun Design Plaza
Dongdaemun Night Market
Dongdaemun Night Market
Day 5
Nami Island
Day 6
Gyeongbokgung Palace
Coex Mall
Myeongdong
Hello Kitty Cafe (also in Myeongdong)
Day 7
Studio Ghibli Collection store and Kakao Friends Cafe in Lotte Mall
Watched Crimson's Peak movie at Daehan Cinema
Day 8
Namsan Seoul Tower
Flight back to Manila
As for Nami Island, I suggest you start your day early so you can also visit Petit France which is just a few minutes away by bus from the port going to Nami Island, and other places as well.
Now, here's the original itinerary, hehe.
Now, here's the original itinerary, hehe.
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| original itinerary for Seoul South Korea trip |
It was a bit hard to wake up and get ready for the day. It may have something to do with the cold weather and probably due to staying up late watching Korean shows and movies which we absolutely did not understand, but still continue to watch. Lol.
I particularly want to hike Ulsanbawi which is a part of the Seoraksan National Park in Sokcho, but it was getting really cold and turning to winter as the day go by. Also, the day we planned to visit, it was drizzling and really cloudy and foggy. I guess I'll have to do it another time and another season, maybe late spring. Oh well. I plan to go back! Haha!
Anyway, crossing out Ulsanbawi in the itinerary which was supposed to be a daytrip left us with 1 day free thus the mall and movie date on day 7. It was also the time when we stayed in the guesthouse till around lunchtime because we can't take our eyes off the tv coz we were watching a Korean movie -take note, without a subtitle - and we wanted to know how it ended. Hahaha! I later googled it when I got back in the Philippines and found out that the movie title was Miss Granny, which I later downloaded from Dramania and I watched it again, this time with subtitles. The movie was really funny and very enjoyable and I loved it even more when I finally understood what they were saying. Lol. I digress. ANYWAY, this was perfectly fine with me because I really wanted to find the studio ghibli shop, which was in Lotte mall. Yay! Found my happy place! So yep..the rest of the day, we just walked around the mall and later decided to watch a movie at the cinema building just near the guesthouse we were staying at. We watched Crimson Peak which I thought was Alice: Through the Looking Glass because it was the same actress and I haven't seen any of its official trailer/poster yet. Lol. But I digress, yet again.
