Korea 2018 D2 (Gyeongbokgung Palace - Bukchon Village - Samcheong-dong - Myeongdong)

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We started our day with Isaac toast. Isaac toast is quite famous. They had their first franchise in Malaysia few months ago but I never get to try it. 
In Hongdae area
Isaac Toast!
Little corner
Part of the menu
Btw I noticed that there're only tourists inside.
Breakfast of the day
Then we headed to Gyeongbokgung Palace at around 10am.  I was struggling whether to wear hanbok or not but ended up we didn't bc I think it'll be freezing cold. The temperature is about 1 to 2 degree Celsius that time. Another reason is that I was lazy to travel from the hanbok rental shop to gyeongbokgung. They're located at 2 different station.
Cute design at the subway station
hi it's me
Mom and I
Usually you can get free entry to Gyeongbokgung Palace if you wear hanbok but it's free entry for everyone that day due to CNY. We walked around and took pics. The palace was quite crowded so it's not easy to find a clean spot for pics.
Dad and mom
Couples in Hanbok


this hanbok looks so luxurious
I found this pic very cute with dad photobooming behind them haha
hi Enosh

Photographers in action







Then we visit National Palace Museum of Korea which is just next to the palace. It's very warm and dark inside and everything was in Korean so I was not interested at all. I only wanna leave there asap hahaha. We walked around for awhile then left bc we couldn't understand a single thing.

After lots of walking it's time to feed the stomach! We had lunch at Tosokchon. It's famous for its ginseng chicken soup. We queued at the main shop initially but when it's our turn, we were told to go to another side because there're spaces there. It's just across a 'lorong'. Only then I knew they have 2 locations for the shop.
Traditional design

Long queue

They even have chinese words


Intro of the meal
We ordered normal ginseng chicken soup and ginseng black chicken soup which cost more. We also ordered seafood pancake. They're enough for 5 of us bc there're glutinous rice inside the chicken soup so you'll be quite stuffed.
Kimchi
Seafood pancake
Ginsend black chicken soup
Then we headed to Bukchon Village for some sight seeing of the traditional Korean houses. 



The area was too big so we simply walked around then headed to Samcheong-dong (三清洞). We walked so much there until my mom and brother's feet were painful. 

We bought churros which I liked very much. I also got some socks for my friends bc they're so cute! 
Churro 101


We got cheese churro and oreo churro I like both of them!
Bought takoyaki at the roadside
a spicy one
We walked for a really long way to reach Hanguk station. Then we headed to Myeongdong.

We're so tired after walking for the entire day plus the weather was so cold. We dined at明洞餃子. It's very special because it has only a limited options of food on the menu.
Some dumplings
dumpling noodles
After dinner we walked around myeongdong and shopped. Mom was feeling unwell since the time we're at Bukchon village so we left myeongdong at 10pm bc she really needed to get some rest.
Myeongdong
Our 2nd day ended here. :)

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