Day 1: Took a night flight to ICN airport. Arrived there around morning and I was still groggy with a bloated face. Didn't bother changing to my contacts yet cause I was too lazy. While the rest went to Paris Baguette to try some food, I went to search for the SIM card. Walk walk walk and suddenly, I heard a large crowd of people screaming outside the arrival hall so I ran over, whipped out my phone and prepared to snap a video of whoever who was going to come out. haha. And then, I realised who they were-RUNNING MAN! OMG You couldn't imagine how happy I was!!! I checked online and read that kjk was going to reach seoul the day before so I was disappointed but thankfully, the source was wrong!!! Haha, Ji Suk Jin, Lee Gwang Soo, Gary, Lee JaeSuk came walking out really quickly and everyone was just running after them and of course, I followed too! XD Saw a girl snapping a picture with someone so i ran over and it was Big Nose Hyung. hahaha. So i took a selfie with him too! I ran ahead and took another selfie with Gwang Soo in the background, caught a video of Jaesuk who said something to me and Gary who was just ignoring all the fans. lol. Didn't get to see kjk so I was a little disappointed but I guess it was good enough! I walked back to where the rest were and we proceeded to buy the bus card to our hotel. Just when we were going to walk to the stop, we heard more cheers so my cousin and I just ran over and it was Kookie~ heeheee! :D Didn't manage to take a picture with him cause there were security guards plus so many fans around him! But I took a video! (: Super good start to my trip! :D








We then took the bus to Ibis Hotel and then walked over to Metro Hotel. Besides the usual toiletries, they still provided a travel kit for each guest from Etude House! Tried the dumpling store that my cousin's friend recommended and it was quite good!! Went to Namdaemun but we didn't manage to shop much! Only tried the street food! Walked around our hotel (Myeongdong Area) and had Korean BBQ for dinner. The meal was quite ex cause of the beef that we ordered! Walked around more before heading to buy back fried chicken and beer for supper! And i still don't like beer. haha.






















Day 2:

Headed to GyeongBokgung Palace (GyeongBokgung Station Exit 5 Line 3) but we weren't really interested in going in so we just took pictures outside! Walked over to Samcheongdong where the adults loved it so much! It wasn't my type of place, in terms of the designs of the clothes and the price!! We then saw a queue with the SBS sign, so being typical Singaporeans, we joined in! haha. And the meal was sooo good! It was the main outlet and they served Ddeokbokki hotpot and you can choose the ingredients you want in it. They also have rice which was served in the hot plate after we finished the ddeokbokki hot pot. The soup there was sweet and a little spicy and the rice was nice probably because of the seaweed! I then headed to Kona Queens to chill with Angel while the adult went to shop a little more! Orded crepe cake and Iced Chocolate which was quite good!

 


 














We went back to our hotel area to eat all the street food which were all not disappointing at all before heading to Nanta Theatre for the Cooking show which was just 5 mins walk away from our hotel! The show was quite entertaining but my mum said that the painting one was a lot better! Took selfie with the cast and Xiao Yi bought the Chef hat as a souvenir for me! haha










Day 3:

Headed to Lotte Mart (Seol Station) where there was sooooo much food! I wanted to buy all the snacks there but of course I couldn't. :( Arina Cheh Cheh couried back the snacks. It was about $6/kg and she bought 10kg worth to give people so it came up to $60??? We forgot to get tax refund there but oh well! Cabbed back to the hotel and had lunch at a restaurant near our hotel. The ramyeon and kimbab was damnnn good!! But the kimchi fried rice was okay only!









We headed back to Samcheongdong again cause Arina Cheh Cheh wanted to exchange the shirt she bought. Walked down the other way and saw super a lot of cafes! Went into Cafe Dal which served really yummy Green Tea Bingsoo and waffles!! After walking around for quite a while, we went to Lotte Department Store just opposite our hotel. Tried Krispy Kreme which is way cheaper than Singapore. The basement is just like Taka basement with all the yummy and expensive food and we decided to one back another day to try it cause they close really early! (Around 8.30pm) We had Oppa Dak Garlic Baked Chicken plus Fishcake Soup. The chicken was okay only. The soup was quite plain but the chilli inside had kick so we all enjoyed it!






Day 4:

We met Arina Cheh Cheh's friend's friend at Noryangjin Station where she brought us to Noryangjin Fish Market. There were so many stalls to choose from. We then ordered Salmon Sashimi which was super fresh, Sea Cucumber and Sea Urchin which were okay only, fresh Abalone which my mum liked (but I still prefer the canned one. haha) and not forgetting Alaskan King Crab which was so damn good! (Best crab I have ever eaten in my whole life! The meat was just so sweet even though we steamed only) Oh! And we ordered soup to go with it and I just love all the spicy soups there!

















We then headed to Hongdae where we shopped a little and the went to W.E Cafe which serves yummy Hoddeok Pancake. It's kinda like thick pancakes with nuts inside, topped off with the fruit of your choice! Oh, and the apple tea there is really good too! Arina Cheh Cheh's friend's friend had 30% off at Innisfree so we shopped quite alot until we hit the maximum limit for the discount :/ I wanted to stay at Hongdae longer but sadly my mum wasn't feeling too well so we headed back to our hotel area.  We had dinner at Yoogane which now has an outlet in Bugis! It serves rice and chicken with spicy sauce which was quite spicy and the cheese tasted a but different from usual but it was still quite good!








Day 5:

We went to Lotte Department Store to check out the duty free items. The adults bought Laneige and some other brand of beauty products. We then headed down to have sushi!!! Super expensive meal but it was really good! Bought 1kg of kimchi back each at around 19,000 Won which we realised was quite pricey after we bought it but oh well! We headed back to the hotel to put our buys down.












We then took a cab to the bus stop to take a bus up to N tower where many shows were filmed, featuring the famous love locks! We had to walk up a relatively steep slope before we reached the base of the tower. Many of the love locks there were rusty and some even fell off!











Day 6:

We took our last breakfast back at the yummy ramyeon and kimbab place! We tried the crab kimbab this time but it wasn't as good as the pork cutlet! The dumpling ramyeon was just as good! (: We then did our last minute packing before taking the bus back to the airport to head back to Singapore!

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