VISIT INDONESIA: Independence Day Specials!

August is popular with celebrating independence day. I don’t know why there are few countries that celebrate their independence day in August. Few examples are Singapore, South Korea, and Switzerland. Indonesia also celebrate their independence day on August. For some people who knows the struggle of being ruled by other party, Indonesia’s history can be a painful one. Getting our independence has shred blood, tears, and sweats (like BTS’s song) of our founders and heroes. That's why on this year’s Independence Day, I tried to make a special edition content. I visited historical places regarding the independence day in Jakarta. You can checked the footage of my friends and I visiting Proclamator Monument (Tugu Proklamasi) and National Monument (MONAS).

I had so much fun visiting those places. My OOTD that day was also matching with our country’s flag, red and white. I made “Kemerdekaan Fun Fact” o my video, hope it help the viewers to know a little bit of our history and how smart is our first President. On this blog post, I’m going to write more about the behind the scene of this travel diary. So, watch my video to know what I’m talking about.

Actually, my friends and I went to those places last year. I treated them a buffet lunch as my birthday celebration last year. Since, we are bored with our usual hanging out activities, I suggest them to visit those places. Even though they live in Jakarta, they never went to Monas. I’ve been to Monas for several time, but I’ve never been to Taman Proklamasi. This idea came from an article I saw from an inflight magazine when I went to Jogja last year.

Since we have lunch in Grand Indonesia Mall, going to those places are not far. After lunch, we went to Taman Proklamator first. The park is located on Jalan Proklamasi no.56. It used to be Jalan Pegangsaan Timur no.56, where Soekarno lived before. They demolished his house and made it into this park. Use Google Maps to find this place. I’m not good in giving direction with public transport in Indonesia.

 

Mr. Soekarno, Indonesia first President

Mr. Mohamad Hatta, Indonesia first Vice President

Waited for some time to get this group photo

This will happened if you don't have your monopod

There weren’t a lot of people coming here because this place is less popular than Monas. But, it’s nice since we can take lots of photos without any photo-bomb and look too touristy. The downside is, when we want to take a group photo, we took a long time to ask people passing by to take picture for us. The best time to visit this park is in the morning or around 4PM. We stayed for 40 minutes. There weren’t much to do there beside sightseeing or just to sat down for relaxation. Maybe, you should bring monopod to help you take a group photo if you came here.

#shotwithiphone

Then we drove for 15-20 minutes to Monas from Taman Proklmator. Monas is the icon of Indonesia, specifically Jakarta. Soekarno himself initiated the construction of this icon. This monument is located strategically, in the heart of Jakarta. You can see it from the south, east, west, and north side. Soekarno himself intentionally build Monas on that specific location, because it is near the Istana Merdeka (President’s palace) and other government offices. So, if you go to Monas, you can also visit other attractions such as, National Museum, Cathedral, Istiqlal Mosque, Pasar Baru, Lapangan Banteng, Radio Republik Indonesia (the first radio in Indonesia, also the one who spread the Independence news to the whole world!), Gambir Station, several shopping malls in Jakarta, and much more. You can search the surrounding of Monas on Google Maps.

Oh, there is also double-deck bus for sightseeing! AND IT IS FREE! More info about the route can be seen from here.

Since I’ve been to Monas few times, it isn’t a new thing for me. But it is for my friends. Monas was under renovation for few months before I came here last year. Because this year, there was an event for Countdown to Asian Games 2018 held on Monas on the 18th of August. That’s why they did some renovation. The one you saw on my video was so much better than before the renovation. Stalls and food court are placed nicely BEFORE entering the Monas area. The area is quite big, so if you want to go to the monument, you should take the shuttle train provided. Well, if you want, you can walk, but I’m not sure you will do that because it is quite far and hot. No matter what time you go there, it will be always HOT.

our kind of group photo, girls vs boys

If you want to go to the inside of the monument, where there is museum underground and you can go to the top of it, you need to pay IDR 27,500 (adults) and IDR 13,500 (kids). These price is a total price if you want to go up to the top. If not, you only need to pay 20,000 for adults or 10,000 for kids. The underground museum have air conditioner installed, so you will not feel too hot. But, on the second floor, where you can hear the proclamation speech of Soekarno, there doesn't have air conditioner. The area is also smaller than the underground museum.

Inside the museum, you can see around 51 dioramas (a 3D display). Each diorama tells a different story but all of it are connected. From the beginning of human evolution till Indonesia’s development. You can see how painful Indonesia’s struggle to get independence.

After strolling around the museum, we went upstairs to go to the “Ruang Kemerdekaan”. There, you can hear Soekarno’s voice recording when he read the proclamation speech. Fyi, the space does not have AC, so you won't stay long there. The recording plays every hour from 9am to 5pm. When I went there, it was around 7pm, so there is no recording. We just went through the room.

At the time we are waiting for the lift to the cone, it was almost raining. At the time we are at the top, it was raining heavily. We couldn’t enjoy the skyline of Jakarta, because it was too crowded and rainy. We went down after few minutes. We waited for an hour before we decided to go back. The rain doesn’t stop for few hours. Andddd my friend just bought his new shoes, so he doesn’t want it gets wet. We waited until the rain is less heavy. We waited for the train shuttle and then suddenly the heavy rain pour down again. Entering the train was also a struggle, we have to fight with other people who wants to ride the train ASAP. My friends and I were separated. Then after we arrived, we faced another problem. We couldn’t see the floor. It was flooding around an ankle-high. In the end, my friends have to remove their shoes. LOL. We ran to the food court to wash our hands, but the water was so dirty. So we ran to the car, use a lot of tissue and wet tissue to clean ourselves and our shoes. It was a roller coaster ending of our day trip. We finished our trip with a good McDonald meal to save our stomach.

Do bring monopod and have fun!

Nevertheless, it was one of the best day trip I’ve done, because I can share the insights of Independence Day with my friends. Also, we tried to get rid the habit of spending money to the mall or watching movie. Let’s try to appreciate the small little things that are big in value, like visiting historical places near you. Get to know your country history and feel proud about it. I hope you enjoyed my Travel Diary and behind the scene of it. Have a nice day, all!

Travel Diary: Korea Winter Wonderland 2016 (Part 4)

Hi all! I feel so bad that this series came up really late. Maybe the next travel diary series won’t be this long. Finally, this is the last part of my Korea Winter Wonderland! There are some exciting moments in my last days in Korea. So, if you are curious do watch my travel diary video and read the full story behind it down below.

P.S: All information about the trip will be provided below the post.

Day Eight

"오서오십시오!" (Welcome!) said Ryan

Do you know Kakao Talk application? That application is the same with LINE, but Korean prefer using Kakao Talk than LINE. LINE has opened a store and cafe where they sell merchandises with LINE Friends characters on it. Now, their competitor open the same thing with the name Kakao Friends Store and Cafe. I’ve made a battle video about the two company, which will be uploaded soon. *crossedfingers* 

Just trying to disturb Frodo who is reading a book.

We went to the Kakao Friends at Hongik University area. It was a huge 3-story store. We were welcomed by a big cute Ryan. We walked around the store for about 3 hours and we went to the Ryan Cafe on the 3rd floor. The store was so full of cute stuffs. By the way, there are lots of huge figurines throughout the store, so make sure to snap a photo with them! Even the Ryan Cafe was extremely cute! Ryan is my favorite character, by the way. I don’t want to go home when I was there. By the way, they also a museum. But you have to book it online.

Cute Pinky Apeach Showcase

The Ryan Cafe (3rd Floor)

Hot Grapefruit Tea, Cold Coffee Mocha, and Ryan Cupcake

Look at his facee! By the way, the cream was yummy!

We started to explore Hongdae (the short for Hongik University) after we finally get out from Ryan cuteness. The weather was quite not on our side that day. It suddenly rain, even though it was not a heavy rain, but it was really not comfortable. We didn’t know that it will rain, so we have to buy an umbrella. We do some eye-shopping and also real shopping. I think beside Myungdong, Hongdae is also good for shopping.

We ate our late lunch, early dinner at a udon shop that we found out accidentally. It turned out that the restaurant is very nice and cheap! The restaurant name is Katsu 33 (카츠 33). The price for their food is mostly 3300 KRW. I didn’t get to feature it in the video because it was too hectic at that time with the umbrella and stuffs we bought. 

Actually there are a lot to explore in Hongdae, but we wander too far, so we don’t get to see what we wanted to see in Hongdae. You should visit it several times though. Hongdae is filled with cute cafes such as flower cafe, dog cafe, cat cafe, sheep cafe, even raccoon cafe! So, when you come to Korea, do visit Hongdae.

As our feet brought us, we saw a cute vintage cafe. The cafe’s name is HohoMyol. The cafe has been featured as a shooting location of Love Rain, which Jang Geunsuk and Yoona starred in. The cafe is really cute and we need something that warm us up, so we entered the cafe. If you want to come here, you should hop off from Sangsu Station, because it is closer than you came from Hongik Univ. Station (the address is provided down below). When you opened the door, you can see the vintage Volkswagen van welcoming you. There is a table and chair inside the van, so the guests can sit there. We really wanted to sit there, but at that time there was a couple sitting there. The cafe is small but it was comfy and the owner slash barista was really nice. Oh, by the way, one person should order one drink. The barista has won several barista competition, so it was legit. I recommend you to come here if you are near Hongdae. 

After a few hours, we went back to the Hongdae central area. We bought few things, like a cap for my uncle, my mom’s cellphone case, and Labiotte Wine Lipstick. Then, we went back home. We went home earlier than we usually do, because it was raining and we need to start for packing.

Day Nine

We started the day with breakfast at the most famous market in Korea! We went to Gwangjang Market and tried the traditional street food as our breakfast menu. Actually, we tried to go there on our first day, but we could find the way. We were lost thanks to Google Maps navigation and for not knowing the area well. The day before, we went out with my aunt to buy some fruits and veggie for our dinner. At that time, we saw the Gwangjang Market ! So, we found out the way by ourselves accidentally. LOL.

Actually, I don’t really know about the market and for the past 7 years I’ve never visited that market. The market has become famous through Running Man. Even we tried the same food and shop that the members went to. Our first course is mini kimbab that Yoo Jaesuk ate. The second one is trying Mung-bean Pancake. Lastly, we ate Korean cut-noodles soup (칼국수) with Dumplings. I prefer this type of noodles rather than the smaller one. I can say, it is similar with udon type and ramen type. I prefer udon noodles rather than ramen. Even though the soup are pretty similar. (foods can be seen on my video, watch it here.)

While we were eating, there were bunch of people coming from the entrance to the stall across us. And those people are the cast and staff production of Mr. House Husband. It was one of KBS variety program, that the husband has to take care the household. They are buying some groceries as well as trying the street food. I don’t remember their names, but one of them is an announcer and the other one is an actor.

The one in the red circle was the KBS Announcer

After filling up our tummy, we went to Sinchon. Sinchon is really near to Ehwa University, it is also a youngster “playground”. The reason we went to this area is to watch a movie that has the actors on it greet the viewers, well in Korea the event is called 무대 인사 read as mudae-insa (stage-greeting). The movie we watch is a movie starred by Kang Dongwon, Lee Byunghun, Hong Jiwon, and Kim Woobin. The title is Master. It was a fun movie, even though it involved few action scene and spying and detective kind of story. We watch the movie without subtitle, but we understand the movie clearly! It means that the movie is very easy to understand and the story line is light. I recommend you to watch this movie for several reasons. The first one is, this movie included 3 handsome actors (read: KANG DONG WON IS DAMN HANDSOME AND COOL!). Second, the story line is very easy to follow. Lastly, you can see Kim Woobin’s comical side. He is so cute! We always see the masculine and serious side of him, but in this movie he portray the young vibe really well. FYI, Kim Woobin has been diagnosed with cancer. So, I would like to pray for his speedy recovery through my writing and video about him. Don't miss out the real situation on my YouTube channel! 

The event was held at several cinemas only, so my friend and I search on the internet where they held the event. I’ve tried booking it online, but it was all sold out. So, with a heavy heart, I’m just trying to go the cinema and see them from afar. But, when we arrived and try to buy the show, the cashier told me that there is another schedule that also have that event. So, we bought the ticket for 6,000 KRW each to see the handsome guys!

Before watching the movie, we went to Meme Box in Sinchon. Mostly they sell various of brands like, Pony Effect, Nooni, I’m Meme, etc. Before, their specialty is the subscription box and I’ve always wanted to buy their subscription boxes, but I've never bought it yet. But, it is always nice to visit cosmetic shops in Korea. To find Meme Box, all you need is to spot the pink wall. 

After the movie, we searched through the MRT station, but we ended up at Ehwa University area again. So, we took our snack at Popeyes, then we stroll around Ehwa area for the last time, then off to Gangnam to meet my other friends.

At Gangnam, we ate Korean BBQ that we found accidentally, because the restaurant we supposed to go was closed. The BBQ restaurant was featured quite a lot on TV shows, so it was a legit restaurant. But, I’m sorry I didn’t remember the name because we were too happy to see each other after a year.

After dinner, we went to Mango Six. I’ve always wanted to go there since it was featured in the drama “Gentlemen’s Dignity”, but I’ve never have time to go to Gangnam area. So, as some of you have predicted, I ordered the Coconut Mango Juice, the most famous drink of all. I live in tropical country, where coconuts and mangoes are easily found, but I’ve never drink something like that. I really liked it! You should come to Mango Six for once.

After the shop closed, we went back home. On our way home, we forgot which exit should we go. LOL. That night the wind was quite strong too. So, it was a dumbest thing we’ve ever done in our trip.

Day Ten

Since, we arrived home late, we woke up quite late. We have a meeting with my friend in the morning, since it was our last day together. After a rush preparation, we went to supermarket to buy some snacks. After 1,5 hours of shopping, which the last 30 minutes were searching for taxi, we finally went back home. I feel not so well that day, because we haven’t eat yet and it was SNOWING for the first time, so the cold breeze makes me very uncomfortable.

But thankfully, after a few trips to toilet, I’m finally better. Then, I rushed out to meet my friends. We ate our lunch near DDP at a Budae-jjigae restaurant (Nolbu Budae-jjigae). Budae-jjigae is a stew with various of toppings such as, noodles, sausages, ddeok or rice cake, fish cake, etc. The food came from the army troops, that’s why it was called Budae. It was my first time and it was a nice meal. Then we off to DDP to custom-made a phone case. We customized our case at SM Entertainment’s shop, SUM. I chose the member of SHINee, Choi Minho, while my friend chose EXO’s. I’ve feature my customized phone case on my Korea Winter Haul video (watch it here).

After that, we went to Myungdong to buy my mom’s stuffs and few stuff that I should buy plus I have another meeting with my friend. We were attracted by the seller of Korean traditional snack, the Dragon Breath. You should see how attractive it was on my video (watch it here).

We have our dinner at Gangnam Myeonok again. I’ve mentioned this restaurant on my Korea travel diary last April (read it here or watch it here). The weather was quite crazy at night, but I have to bear it because it was my last night in Korea.

Our flight back to Indonesia was the next day. There was a little drama on our flight back to Indonesia. But, I don’t want to tell it because my heart breaks every time I remember it. 

BONUS: 

Huge Chocolate Pie (Choco pie to the next level)

I bought this chocolate pie when I went to DDP on my very last day. This choco pie was amazing! It taste really good. I don't know if they still sell it on DDP or not, because at that time they were having a bazaar. Do check out DDP if you came to Korea. I love this place so much as much as I love Myeongdong!

So, thank you for reading my blog and keeping up to the last part. I’ll post up something new as soon as possible. Love you guyss! Have a nice day!

Details:

Kakao Friends

Address: 162 Yanghwa-ro, Donggyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Phone: +82 2-6010-0104

Website: www.kakaofriends.com

How to get there: Take MRT to Hongik University Station, exit 2 (across the street) or 8 (then, you only need to go straight).

Katsu 33

Address: 2nd floor, 360-24 Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Phone: +82 70-4423-0077

Website: www.katsu33.com (Korean)

How to get there: Take MRT to Sangsu Station, exit 2. Then go straight. It is a few shops behind HohoMyoll cafe.

HohoMyoll (호호미욜)

Address: 93-44, Sangsu-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Phone: +82 2-322-6473

Website: -

How to get there: Take MRT to Sangsu Station, exit 2. Then you only need to go straight for about 200m. The cafe is on your right.

Gwangjang Market

Address: 88 Changgyeonggung-ro, Jongno 1(il).2(i).3(sam).4(sa), Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Website: www.kwangjangmarket.co.kr (Korean)

How to get there: You can take Jongno 5-ga Station (Seoul Subway Line 1), exit 8 or Euljiro 4-ga Station (Seoul Subway Line 2 & 5), exit 4. 
Sinchon Megabox

Sinchon Megabox

Address: 30 Sinchonnyeok-ro, Sinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea (5th floor).

Phone: +82 1544-0600

Website: www.megabox.co.kr

How to get there: It’s quite hard to explain the way, but this is how to get there given by Visit Korea. Take MRT to Ewha Woman’s Univ. Station (Subway Line 2), Exit 2, then you need 5 minutes walk. Or take to Sinchon Station (Subway Line 2), Exit 3, then you go for 8 minute walk.

Memebox (Sinchon Branch)

Website: www.memebox.com

How to get there: Take MRT to Sinchon Station, exit 3. Then you go straight and see the hot pink wall on your right side. By the way, I’m not sure that Memebox are still opening their offline store or not, because I searched on their website they have changed their concept.

Mango Six (Sinsa Branch)

Phone: +82 3443-0424

Website: www.mangosix.co.kr

How to get there: Take MRT to Sinsa Station, exit 1. Then you have to walk for 100 m straight.

P.S: This branch is not the main branch or the shooting location for Gentlemen’s Dignity nor The Heirs.

Nolbu Budae-jjigae

Address: 18-103 Euljiro 6 (yuk)-ga, 2nd Floor

Phone: +82 2264-1669

Website: -

How to get there: Take MRT to Dongdaemun History and Culture Park, exit 13 or 14. The restaurant is located behind Hello APM, near Aritaum store.

Travel Diary: Korea Winter Wonderland 2016 (Part 3)

Hi all! I’m terribly sorry for the delay for this series. It took a lots of time to recover my raw videos for this series. I know its Spring already in Korea, but this part, particularly can be done in any season. We took a lots of picture and go to places outside Seoul and experience Korean traditionally and modernly (?) This part might be the highlight of my trip! So, if you are interested, keep on reading and don’t forget to watch the video!

P.S: All information about the trip will be provided below the post.

Day Five

Cute wall made from tiles with Korean arts near the subway exit

I went to Insadong for the first time on my fifth day. I was meant to go to Anguk Station, but I just found out that it is the way to go to Insadong area. The first thing we do was eating at Miss Lee Cafe. Their specialization is old-style menu, such as lunch-box, ddeokbokki, snacks, and even they displayed old-style games. The way to eat the lunchbox is very unique. It was supposed to be shaken. The idea came from long time ago, students brought their lunchbox from home to school. Their mom usually put it on a lunch box which include rice, sausages, kimchi, and dried seaweed. On the way to school, usually the lunchbox was shaken. So, when it was lunch time, the lunchbox are not pretty anymore. Then to make it looks tasty, they shake it and make it like a bibimbap. 

We ordered the package for two which include 2 lunchbox, 1 ddeokbokki, and 1 snacks. Also, we ordered sweet potato latte, drink that the couple really like. It was my first time to try it and it was nice! I didn’t like matcha latte or taro latte, but this one was nice. I recommend you to try sweet potato latte. 

Food we ordered

This cafe is unique with thousands of memos hanging around the cafe. Goguma couple aka Yonghwa and Seohyun couple from WGM, went to this cafe slash restaurant. We found it cute on that TV show and it turned out that the food are also very delicious.

Miss Lee Cafe with it's memos hanging around

Goguma Couple @ Miss Lee Cafe (cr: as seen)

After the our brunch, we went to explore the Invading area. It is only few walks away from Miss Lee Cafe. It was a brand new neighborhood for me. Insa-dong is an area that is known for its traditional Korean vibes. They wrote english words in hangeul, for example Starbucks, Innisfree, Nature Republic, etc. We make a stop at Ssamziegil. I don’t know how to call this place, maybe I can call it as a shopping center which sells cute stuffs and foods. We walk through all the floors in Ssamziegil and took a lot of photos. Also, we tried poop-shaped pancake with chocolate rice cake inside. The shape makes it funny and made us want to try it.

The shape is so cute and delicious when it's hot

Then we went back home to prepare for my family dinner. We went to Riverside Hotel in Gangnam and have a buffet there. Not all of my family was there, but it was one of a lovely dinner I had while in Korea. Actually, we didn’t have much time to catch up, so one dinner is such an important time for all of us. Thank you aunt, for the treat!

Snippets of my Korean family

Day Six

Meet the traditional and modern Seoul from this spot!

We went to Gyeongbuk Palace, which located in the heart of Seoul. From this point, you can see the modern and traditional Seoul at the same time. It was always fascinating to visit Gyeongbuk Palace. This time, my visit to this famous palace was a bit different. We are renting Hanbok (Korean traditional cloth) to get free entry and to recreate the traditional vibes. My friend was in love with the drama “Scarlet Heart”, while I’m in love with the drama “Love in the Moonlight” (aka Moonlight Drawn by the Clouds). Both dramas’ setting was set in older dynasty, so the casts wore Hanbok and film in traditional setting. The weather was quite nice that day. It doesn’t really cold so we can wear Hanbok without our coat.

We took a lots of photo, but we hardly have a picture of both of us. We also made a mistake by taking our coats, but not wearing it, so when we took pictures it took a lot of effort in one hand because of our heavy coats. The renting cost for the Hanbok is different depends on the design and style and time. For royal Hanbok, it cost around 30,000-40,000 won. The one I wore is around 20,000 won. Actually, there are a lot of places renting Hanbok nowadays. Even you can find it on Instagram. There are some places that rent for around 10,000 won around Insadong. But, you have to walk a little bit from Insadong to Gyeongbuk Palace. Since, we have another schedule in the evening, we don’t rent around Insadong, but near the Gyeongbuk Palace instead. We also rent for 2 hours only, so we spent time only at the palace.

By the way, beside taking photos and sightseeing the palace, you can watch the changing guard ceremony at the given time. If i’m not mistaken they do it every one hour or every 2 hour. I recommend you to visit this palace when you came to Korea. It can be visited by taking MRT to Gyeongbuk Station and you can explore both the palace and the traditional area nearby.

After visiting the palace, we went back home, because my friend have a doctor appointment. No, not for plastic surgery, but for laser her scar. Then after the appointment, my aunt make dinner for us and the main menu is samgyupsal aka pork belly.

Day Seven

I can’t believe my time is almost over in Korea. On this day, we went to Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do. Our plan is to visit Pettite France. This place is known for a French village in Korea and it has shown up in few Korean variety shows and dramas. For example, You Who Came from the Stars, Oh My Geumbi, Running Man, and many more. We took the new MRT route to Gapyeong. All we need is to take the MRT to Gapyeong Station. But before that, we make a stop at Guri to have lunch there. We went to a Jjajangmyeon place in Guri that have been shown up in one episode of Running Man. I tried so hard to find the address of the restaurant. Thanks to Naver, I finally found it. 

It's located on the second floor

The reason why we go to this restaurant is because of its unique jjajangmyeon. When you watch the Running Man episode 249, Kim Juhyeon and Yoo Jaeseok team went here and have a jjajangmyeon with a dome cracker on top of it. As you can see in the episode or in my video, we need to crack the dome with a hammer and then eat it. The noodle it self is soft and the sauce is nice with a little hint of chili powder. Beside that we also ordered Tangsuyuk, which is a sweet-sour pork or beef. We cannot leave Korea without eating Jjajangmyeon once. Next time, we should try Jjajangmyeon delivery. 

Sweet-sour beef (Tangsuyuk)

The unique Jjajangmyeon

After lunch, we go straight to Gapyeong Station. It took around 1 hour 40 minutes to go there, because Gapyeong Station is located near the end of the line. After arriving ate the station, we need to take a tourist shuttle bus to the Petite France. Beside it is easier to do so, it also cheaper than you take a taxi. You can buy the ticket right beside the bus stop.

It took around 2 hours to go to Petite France, because we have to stop at few stops. When we arrived, we pay for the tickets. It cost around 6,000 won. Then we took a lots of photos and do sight seeing. We remembered few scenes from “You Who Came from the Star” and “Secret Garden”. I really liked both dramas.

Petite France at night

After finished sightseeing in Petite France, we went to Garden of Morning Calm. We took the shuttle bus again and it took around another 40 minutes. When we arrived, it only 1 hour left until our last shuttle bus stop working. We didn’t get to explore much of the garden and my friend also not feeling quite well. So we did a quick sightseeing and taking picture. The garden is very beautiful at winter night. They lit up the lights all over the garden. It fits perfectly for winter. By the way, Love in the Moonlight drama is shoot at this location. Well, I couldn’t really tell it because it’s dark already and the flower might has changed since the shoot. 

Garden of the Morning Calm

We were almost missed the bus, but fortunately we got another bus that stopped at another station. We got into the bus jammed with passengers. We were barely sit and we could eat our corn-dog that we bought before we went home.

It was a roller-coaster day, but I got to know new neighborhood and I learned to go anywhere in Seoul with public transport is pretty convenient. That was one of the reasons why I want to live in Korea.

BONUS PICTURE:

Best ending scene ever! (cr: Google Images)

So, That’s all for now. I’ll post up something new as soon as possible. Thank you so much for reading till this part! Love you guyss! Have a nice day!

Details:

Miss Lee Cafe (Insadong Branch)

Address: 144, Gwanhun-dong, Jongno-gu 2F, Seoul

Phone: +82 2-739-0939

Website: https://www.facebook.com/Missleecafe/

How to get there: Take MRT to Anguk Station, exit 6. Then you only need to go straight and see GS 25. The cafe is on the second floor, above the GS 25. 


Liha

Address: 875-3 Sutaek-dong Guri-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Phone: +82 31-551-6533

How to get there: Take MRT to Guri Station, then take a bus that go to Jajang Park.

 
Petite France

Address: 1063, Hoban-ro, Cheongpyeong-myeon, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do

Phone: +82-31-584-8200

Website: www.pfcamp.com

How to get there: Take MRT to Gapyeong Station, then take the shuttle tourist bus. 


Garden of the Morning Calm

Address: 432, Sumogwon-ro, Sang-myeon, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do

Phone: +82-1544-6703

Website: morningcalm.co.kr

How to get there: Take MRT to Gapyeong Station, then take the shuttle tourist bus.