Today, we’re planning to meet up with a couple of our friends and decided to just hang out at Garosugil (가로수길) the whole day to do some shopping and cafe hopping. Soyoung and David joined us for the afternoon as we started going from one store to another. The first store that I took them to was Village 11 Factory, which is one of my favorite store in Garosugil. Not only they have a very interesting store concept and decor, I actually like their products, especially their body wash (try it if you ever in the area. They provide samples and sink for you to try the body wash). We took some pictures inside the store as well as the outdoor area of the store and bought some stuff before heading to the next stop.

Greysuitcase Travel Series - Seoul Spring '17 - Village 11 Factory (빌라쥬11팩토리), Garosugil (가로수길), Seoul, South Korea

Next, we stopped by Villa Soohyang, a fragrance store that sells candles, diffusers, and room sprays with different scents. The location of this store is a little bit hidden and away from the busier area of Garosugil. As we enter the two story building, we immediately looked around the products they have on display and started smelling the samples of the different scents they have available. There are 33 types of basic fragrances at Soohyang that you can choose from, which is more than plenty in my opinion. I lost track of which scent is which after I smelled my fifth scent.

Greysuitcase Travel Series - Seoul Spring '17 - Villa Soohyang, Garosugil (가로수길), Seoul, South Korea

After we bought some candles we headed out and decided to get some coffee. Garosugil has tons of cafes to choose from which made it difficult for us to decide on where to go. But after contemplating for a bit, we ended up at Milestone Coffee (마일스톤 커피) which we passed by earlier. The weather was really nice and we kinda want to sit outside to enjoy the warm spring sun and Milestone Coffee actually has outdoor seating that looked perfect for what we have in mind. We ordered some coffee, hot chocolate, and some tiramisu for dessert. I know Christina and I just had tiramisu the other day, but I swear tiramisu was really popular during that season for some reason and it seemed that every other cafes decided to just sell tiramisu for their dessert menu. The tiramisu themselves were okay. We ordered the original flavor and the matcha flavor and they were definitely less creamy than the one we had at Cafe Mula. The drinks were good too.

We sat there and chatted for a while, trading fun stories from our travels and David certainly has many of those apparently. He told us about how he met Gary Pepper Girl a.k.a Nicole Warne, his long time idol, at Singapore airport and also his accidental encounter with G-Dragon who was leaving from an event that he passed by. I’m a fan of G-Dragon too and we all saw his Instagram story updates recording the whole ordeal the day before, so we were all pretty excited to hear what happened straight from the source.

Greysuitcase Travel Series - Seoul Spring '17 - Milestone Coffee (마일스톤 커피), Garosugil (가로수길), Seoul, South Korea

After we’re all stuffed with tiramisu and fully caffeinated, the shopping and store hopping continues. We went to a couple of different places, where sometimes one or more of us bought things from the stores. Other times, we just browse around and left the stores as soon as we’re done looking. Grace ended up buying snacks again from a small bakery that we passed by. And by the time it’s almost sunset, we decided to go check out another cafe and take a break from the shopping.

Greysuitcase Travel Series - Seoul Spring '17 - Garosugil (가로수길), Seoul, South Korea

Skinfood Cafe was the last place that we checked out. David wanted to come here and so we went. The place is actually served as Skinfood Store and Cafe. The first floor is where the store displays and sells their beauty products in and if you go up the second floor, that’s where the cafe is located. Before we settled ourselves inside the cafe, we actually went to their rooftop terrace to check out the view. We thought if the area is comfortable enough for us to sit outside, we were going to do that. But the area wasn’t as cosy or inviting as the other cafe we visited so after taking pictures around the rooftop (and Grace finished eating the bread that she bought from the bakery) we headed down to the indoor seating area and placed our orders. We talked some more before David has to leave and with that, we concluded our hang out in Garosugil.