Seoul Spring '17 - Ep. 06.2 - Hongdae Hangout with Soo Zee

Travel Vertical Vlog

After we finished exploring and taking pictures at Gyeongbokgung (경복궁), I separated from the group and went to Hongdae (홍대) to meet up with Soo Zee for dinner. We went for some dwaeji gukbap (돼지국밥)—hot soup with rice and pork—at Donsubaek (돈수백 홍대직영점). The restaurant is located near exit 8 of Hongdae station and it was my first time there. And just like any other recommendations from Soo Zee, the food was good.

Afterwards, we went to Cacao Boom (click to read more about the place) for dessert and to continue our catch-up session. Soo Zee wanted to get some pictures from the place for @tastestuff and I never been so it was kind of perfect. After we finished our gelato, hot chocolate, and picture taking session we left and called it a night.

See part one of the vlog here.

 

Donsubaek (돈수백 홍대직영점)

Address: 서울 마포구 홍익로6길 56
Telephone: 02-324-3131
Hours: 24 Hours

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Seoul Spring '17 - Ep. 06.1 - Wearing Hanbok at Gyeongbokgung

Travel Vlog

Today was Christina’s last day before flying back home and we decided to rent hanboks and visit Gyeongbokgung (경복궁) for her last day. Opting for a taxi ride this time, we headed to the hanbok rental place near Gyeongbokgung Station before spending our afternoon at the palace walking around and taking pictures.

More story and pictures from this excursion on this post. See second part of the vlog here.

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Seoul Spring '17 - Ep. 05 - Hangout at Garosugil

Travel Vlog

Spent our day shopping and cafe hopping at Garosugil, joined by Daviddepe. We visited Village 11 Factory, Villa Soohyang, Milstone coffee, and Skinfood Cafe. In the evening, we headed to Hongdae for samgyeopsal dinner and more shopping. We wrapped up the day at the game arcade before we head home.

Read the travelogue and see more photos from the day here.

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Seoul Spring '17 - Ep. 04 - Cafe Mula & Hangout at Garosugil

Travel Vertical Vlog

Went to a workshop with Christina and then for an afternoon coffee at Cafe Mula in Garosugil. Ended the day with a funny incident where one of us got separated from the group.

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Seoul Spring '17 - Ep. 03 - Garosugil & Seongsu

Travel Vlog: Third day of the trip, we went cafe hopping in Seoul. From Mr. Holmes Bakehouse in Garosu-gil to Daelim Changgo in Seongsu. We also went to Common Ground and accidentally met a couple of celebrities when we were passing by an event that just finished.

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After we finished exploring Common Ground (see the story here), we started to make our way to the next cafe we wanted to check out. And this was when an unexpected happy coincidence of meeting a couple of Korean celebrities happened. So we were walking to our next destination when suddenly we saw a bunch of people exiting a storage-like building that we just happened to be passing by. Since there were a lot of young and well-dressed people coming out from the building, we were curious on what’s going on and whether there was some kind of an event that just ended. So, we decided to just stand there and watch the people for a bit.

Soon enough, suddenly there was this woman and a group of people around her who was walking out in quite a rush. At first, we couldn’t make out her face since she’s still a bit far, but by looking at her entourage, we’re pretty sure she’s somebody famous. We just weren’t sure who she was. And then when the group was closer to us, we immediately recognized the woman. Turned out it was Choi Soo Young from Girls’ Generation! My camera hasn’t started recording when she was facing us, so I only caught a glimpse of her back when she turned for the alley. But we’re sure it was her. She’s pretty tall and her face is kinda hard to forget. And then minutes later, Minzy, former member of 2NE1, also walked out with her mom and her entourage. The girls were excited because they didn’t expect to see anybody famous on the street of Seoul, but there we were, just happened to saw two Korean celebrities who we recognized. It was definitely one of the exciting moment from the trip.

After we all came down from the excitement from minutes before, we finally arrived at our next destination, Daelim Changgo (click to read more about the place). The place was a bit busy, but there were still empty chairs to choose from since they have a very spacious seating area. We spent our afternoon there before heading back to Hongdae to get some dinner.

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