Third day of our trip in
Seoul!
Visited ChunCheon, Nami
Island, Petite France, The Garden of Morning Calm.
Woke up pretty early and
got ready for day trip to ChunCheon, somewhere further away from Seoul.
*Sorry I did not provide
full information on how to get there, as there are different sites showing
different directions, so let’s just stick to the simple description. Directory
links are at the bottom of this post.
Yee Hui.
Michelle.
Took around an hour to get
to ChunCheon by ITX.
View from the train.
ITX train.
Bought the daily unlimited
bus ticket when we hopped on the shuttle bus, there are several attractions in
the area besides Nami Island.
It’s best to visit these attractions on weekdays, and be there early, for the bus and the boat to Nami Island, else it’ll be packed like sardines.
The boat / ferry to Nami Island.
Half the ocean was frozen.
Nami Island is a pretty
amazing , and romantic island, and when you are here, especially on Winter, it completely
reminds you of Winter Sonata (not a fan but yeah that feels).
We got really really cold
as the sea breeze coming from almost everywhere towards the island, (despite
with all the outerwears). So, we decided to leave early for lunch.
A very good place for love
birds. Hehe.
What to do when you're here with your friends?
PHOTO-SHOOTING SESSION, DUH.
Had our lunch back at
ChunCheon.
Chicken Dakgalbi! A must
try in the city of ChunCheon.
Petite France.
We skipped Petite France,
as we were not really interested with what’s inside (we actually have that in
Malaysia too). So we headed to The Garden of Morning Calm instead.
This place really calms you down, quite a relaxing spot.
Street snack stores.
[Info from visitkorea.co.kr]
The garden is the oldest private garden in Korea. The garden houses about 5,000 kinds of plants,
including 300 varieties native to Baekdusan Mountain, known as a spiritual
mountain to the Korean people. Flowers are in bloom from March to November, so
the garden is usually busy during this period. In addition to the beautiful
foliage of the garden, there are a variety of festivals and displays held
throughout the year.
* Spring: Spring Garden
Festival
* Summer: Festival of
Roses, Hydrangeas and Roses of Sharon
* Autumn: Festival of
Chrysanthemums and Autumnal Tints
* Winter: Lighting
Festival
Another photo shooting session.
I actually stood on the frozen river.
I heard the water flowing beneath the ice.
Hi.
We were actually waiting for the lighting to be switched on.
So yeah that explains all the photos. Hehe.
We visited in Winter, so
we got to see the lighting festival!
It was breathtaking! Worth a visit!
Got back to Hongdae after
a tiring day trip, and guess what? WE SAW SNOWWWWWW!
Well, we were actually
wishing to see snow, since it was a winter trip. And thankfully, we got to feel
the snow for the first time in our lives. We tried not to get over exaggerated
at the beginning of realizing it was snowing but we couldn’t help it in the end.
HAHAHA *siasui nia* SNOW SNOW SNOW THAT WAS ALL WE SAW. LALALA.
