Minnee in Korea Day 8 : Free Hanbok-wearing, STYLENANDA

I can't believe I'm still stuck at Day 8 of my Korea trip after 4 months -.-
After 3 months of working and half a month of relaxing
(which includes lots of dancing, reading and shopping),
I'm back to blog about my trip LOL.

I'm so sorry for leaving my readers hanging there after Day 7.
Please accept my sincerest apologies.

Okay let's continue from where we left the last time haha.

Day 8 was practically photoshoot day!
We took lots and lots of photos that day
(not as if we didn't take as much on other days).

And it's all for free!

FREEEEEEE.

Okay got free stuff to intro I very excited now hehehe.

FREE HANBOK-WEARING EXPERIENCE

Where: Myeongdong Tourist Information Center

They were having some promotion for cosmetics and we received goodie bags!

The bags were on sale but nothing caught my eye.

We approached the counter and told the lady we wanted to have a hanbok photo-taking session.

We just had to write one of our names and indicate how many of us are going in

on this sheet of paper and voila~ Done!

Waited for some time before our turn because another family was in the room.

They had lots of costumes in different colours and sizes for us to choose from.

Pretty accessories which we didn't use because we had no idea how to.

Only realised that one of my sleeves was out most of the time after the whole thing :/

As you can see, we took our photos against a green background.

There's a camera and touch screen in front,

where we can select a background we like and we can email the photos to ourselves after taking them.

I find this photo really amusing lol.

It looks like a scene from a time travel drama hahahaha.

Here are some photos that we took!

Ignore the dates on the bottom right corner because I think it's a default date.

Those random splotches of colour you see in the middle of some of the pictures are caused by those who didn't stand far away enough and their clothes get captured by the camera.

It's really lots of fun!
Try it when you're at Myeongdong, because it's FREE :)

Afterwards, we spent time walking around Myeongdong and trying out more food from the little stalls.

Had dinner at Mr Pizza!

The classic Hawaiian pizza~

This one's really special because there are different flavours in 1 pizza.

STYLENANDA

We visited StyleNanda in the evening, and it took a while before we managed to locate the building from Hongik.

You get to choose between grayscale and coloured photos,

but I feel that the grayscale ones turned out nicer.

Me being the usual wacky me lolol.

By the way, they don't have any fan in the photobooth for the kind of effects in the picture on the right. That was me flipping my hair like a crazy girl.

Love the family shot because it's 4 of us squeezing into that tiny photo booth.

Yep.

The best thing was me and my mum hiding at the back so our faces were smaller HAHA.

Of course, we didn't hog the photo booth.

We let other people take their photos as well because a queue was forming,

and we joined the queue a couple times to take our photos.

So there you have it, Day 8 of our Korea trip!

Hope you enjoyed my post,

and thank you for reading! 

DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 & 5 | DAY 6 | DAY 7

With love,

Minnee  

Minnee in Korea Day 7 : Gyeongbokgung Palace, Namdaemun, Insadong

It's been 5 days since my first day of intern, and

so far I'm having lots of fun at my workplace!

Too tired to blog after work though, I've been trying to complete
this post the past few days but I always fall asleep halfway hahaha.

BUT I'm still gonna continue blogging about my Korea trip!

Today's post shall bring you to one of the most beautiful
palaces in South Korea, Gyeongbokgung Palace.

The palace was near our guesthouse so we started the day off with brunch at
a restaurant nearby before walking to the palace.

Kimchi Sundubu Jigae for me and Budae Sundubu Jigae for my bro.

Look at this yolk omg my mouth is watering right now.

This restaurant is located opposite Paris Baguette after exiting from exit 2 at Gyeonbokgung station.

I've visited the palace before, but I've never seen it during winter.

The view was just breath-taking.

After coming out from the subway station, just outside Gyeongbokgung.

Got our tickets and we're ready to go!

This is the gate that faces Gwanghwamun square (I think).

Look at the blanket of snow!

Hehe

The mountain in the background made it feel even more like we were back in the past
where there were no skyscrapers and tall lamp posts.

Not sure what gate that it is...
We were just wandering around.

Successful jump shot!
My mum's a pro at this hahaha.

I took a selfie with this guard!

I think it wasn't allowed because a guy at the side asked me to step back

after I went towards this dude lolol.

Me, my quick reflexes and my selfie stick.

Haha xP

A family who looked like they were at the North Pole or something.

With the exception of that dude in blue.

More mountains and trees.

I actually liked walking in the palace during winter,

because everything feels serene and peaceful.

I think it's a must to visit one of the palaces when you come to Korea

because it gives you a brief glimpse into their history and culture.

They have guided tours available as well (which we unfortunately missed the timing).

Afterwards, we headed to Namdaemun for some shopping.

The lady whom we were buying seaweed from told us that

they were praying for Namdaemun to prosper.

Afterwards I think they were giving away food?

Everyone just crowded around and were packing oranges into their bags.

Errr.... I pocketed 4 oso la haha.

A lot of clothes to pick from, but we weren't there for the clothes.

We ended up buying some chopsticks and spoon sets, and lots of food haha.

We then walked to Shinsegae department store nearby...

 

And had burger for lunch lolol.

 They actually have a foodstreet at the basement selling a variety of cuisines.

Once we've filled our tummies, we took the subway to Insadong.

There were many shops selling souvenirs that are more traditional,

such as pouches and handicrafts.

I saw many shops selling these and wondered what they were.

I finally asked one of the shop owners and he told me they were table cloths.

Super cute!

We walked around and chanced upon this place called Ssamziegil.

They have an Alive Museum here!

Those little hats are freaking adorable.

And now... who ate shit before?

I'M NOT EVEN KIDDING.

They really look like shit omg HAHAHA.

This is literally called a shit bread lolol.

According to a signboard at the shop, this is a traditional snack made out

of various grains seasoned with fruit sauce.

Traditional? Hmm...

I'm not sure if they looked like this all along hahaha.

We walked back to Gyeongbokgung station by following GPS

because we didn't want to waste a thousand won each by taking the subway for one station.

Walked past the palace (or rather, the gate in front of it)

and it looked gorgeous at night.

Glad we decided to walk~

Really a lot of 光 LOL.

Dinner was at a restaurant near our guesthouse, called Jjam Ppong Nam.

Yum yum in our tum tums!

Alrights that's all for now, can't wait to share about the rest of my trip hehehe.

Cuz the last few days were more exciting ;)

Thanks for reading!

DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 & 5 | DAY 6

With love,

Minnee