It’s
my first time to visit Seoul as my birthday getaway as cheap flights were
available back in February. We managed to book the airline tickets for RM750
per pax, inclusive of 25kg luggage. With our itinerary planned for the trip, we
are ready to visit our much anticipated country {{{(>_<)}}} Although we
had some hiccups to the trip initially whereby D only renewed his passport a
day before our trip, only to find out 3 days expired upon checking in online
@.@ Apparently, you cannot travel overseas with a passport that will expire
within the next 6 months, not even afew days before 6 months. Thank God he can
collect the renewed passport on the same day after waited for 7 hours plus,
just before they closed at 10pm, and despite their system down. Phew!~
The
next morning, we were all geared up and headed out to the airport. We planned
our flight to arrive at 2pm so that we could check-in at that time. Theoretically,
it is a good plan as we will have at least half day of Sunday to explore. However,
when we reached there, it was raining for full day ︸_︸ Despite the temperature being around 19 degrees and raining,
this did not deter us from exploring further as we stopped for photos around Haeundae
beach.
Upon checking in our hotel at Cloud 9, we started off with
an authentic Korean dinner at this cosy Korean restaurant we found in one of
the side streets.
Our cosy little room with friendly service. They even provide FOC laundry service ∩__∩y
Haeundae market & best BBQ pork Kr restaurant
Every meal in Korea comes with a lot of side dishes（*^＠^*）
Loving their green veggies and kimchi bean sprouts so I even
asked for a refill ^_^;
I ordered my all-time favourite kimchi soup and it's served
in this heated stone pot.
In Korea, we had to cook our own meat. So, we grilled our
marinated pork and it was superb!
Once we were done with our meal, the waiter suggested that we
poured tea into the Stone-pot to signify the meal is delicious. It is just one
of the most classic ways to finish up a Korean meal ~*.*~
After the sumptuous meal, we were eager to stroll around
Haeundae beach to enjoy the night view.
I was tempted to shop around as the shops
were still opened at night but ended up in an ice-cream shop instead. We were
given some exotic seasonings such as curry, wasabi, garlic, green tea, herbs,
salad etc. to spice up the ice-cream flavour. I gave curry salt a shot and it
was not too bad actually {{{(>_<)}}}
My raspberry ice-cream with a hint of curry salt and D’s
mango ice-cream with wasabi and garlic flavours *eeewwwwww*
That’s all for Day 1 Korea trip. Good night! Stay tuned for
more of our Korean adventures, my shopping haul, foodie post... and breathtaking
Korea views!!!
XOXO
sassycat
