It's a good thing that we stayed in after checking in our hotel during our first night, because our second day was jam-packed! Although it wasn't a stressful kind of jam-packed, but we ticked a lot of boxes in our go-to list, and that made us happy troopers!

Smiley faces because we had at least 8 hours of sleep 🙌

Our view on our way to the train station to Myeongdong station

Not this one, I got this massive 2L water bottle from CU for 1,200 won.

See, it feels as if we have the garden to ourselves!

There's something about Korea's air that made me look this ~fresh~ 🍃

I used my Strathberry backpack which in theory should have been the best travel bag, but nope the straps kept on unravelling 🫣

A mini pond that froze

A little 'buwis buhay' shot hahaha. It doesn't look like it but going to this spot is a little dangerous because of all the rocks you'll land on once you fall 🫣

This photo area is really stunning 🥹

The bakery/café

The wobbly bridge that end up making me dizzy crossing it.

Going back to the parking lot

In all fairness, the Dak-Galbi is gooooood, especially the tok, or the rice cake mochi-like component 🥹🥹🥹 That massive skillet full of Dak-Galbi can feed up to 5 people or 15 ducks, but all of it was shared only between the 3 of us! Overall, 17,000 won per person was well spent.

Wala ng mga topak, busog na kasi 🤣

Moving on to…

NAMI ISLAND

I didn't anticipate that Nami Island is a legit island that you need to ride a boat to reach it! I thought you just had to ride a car, then there's a bridge, and poof! You are transported to the magical paradise of Naminara Republic! But obviously that's not how you go to this half-moon-shaped islet! Aside from riding a cruise, you can also reach the island via a zipline! I mean, I would love to try this, but my health insurance isn't international, so... 🥹🤣

A couple of weeks ago this was snow.

Any fans of Winter Sonata here?

Photo card yarn?

Nami Island is pretty much a nature park perfect for taking photos, and doing fun activities like riding a bike, eating ice cream, and even swimming during the summer season. When we visited Nami Island 2 weeks ago, there were still traces of winter, with a small part of the park with snow (or sludge, because it's pretty much ice and mud at that time), and there were still bald trees, particularly the rows of Gingko trees. To be honest, I was kind of expecting to see a Cherry blossom tree blooming on the island; unfortunately, not a single tree decided to bloom early.

Yes, kuya?

Ummm wtf

Inside one of the houses showing what a French lady's room looks like in the 1700's- apparently it's full of porcelain plates 🤷🏻‍♀️

I don't even know at this point.

Balloooooooons 🎈

 

Catching the Golden hour while stuck in traffic.

Originally, we were supposed to be dropped off in Myeongdong, but due to the traffic, our guide dropped all of us in Hongdae- and from there we decided to visit a magical place which I'll just share in another post because this is just too damn long already.