Anyeonghaseyo! Wow! Time flies by so fast! A new year has started and January is already almost finished! A few weeks back I posted a winter wonderland post, so in this post I am going to share my trip during spring.
My first ever trip to Seoul was in the spring of 2013. I was very excited to see the cherry blossoms, and was looking forward to see what else the city had to offer. So here are some pictures of that trip I took, and I hope you will also consider visiting Seoul in the spring!
We arrived in Seoul very early morning, so since it was not time for check in yet, we just left our bags at the hotel and started walking around the area in search of breakfast and countless picture taking. We stayed at Sutton Hotel, which is a few blocks from Myeongdong.
Our first ever meal in Seoul. Ramyeon, plus kimbap, or rice rolls. And this is where I tasted kimchi and liked it. I have tried it in Hong Kong before but I never liked it, but when I had it in Seoul, my, it was delicious, and thus started my love affair with kimchi, ha ha ha.
We walked around some more and came to Seoul City Hall- everything was cold and crisp, and being spring, very green!
Every one was game in walking around fresh from the plane- but we did not want to go far because we had to do check in after a couple of hours so we just walked around the vicinity.
This cool water fountain is in the area as well, and in the winter, the grounds of Seoul City Hall is turned into a public skating rink.
What I like about spring is that there are flowers all around. And they were so beautiful!
The more we walked around, the more places we discovered and we came about Cheonggyechon stream. Before its restoration in 2005, the stream used to be just a neglected waterway in the city, but now that its restored, is one of the favorite places of locals and tourists to take a leisurely walk on.
We took some time taking pictures, and then went back to the hotel for check in, took a short nap because we did not sleep much on the plane.
This is what it looks like at night. So no matter what time of day it is, it is safe to walk along the stream, not to mention being able to breathe in the fresh air.
This is how Chenggyecheon stream looks like from street level. Apologies for the straight from the airplane look. :-)
Not sure what building this was but the design looked pretty cool to me. So, like I said, after the walk, we went back to the hotel for a rest, and then went to Namsan Tower after.
We took the cable car to go up to Namsan which was very nice, because we can see a lot of cherry blossoms on the way.
This picture was taken while we were waiting for our cable car to arrive. The cable car costs 8,500KRW round trip and 5,500KRW for children.
As the cable car moved up the mountain, here is the view we saw. It was so nice to take pictures of the numerous cherry blossom trees on the road.
When we got off the cable car, we walked a few stairs that lead to top. There were quite a lot of people as it was already late in the afternoon.
Here is Namsan Tower during the day. It doesn't look much, but wait until you see it at night. We waited until dusk to see Seoul downtime with the lights on.
This is a mini pavilion which was very nice with the plants on it.
This is the road that goes down, and this is where people who take buses come up to the mountain to see the tower. Autumn is entirely different as it is very colorful if you read my article about it.
People put love locks there as a sign of their everlasting love, ha ha. I also saw this same thing at the Brooklyn Bridge when I went to New York.
This is overlooking downtown Seoul during the day. It looks very different at night.
Downtown Seoul on the other side- this is on the viewing deck.
We even ate ice cream on a very cold day- and we were shivering afterwards. Crazy folks.
As it was getting dark and the lights turned on. An dthis is what it looks like at dusk.
Nice view, right? It was worth staying up there for quite some time so that we won't have to go back another day to see it.
As it was getting dark, we began to see lights on Namsan Tower. The light changes from time to time.
By that time the battery on our DSLR camera has run out. Good thing I had my trusty iPhone 4S still running and was able to capture this.
After this, we took the cable car back, took the elevator and walked back to Myeongdong which was just a few minutes away, had dinner and went back to the hotel to rest and get ready for the next day.
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My first ever trip to Seoul was in the spring of 2013. I was very excited to see the cherry blossoms, and was looking forward to see what else the city had to offer. So here are some pictures of that trip I took, and I hope you will also consider visiting Seoul in the spring!
We arrived in Seoul very early morning, so since it was not time for check in yet, we just left our bags at the hotel and started walking around the area in search of breakfast and countless picture taking. We stayed at Sutton Hotel, which is a few blocks from Myeongdong.
Our first ever meal in Seoul. Ramyeon, plus kimbap, or rice rolls. And this is where I tasted kimchi and liked it. I have tried it in Hong Kong before but I never liked it, but when I had it in Seoul, my, it was delicious, and thus started my love affair with kimchi, ha ha ha.
We walked around some more and came to Seoul City Hall- everything was cold and crisp, and being spring, very green!
Every one was game in walking around fresh from the plane- but we did not want to go far because we had to do check in after a couple of hours so we just walked around the vicinity.
This cool water fountain is in the area as well, and in the winter, the grounds of Seoul City Hall is turned into a public skating rink.
What I like about spring is that there are flowers all around. And they were so beautiful!
The more we walked around, the more places we discovered and we came about Cheonggyechon stream. Before its restoration in 2005, the stream used to be just a neglected waterway in the city, but now that its restored, is one of the favorite places of locals and tourists to take a leisurely walk on.
We took some time taking pictures, and then went back to the hotel for check in, took a short nap because we did not sleep much on the plane.
This is what it looks like at night. So no matter what time of day it is, it is safe to walk along the stream, not to mention being able to breathe in the fresh air.
This is how Chenggyecheon stream looks like from street level. Apologies for the straight from the airplane look. :-)
Not sure what building this was but the design looked pretty cool to me. So, like I said, after the walk, we went back to the hotel for a rest, and then went to Namsan Tower after.
We took the cable car to go up to Namsan which was very nice, because we can see a lot of cherry blossoms on the way.
This picture was taken while we were waiting for our cable car to arrive. The cable car costs 8,500KRW round trip and 5,500KRW for children.
As the cable car moved up the mountain, here is the view we saw. It was so nice to take pictures of the numerous cherry blossom trees on the road.
When we got off the cable car, we walked a few stairs that lead to top. There were quite a lot of people as it was already late in the afternoon.
Here is Namsan Tower during the day. It doesn't look much, but wait until you see it at night. We waited until dusk to see Seoul downtime with the lights on.
This is a mini pavilion which was very nice with the plants on it.
This is the road that goes down, and this is where people who take buses come up to the mountain to see the tower. Autumn is entirely different as it is very colorful if you read my article about it.
People put love locks there as a sign of their everlasting love, ha ha. I also saw this same thing at the Brooklyn Bridge when I went to New York.
This is overlooking downtown Seoul during the day. It looks very different at night.
Downtown Seoul on the other side- this is on the viewing deck.
We even ate ice cream on a very cold day- and we were shivering afterwards. Crazy folks.
As it was getting dark and the lights turned on. An dthis is what it looks like at dusk.
Nice view, right? It was worth staying up there for quite some time so that we won't have to go back another day to see it.
As it was getting dark, we began to see lights on Namsan Tower. The light changes from time to time.
By that time the battery on our DSLR camera has run out. Good thing I had my trusty iPhone 4S still running and was able to capture this.
After this, we took the cable car back, took the elevator and walked back to Myeongdong which was just a few minutes away, had dinner and went back to the hotel to rest and get ready for the next day.
For more travel articles, please click here.
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