This is really waaayyy throw back post. Seoul - Part 2 free and easy itinerary.
Day 1
Arrived at Incheon - 3:20 pm; Clear immigration and heads up to my couchsurfing house.
Dinner - Seafood Tteokbokki;
The spiciness level 0.5
Since i'm too tired and its suddenly rain heavily once we finish dinner, so i just head back to my host house.
Haven't met my host, Jo-anna yet because she had to family matter to attend so i just met her cutie cat.
Day 2
Start my day with coffee and bread at Twosome. yummyyyy...
Lost in Seoul.
I arrived in Gyeongbokgung Palace just in time for Royal Guard changing ceremony.
Royal Guard ceremony at 2 pm
The Royal Guard ceremony held at 10 am and 2 pm so if you are plan to see it, just make sure u were there for that. It's take around 20 minutes to complete.
During that day, they also held a Royal Fashion show at 3 pm so I just wait and can see clearly the Royal costume. Gosh! it's looks heavy.
How to go to Gyeongbokgung Palace by Subway
Gyeongbokgung Palace Station (Seoul Subway Line 3), Exit 5
Gwanghwamun Station (Seoul Subway Line 5), Exit 2
From palace main gate, you can see Statues of King Sejong and Yi Sun-Sin near the Gwanghwamun Square. I walk a bit from the square area and head up to Cheonggyecheon stream. It's really a nice place to rest your feet after long steps or just take a stroll here. There are many cafe near here. I grab another cuppa of coffee at Angel in Us cafe and just sit near the stream. Thank to the nice weather, i'm seriously enjoying my "Me" time here.
Day 3
Cycling trip to Chuncheon, Gangwon Province with my host and her friends. We leave the house around 9 am. Our original plan was to cycle from Seoul to Chuncheon and stay a night there but since her friend want to join and their bike is not for long cycle, so we ride our bike till Yongsan ITX train station and its take 73 minutes to arrived Chuncheon Station.
We arrived at Chuncheon Station around 11am if i'm not mistaken and waiting for another friend here. She stay in Chuncheon with her husband but working in Seoul. We head up to our cycling route after looking the whole town for bicycle shop to change one of the riders bike tire. Since it's public holiday in South Korea so its kind of hard to find an open shop.
Chuncheon is famous with dak galbi; a popular Korean dish generally made by stir-frying marinated diced chicken in a gochujang (chili pepper paste) based sauce, and sliced cabbage, sweet potato, scallions, onions, perilla leaves, and tteok (rice cake) together on a hot plate. It is a local specialty food for the city of Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, where dak galbi originates. Because of its origin, the dish is also called Chunchŏn dak galbi.
In chuncheon, you can find halal dakgalbi. Here is the address if you want to try out original Chuncheon Dak Galbi;
