I am finally settling down to look at my Europe vacation itinerary for October. Still looking into these places: Lucerne, Paris/Nice and Venice. Haven't looked at my tickets (yet, cos it's all full for Emirates for the time being to these places) or my hotels. Sigh.
Anyone has good traveling tips or itineraries for these areas in EU? ;)
Gonna blog about Seoul (Aug/Sept) since I have some days off this week before my 2 Shanghai trips!
My hotel room in Seoul
My hotel room in Seoul
Pretty decent.
It's easy to go around Seoul since there's almost everything around.
Convenience stores, different brands of coffee houses, supermarkets and cosmetic stores almost everywhere to be seen!
Went to a korean BBQ restaurant with a friend, Ming that the hotel concierge recommends. When I travel, I always make sure I ask for directions from concierge - they know the surroundings of the hotel best! :-)
we ordered 2 sets of pork and a soup to share ;D
Isn't Ming really sweet looking?
The usual korean appetisers that seems so delectable :)
Doenjang Jjigae (fermented soyabean paste and vegetable stew)
the pork slices that came from ribs are so good - tender, well marinated and taste good with gochujang (korean hot pepper paste) with veg.
Makes me hungry everytime I look at that picture!
Stopped by 7-11 to get some drinks for breakfast.
My must-get every trip is the banana milk. The strawberry milk still taste as good as 5 years ago, when I was in Seoul for holidays :)
Walked our way to the Gangnam Underground Subway Market!
Passed by Olive Young - which is commonly seen in most places -
it's a huge cosmetics store, where u can get almost every brand there!
It was raining that day but it didn't dampen our mood for shopping :p
Entered the subway, Tony Moly greeted us :)
We strolled in and out of many cosmetics stores, which fascinates us because prices are relatively cheaper than singapore/china/dubai so we couldn't stop ourselves at buying masks!
I also bought the bb cream from skinfood which is very well-raved and some clothes that start from USD10-15!
I'm not sure if Gangnam is cheaper than our wholesale Dongdaemun, but i'm pretty happy shopping at the former since they're small stores which don't require you to buy in bulk
Strolled into the mall that linked us to the subway and found really pretty korean accessories - which I didn't buy any of them since I am known to lose them often :p
I will recommend Gangnam underground market to those who like their Myeongdong shopping too :)
#selfshot before we go into more hardcore shopping!
Ming cleared the shelf of ginseng masks since they're not sold in most places.
Skinfood is so cheap in korea, omg....
Bibimbap for me
and ramyeon for her :)
my takeaways from Seoul;
spot market-o brownie snacks which are known to be good!
my best purchase has to be the lace top which is of pretty good quality - just 15USD ;)
and my 2 favorite lip items - tony moly bear gloss and nivea colored lip balm in cherry xD
I'm going to do my Korean trip part II with my buddy and other friends tomorrow! Watch this space ;D
