2014 Korea - Day3

Day 3 – June 8, 2014/Sunday

It’s check-out time na from Yonggin as we are now scheduled to go to Seoul. Chill lang muna as empake mode kami and we had brunch sa isang Japanese restaurant. Pahirapan pakainin ng ibang pagkain ang mga bata! And since not so many people in Korea understand English, point-point lang ang peg namin sa menu. We tried to ask them if they can cook fried egss for the kids, pero di talaga carry.

 

We have to take a bus going to Jamsil which is the nearest station to Lotte World Hotel. Juliana and Ate Denise really bonded on that one-hour long journey to Seoul. Ang sosyal ng bus namin!

 

 

 

 

When we arrived at Jamsil Station, malayo-layo pala syang lakarin to Lotte World Hotel. May luggages pa kaming dala nyan ha. Plus Isabel requesting to be carried.

 

We were given free nights thru a membership by a very generous friend sa Lotte World Hotel plus breakfast kaya si Mark di agad bumalik ng Geoje. We checked-in at Lotte World by around 2pm and I requested our tour guide, Mr. Jang to pick us up by 3pm. OMG, ang ganda ng hotel as in we have good views and we are at the 22nd floor. We have a king size bed plus another bed for Juliana.  Juliana even claimed her corner of the room:

 

A few minutes after check-in, Mr. Jang arrived already and we planned to go to Gyeongbukdong palace sana. But along the way, we saw the Han River and Mr. Jang asked me if we wanted to go to a Han River cruise. I was initially hesitant to oblige because another friend is going to bring us there for lunch the day we are going to Geoje but good thing we agreed to be brought there because the view from the river is really nice and picturesque. We had a simple merienda muna at Lotteria for some burger and ice cream before we rode the yatch/boat for a 60minutes cruise over at Han River. Na-enjoy naman ng mga bata at matanda because the weather is nice and cool. Buti na lang I said yes to Mr. Jang’s invitation.

 

After the Han River cruise, we were supposed to go Gyeongbukdong palace but it is already closed so dun na lang kami sa labas nagpicture-taking. Juliana wanted again to play at the fountain pero I really said no this time because magbabasa na naman sya. Picture-taking again and some playtime at the mini-park.

 

Pagkatapos nun, Mr. Jang brought us to an authentic Korean restaurant, whose owner speak English as he has a child studying in Manila plus he plans to open up a restaurant at Timog daw next year. It’s bulgogi time and syempre sarap na sarap si July, nag-beer pa nga sya. And finally, nakakain na rin ang mga bata ng request nilang fried egg... hahaha

We thought we are done already with the sightseeing at Seoul but Mr. Jang brought us pa to Namsan Tower. It is on the top of the mountain and you can have a good view of Seoul from the top and we just need to ride a cable car on going to the top. Excited ang lahat, except for Ate Agnes who really does not want to ride a cable car. The cable ride is so cool, it was the biggest cable ride I have ever ridden and it can fit, 30 people ata un. Ung tatlong bata wanted to see the views kaya kahit puno andun sila sa unahan. Once we reached the tower, naubusan ng 500won si Mr. Jang as the kids insisted on using the telescope. We even left tiles with our names as souvenirs!

Lobat na ang digicam ng mga panahon na yan kaya sobra limited lang ang pictures sa ipad. I'll try to upload one of these days.

Mr. Jang brought us back to the hotel by around 10pm na ata un and we enjoyed a leisurely sleep at our hotel beds...