A Trip Came to live ✓
After Hallyucon (Korean Culture and kpop convention) back in november 2016 my younger sister Nydia got really interested in South Korea.
If she ever wanted to go to South Korea she wanted to go with me, because I already went there for three times. This idea came to live and suddenly everything started to roll.
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| Hongdae Shopping Street |
We started to plan our trip to Seoul and the things we wanted to do.
We choose to go in the Spring in the period of the month May.
Plane Tickets ✓
But first, the important thing we need is a plane ticket to Seoul (Incheon International Airport)
For cheap tickets we waited for the KLM World Deals Weeks in January, The Deals lasts for 2 weeks.
This time they began early on 30th december 2016.
We can take the cheapest tickets for this trip, but the downside is you have to transfer 1 or 2 times and that means the traveling time will be much longer... So we decided to pay extra to get a direct flight to Incheon International Airport.
We want to departure in the weekend, but because of the higher price on weekends we had to adjust our departure date...
That why our departure date now is:
wednesday 3th of May till Thursday 18th of May!!!
So tickets are in the pocket and now whats next?
A Place to stay...✓
In the three times I went there I stayed at Uljiro Co-op Residence in Dongdaemun. I have a very good experience with this hotel and that's why I also choose to stay here for the trip with my sister.
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| The hotel we are going to stay |
Global Planning ✓
I asked my sister what she wants to see and do in South Korea. Options are unlimited... I know this trip is going to be different than the past trips to South Korea with my boyfriend.
We both agree this trip is going to be about Food and Shopping. So she leaves the planning all to me.
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| View from N. Seoul Tower |
Inspirations for the planning ✓
My inspirations for planning this trip and the trips before to South Korea comes from blogs, vlogs, the variety show 'Running Man', Korean Dramas and Instagram.
Even when our trip is about Food and Shopping, she still wants to do sightseeing as well.
The list of places to see ✓
With my experience from my last trips and inspirations I made a list what she should see and what I still want to see.
- Historical sites: Gyeongbok Palace, Namsangol Hanok Village, Insadong, N Seoul Tower
- Shopping streets: Myeongdong, Garosil-gil, Gangnam, Jamsil, Hongdae..
- Shopping malls: Lotte department Store, Shinsegae department store, Hyundai departement store, Common Ground
- Places I want to see: Jeju Island, Incheon and MBC World Tour.
These are the few highlights of our planning to South Korea.
My next blogs will be about booking tours, interesting sites, shops etc.
Thank you for reading the blog.
LCT <3
