Our fall semester coincides with one of Korea's most popular public holidays, their Mid Autumn Festival, also know as Chuseok. Imagine the look on my face when I heard that it's a 3-day public holiday for Koreans to go back to their families all around Korea to celebrate.
3-days combined with the weekends = 5 Days No School :DD
3-days combined with the weekends = 5 Days No School :DD
For the first day I visited Gyeongbokgung! One of the 4 palaces in Seoul. I've been to several palaces including the ones in China so it isn't exactly an eye opener for me but the fact that it's Chuseok makes it very special. The whole place is alive with the usual tourists and also locals checking out their own country's attraction and take part in Chuseok activities that were being held concurrently in the palace premises.
After that we head on to the area near Gwanghwamun and chilled beside part of the Cheonggyecheon stream. There were also like Traditional Korean Games around the area which we played. Ddakji was such a fail it really isn't as easy as it looks. Not simply smashing it hard. The stream is an amazing place to chill after a long and arduous day. People can be seen cooling their feet in the stream, feel free to follow suit if you're sure your feet will dry in time. HAHA.
We headed over to Express Bus Terminal Station for the Banpo Rainbow Bridge Fountain Show! Directions are really simple although you'll get quite doubtful because you'll be walking quite far without any indication you're in the right way.
Just exit by Exit 8-1 and walk straight till you come to an intersection (Crossroads).
Then turn right and walk all the way straight, go down an underpass and you'll eventually come to the area where you'll see lots of people hanging out.
The show starts at 8pm and there will be around 3 or 4 by the time it hits 9.30. That's the last show.
When we got there one of our main concerns was to find food first. However there weren't many food options but we realised there were a lot of delivery motorbikes loitering around the area. So we decided to order like Fried Chicken and eat it by the Han River while watching the show. Unfortunately we can't speak much Korean so we got a few locals to help out. I must say, eating fried chicken by the River is highly recommended and is quite an experience hahaha.
We were lucky as well, as it is Chuseok there were also fireworks for the first show at 8pm. If you find this bridge familiar, it's actually the one on the cover page of my blog. But that one is a professionally taken one from an aerial view. It does not look as magnificent from the bottom.
But still, a romantic location for lovebirds.
Just exit by Exit 8-1 and walk straight till you come to an intersection (Crossroads).
Then turn right and walk all the way straight, go down an underpass and you'll eventually come to the area where you'll see lots of people hanging out.
The show starts at 8pm and there will be around 3 or 4 by the time it hits 9.30. That's the last show.
When we got there one of our main concerns was to find food first. However there weren't many food options but we realised there were a lot of delivery motorbikes loitering around the area. So we decided to order like Fried Chicken and eat it by the Han River while watching the show. Unfortunately we can't speak much Korean so we got a few locals to help out. I must say, eating fried chicken by the River is highly recommended and is quite an experience hahaha.
We were lucky as well, as it is Chuseok there were also fireworks for the first show at 8pm. If you find this bridge familiar, it's actually the one on the cover page of my blog. But that one is a professionally taken one from an aerial view. It does not look as magnificent from the bottom.
But still, a romantic location for lovebirds.