Korea Travelogue Day 4 Pt. 2: Namsan Tower & Myeongdong

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Today I'll be sharing the part two of our Day 4 in Seoul! Head over HERE if you haven't seen the first part where we visited Jongmyo Shrine, Insadong & Gyeongbokgung Palace! 

It's a trip to Namsan Tower and, for the nth time haha, Myeongdong for today's post! 😊


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NAMSAN TOWER

Namsan Tower, also known as N Seoul Tower, is a famous tourist place for those visiting South Korea as it has also served as a filming site for some Kdramas. It's something you'd usually see as you tour different areas in Seoul since it's overlooking the city. I'd usually see the tower from the window in our hotel room and even while strolling Myeongdong at night when it's usually lit up in bright colors. 

The Namsan Tower (236.7m) is located in Yongsan-gu and is sitting on top of the Namsan Mountain which is 243m above sea level (Visit Korea). One way to get here is through the Namsan Cable Car which costs 9500 won for a roundtrip. Aside from checking out the view through the observatory, you can also find a Starbucks coffee shop, some restaurants and even a gift shop here. The admission ticket for the observatory is 11,000 won for adults.



Unfortunately in our case,  I wasn't able to properly check the route via cable car so we went the long and seemingly impossible way which is through hiking to Namsan Park (and we weren't ready for it haha). The long way to the hiking entrance - passing by a day care center and a lot of other things - and as well as the hike to the top was so tiring!! There were a lot of stairs haha! 

I was actually gutted because we ended up not getting to the top because of my mistake haha. I didn't realize that it was so far! But we still tried to enjoy the view while we were there and we saw a lot of locals getting their daily dose of exercise in this place too.


As I said, we just tried to enjoy the view, and nature itself, which is why is why a short OOTD photoshoot is coming your way below haha.


It's sad that we weren't able to get to the top as my family enjoys visiting towers and tall buildings with observatory decks, to see the view of the city, during trips. But we're hoping to finally visit the actual Namsan Tower the next time we come back to Seoul! 😊


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MYEONGDONG

I've lost count how many times we've visited Myeongdong during this trip but it was fun! I loved this bustling place in the city. 😁


By now, I think you're used to this, as we got our Bomb Rice rolls fix again haha! We also ordered the same yummy fried chicken too! 


We then explored the area for anything or any food that's "in" at that moment. We saw this Castella place which sells the softest and yummiest bread! It was really good! 


We also got ourselves the prettiest ice cream from Milky Bee & Gela Rosa. 


It was really good too and it was so pretty you wouldn't want to eat it! 

We also visited the Line Friends shop just because it was too cute not too! I didn't buy anything as I just wanted to see what cute stuff they were selling. 


These are some of the items they had on sale there! Everything was so cute haha! They had everything from stuffed toys, accessories & food!! The Line Friends cookies and chocolates looked really yummy even though they looked too good to be eaten haha. Spot the cute popcorn tin below!



That's everything for the Day 4 of our Korea Travelogue! Stay tuned for the last & final installment of this travelogue as well as my Korea Haul which are both coming next! 😊

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