So we are not going to the Olympics this year because I just thought it would be
kind of cold and miserable and I heard the transportation situation is terrible
there. I really have no desire to go. I just want to watch it from my home.
But instead of going to the Olympics, I thought I would go to the Lotte
department store which has a official Olympic store and check out some of the
merchandise there.
if you are interested in purchasing Olympic merchandise I believe that the
Lotte department store is the official seller of Olympic merchandise and I went
to the one in myeongdong. and I found the Olympics stuff on the ninth floor which is
where all the duty-free stuff is. So if you go shopping for Olympic stuff you
will see two mascots. The first one is this black bear which is the mascot for
the Paralympics and then the other mascot is a white tiger which is the
mascot for the regular Olympics. Bandabi (반다비) is a Asiatic black bear which is a
bear that's native to the Korean Peninsula and this is a symbol of strong
will and courage. The white tiger's name is Soohorang (수호랑) which is derived from two
Korean words - "soo-ho" which means protection and "ho-rang-i" which means
tiger. And a tiger is an animal that's closely related to Korean mythology and
it's a symbol of trust, strength and protection.
When I saw these snow globes, I immediately thought of my daughter, Sienna
because she has been wanting a snow globe
for such a long time and I know that the pink one is
something that she would definitely love. So there's a huge price difference
between the black globe that you see in the back and the smaller white globes
the black one is like super expensive. it's 50,000 Korean won which is about $50 US
dollars and this small one is 15,000 won which is about $15 US dollars and they're
not that different. I actually like a small one better because the black one seems
like it's super Christmasy whereas the other ones seem like they're more for
the Olympics. these look like little vases which
celebrate each of the different Olympic Games
I think this is real leather. it kind of reminds me of Saffiano leather but I'm
not sure if I would carry this personally... not my style. This passport
case on the other hand is really cute but I never use my current passport case
because I'm the only one that has one. and it's much lighter to just carry your
passport by itself especially when you have four of them you're carrying
together. This pouch is super cute
and here's the clothing section
these pajamas are cute but my kids already have a lot of pajamas already.
These are kids sweatshirts and the quality of the cotton feels really good but it's a
little bit expensive and I'm not really sure if any of us would actually wear
these sweatshirts. This one's a dry fit
looks like North Face did a partnership with the Olympics to make these special
jackets but I think I would actually prefer a plain North Face
here we have some little souvenirs for kids these look like they are paper
dolls and then here's one of those little art figures you can paint.
I'm always like tempted to buy these but I never actually buy them. I'm not sure what this
thing is and this is kind of cool if my kids are older I would get this for them
this is a Lego set. and there are a lot of mirrors in this store
This is a really cute puffy tiger mirror and a bear mirror.
Maybe if I was an athlete, I would buy this.
I don't know. But I would rather just use the mirror in my house.
These look like insulated water bottle holders.
cute
and who doesn't need a tiger headband right? Super cute.
because I have so many plushies
from playing claw machines I'll probably never buy a plushie doll again in my
life but I thought this tiger wearing the black jacket was irresistible.
super cute
now this little mini tiger that's hanging over the cup is something that I
definitely need in my life
okay this Candy's just a little bit weird and scary. Looks like we're at the
food section and you have some sweet potato chips. These almonds are really
popular as souvenirs in Korea and of course seaweed
These miniature fans are actually magnets and I thought that they were super pretty.
This looks like a giant Styrofoam ball but it's actually a lamp
And this is some sort of expensive beauty soap. Korea is known for its beauty products so
maybe that is worth a try.
and I thought this was kind of cute. A puck candle.
here we have a little magnetic board where all the magnets and keychains are
displayed and I thought this is kind of weird cuz it's like a patch that you
would sew on your jacket but it's actually a magnet
I was kind of surprised to find this here because this is actually a
Japanese-style candy. I saw this a lot in Tokyo
And then here you have some pins representing all of the different Olympic sports with the brown bear and
the tiger on them.
hi guys so I did a little bit of shopping when I went to the Olympic
store and I'm gonna do a haul and show you what I got
so the first thing I got is for my husband and I. I got these little Tigers
that sit on the edge of your coffee cup and keep you company when you drink your
coffee or tea I just thought this was really cute and it's not really useful.
I don't know. But I've always I've seen these um but I just don't know I thought it was kind
of unique so I got this set.
so the next thing I got were these commemorative pins and whenever I travel
somewhere or my mom travels somewhere I like to buy a souvenir pin that says
like Mount Fuji or wherever I went and I'll buy one for myself and one for my
mom and she does the same thing. When I was younger and my family took trips
my mom would let us pick out a souvenir at the shop and I would always pick rocks
for some reason because I was really into collecting rocks and as a child.
My mom always got mad at me because she was like why would you get that it's not
like you can't tell that like it's from the location that we visited. You can get
rocks anywhere why are you picking rocks for your souvenir? So after I got like a
few boxes of rocks I started collecting souvenirs pins.
And I picked this up
because there's three in a set and then I'm going to keep one and give two to my mom
oh it locks it oh this is interesting
oh it's a light
oh this is so cool!
that's so cool
turn it off.
that's so cool I didn't know that it's gonna do that
Let's see.
Wow! It's my first light up pin.
I also got these little mirrors ... handheld mirrors with the Olympic Tigers speed
skating and figure skating and I got these for my patrons so you guys want to
become a patron you can check out in the link in the description box below
so I was looking for some really cute keychains for my patrons but the ones
that I saw on display were sold out so I ended up getting the mirrors and
I thought they were cute and it can also be useful for you to check your teeth
if you have any like green stuff in there. they're nice and light you can
just throw them in your purse
So my daughter has been asking me for a snow
globe for months I think she saw a snow globe in the stores before Christmas
started it was a Christmas snow globe and she really wanted it but I thought it
was really expensive it was around 50 bucks. and I don't know I just didn't
feel like it was an appropriate thing for her to have because it's a glass and
it's breakable. even though Sienna is careful,
I thought I'm not gonna buy
that for her. But I saw these snow globes at the Olympic store and I thought that
this one would be perfect for Sienna because the Tiger is pink. she loves pink
and she's been asking me for a snow globe. I asked her why she wanted a snow
snow globe and she said that it was because Rolie Polie has a snow globe.
Rolie Polie is a cartoon on Netflix that she watches. but anyway I got her this
snow globe and then of course I can't leave Valentina out so I got Valentina
this blue snowboarding tiger. I think that snowboarding is going to be my
favorite sport the Olympics but yeah anyway I don't I don't know if I'm gonna
give this to her yet because it's breakable but I'm just gonna save it for
her when she gets older she can have her own snow globe
so that's all I got there are a lot of cute things there and I remember when
the Olympics were held in Seoul in like the 80s I think it was 1984 or 1985 and
their mascot was also a tiger but it was orange and my dad went to Korea around
that time I don't know if he went to... I don't think he went to the Olympics but he picked up
some souvenir pencils for me which I think I still have to this day at my
mom's house in the drawer I'm not really sure where they are but I do remember that
tiger so this tiger is very similar to the 1980s Olympic tiger. super cute.
So if you guys are in Seoul and you're looking for something to do that's kind of
related to the Olympics and you have kids you might want to check out this
exhibit at the Ichon Children's Museum at the National Museum of Korea
it's an exhibit on Tigers that sort of talks about the Tigers that were present
in Korean literature and the connection between Tigers and Korean culture and
they have some hands-on activities like drawing these Tiger masks and they also
have this thing that Valentina really enjoyed which was stamping tiger and
other stamps onto postcards. It ended up being really messy but we made some pretty
cool postcards
I hope you guys enjoyed this video and let me know in the comments below what
your favorite sport is for the Olympics I'll talk to you later