Morning guys, I'm here with Sunny! (Sunny) Hi!
And today we're gonna take you on a
tour of a whole bunch of different places in Seoul. I really want to give you guys some ideas of things you can do if
you just have one day to spend in Seoul so we have like an
action-packed day full of tons of fun stuff to do so I hope you enjoy. We're starting off our day in
Insadong which is one of my favorite places in Seoul it showed it to you guys before
I'll probably be back here lots because there's tons to show you here
But we're having a yummy vegan lunch to get some energy for a busy day
So they have tons of Korean side dishes
It looks so delicious is the buffet so we just took a huge plate a little bit of everything
I can't wait to eat it so hungry. Sunny just taught me that the reason
Chopsticks are metal in Korea is because back in like the old days people would try to poison the king
But if you had chopsticks made out of gold or silver
When they touched the poison the chopsticks would turn black, so you would know if your food was poisoned. That's so cool
I had no idea I always wondered. The owner of the restaurant said that they're really popular with Canadian tourists
So I told her I was Canadian
She was like "Oh lots of Canadians come here."
So we are gonna head to Gyeongbokgung Palace now
I've been there before I really want to wear like a hanbok and walk around there and take cute pictures
So I will do that someday, but today. We're just gonna go there and explore
I'm gonna show it to you guys a bit
I don't know if I've ever
Vlogged there before. I don't think I have, it was one of the first places that me and my husband went to
together when we came to Seoul for the first time together, so I really like it it's a really beautiful area
And there's just lots to explore the palace is huge
Welcome to Gyeongbokgung Palace, it's really big guys
We're gonna buy tickets and go inside so I can kind of give you guys like a an overview of the place
We have an hour to kill and we're gonna watch like a special performance out the main gate
I've never seen it before but everybody dresses up in like the traditional Korean wear. Everybody's walking around in a hanbok
I don't know what the male clothing is
called but you'll be able to see lots of people in the background wearing them. It's really cool
So this is the main castle
This is where the king sits and like watching all of the like ceremony and everything they're like three entrance oh
So the closer you get, like the higher your status. (Sharla) Ohh! (Sunny) Yeah, if I'm not mistaken
I love just walking around and going through all the different passageways and
Never know what you'll find
There's so much to explore
(Sunny) The palace are big (Sharla) Right! It's huge!
So many gates
Sunny was saying that there's like different levels of gates and each class of people is like allowed so far
So the king was allowed to like right into the middle of the palace, but the lower-class citizens
Would be further out outside of the gates oh?
And they have special entrances for maids or like servants.
There's not that many people here, you'd think there would be lots the weather is so nice
But the place is so huge
That you really can explore it and basically have really big areas to yourself to take photos and stuff, which is really cool
So this palace was built in the
1300s and apparently they're restoring it bit by bit
to its original state, but it's in a really nice condition
(Korean)
We're just taking a break
drinking some soy milk
I'm gonna miss this when winter is over. I love the heated soy milks that you can get at a convenience store
This is like a black
Bean one it's really tasty
The ceremony is about to start at the main gate
Very deadly what the password is 90 times and now is changing
That was cool. I felt like I was in some like historical period drama
That was neat! I've never seen that before I didn't realize it was such a big performance yeah
I've just seen the guys like dressed up guarding the gate
You can kind of see a little bit of it from outside the palace
But it only cost us $3 to enter so you might as well come in and explore the place because it's so cheap
We're getting to a cafe now
dessert and coffee
In Myeongdong? Near Myeongdong area, and we're gonna do some shopping
(The English translation of the coffee shop is 'It's Raining on Paris' Thanks for the info Kevin!!)
We're at the cafe now with a really long French name that I can't pronounce. It's so cute. It's such a tiny little cafe
and we've ordered some vegan goodies because we were craving some sweets, and I got a
Soy milk latte
Sunny, what did you get?
Ice americano
This is so good. I love anything like earl grey flavor
Mmm this is so good. (Sunny)This is really rich
(Sunny speaking Korean about the baking courses)
That cake was so good. I've never tasted anything like it
I want to explain it as like a really light cheesecake kind of texture like it was really cold and kind of like
moist
It didn't feel like a cake
It was more like a cheesecake
but it was Earl Grey flavored which is awesome and
It's really healthy and not like overly heavy or sweet or anything
It was delicious with coffee so really recommend that little cafe. The lady working in there was really sweet
And they have cooking lessons so me and Sonny were considering taking a baking lesson
So we could learn how to make that Earl Grey cake
Maybe one day we're heading to
Bukak
Skywalk? Is that right?
Bukak
Skywalk, and I've never been there before and it looks like you can get like a really nice view of the city from up there
But it's a little less well-known than say like
Namsan tower
So we're gonna head there now, and I'll show it to you guys
We've arrived looks like there's lots to see here there was such a nice view on the way up, but it looks like this whole
Area that we can explore so go check it out the view of the city so nice guys
Can't wait to show you. I hope my camera will pick it up nicely
So on this side you
Have a beautiful view of the mountainside
But if you go to the opposite side you can see the city and all the high buildings and everything
You can actually see Namsan Tower in the distance which is the other high viewing point here in Seoul
Welcome to Myeongdong shopping street
This place is crazy. You guys there are so many tourists here
This is like the most popular place to shop in Seoul so it's just packed with people but for good reasons tons of like
little street stalls selling street food and selling clothing and little souvenirs
All the beauty stores are here
You can see lots of them behind me so if you're in Seoul and you want to do some shopping come to Myeongdong
We're looking for a Boots now
Apparently it's like a UK drug store
I've never been in one my first Boots experience in Korea
Their makeup sponges are really good
Oh really?
I was just telling Sunny my, my makeup sponge is falling apart, and I need a new one
She recommended me some like cheaper dupes cuz that thing was like
$28 I'm not gonna pay that again. It was nice, but it wasn't only a dollar size. Daiso sounds great
I might try it. Can't go wrong for a dollar. So yeah, they have died so here in Korea
But it's not a dollar. It's mostly like two dollars some things are a dollar but
It's more expensive. It's not as cool as in Japan yeah
Everything's a dollar. Yeah like everything in this store
This cool, they have all the products that I've seen on like UK vloggers videos, but I've never heard of before
Do you think they have the eye liner?
Sunny recommended to me the 3ce
Pen liner for your eyes, but everywhere I sold out we went to the huge Style Nanda
And it was all sold out. They don't have it here either
This one isn't it, right? No that's not the one
This is my favorite soap
It smells like fresh mango. If you come to Korea you can get them in Boots apparently and also in a store called Butter
It's like a home store, about $4. Just kind of expensive, but it smells so amazing that it's worth it
They have other fruits too, but I always get the mango one just because I know it smells so good
But these ones are probably also really good. Aww
It's so cute
Okay guys, we're gonna head home now
I hope you enjoyed hanging out with us in Seoul and we gave you some ideas for stuff to see
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And I will see you guys soon! Bye!!
Thanks for the wonderful video Sharla!