Today is the last day of exploring Seoul city and heading back home tomorrow afternoon.. D: Today's itinerary is really easy and that is to go Myeong-dong! Myeong-dong is one of the busiest streets in Seoul and is one of the top premium shopping districts in Korea. Every Korean cosmetic brand has a branch in Myeong-dong. This is the place to go to get cosmetics and cosmetic samples. There are about a thousand cosmetic shops and hundreds of skincare shops, with several large cosmetic shops clustered around. Myeong-dong is also located near to Myeongdong Cathedral and Namdaemun Market. Over here, you will see many salesperson standing right outside their shops, trying to swindle you in to shop with free samples.
In the evening at about 1800hrs, street vendors will start to set up their cart stalls and start selling their items, be it apparels or street food. There wasn't a lot of them and the ones that I saw were clothing, gyeranbbang, tteokbokki, dumplings, odeng soup, orange juice, fruits, crepe and squid/octopus stalls.
MYEONGDONG
Opening hrs: 1030hrs to 2200hrs.
Address: Myeongdong, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
Subway: Myeongdong Station (line 4 exit 6 or 7).
#1: Myeongdong Station Underground Shopping Centre.
#2: Myeongdong Station Underground Shopping Centre.
#3: Myeongdong.
#4: Myeongdong.
#5: Nature Republic X EXO.
#6: Nature Republic X EXO.
#7: Myeongdong Street Food.
#8: Gyeranbbang.
#9: Myeongdong Street Food.
#10: Myeongdong Street Food.
#11: Tteokbokki.
#12: Descendants of the Sun Keyrings.
This region is also where Myeongdong Cathedral is located. Also known as the Cathedral Church of the Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception, the Myeongdong Cathedral is the first Roman Catholic church in Korea, and the first brick Gothic building to be built in Korea. On the 50th anniversary of the church in 1948, a French statue of Mother Mary bearing the title “the Immaculate Conception” was built behind the church property. The church was really really pretty! There was a wedding solemnization that was going to commence on the point of visit, so I wasn't able to take a look inside.
MYEONGDONG CATHEDRAL
Opening hrs: 0900hrs to 2100hrs (Tue to Fri, Sun), 0900hrs to 2000hrs (Sun), Closed on Mondays.
Address: 74 Myeongdong-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
Subway: Myeongdong (line 4 exit 8).
#13: Myeongdong Cathedral.
#14: Myeongdong Cathedral.
#15: Myeongdong Cathedral.
#16: Myeongdong Cathedral.
Alright, and my Korea trip comes to an end.. It was real fun traveling and cafehopping around, but the stairs are really no joke. -_-|| Gonna leave for airport by noon tomorrow and I doubt I will be going anywhere before that. See ya and looking forward for my next trip! ^_^
Expenses of the Day
Starbucks - Apple Carrot Juice KRW4,000; Mocha Frappuccino KRW5,600
Descendants of the Sun Fox and Rabbit Keyrings - KRW5,000 (x2) = KRW10,000
Korea Banana Milk - KRW1,300 (x2) = KRW2,600
Tteokbokki - KRW3,000
Gyeranbbang - KRW2,000
Sub-total: KRW27.200 = SGD32.35
Balance from previous: SGD1,952.20
Current total: SGD1,984.55
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Expenses for Day 9
AREX from Seoul Station to Airport - KRW8,000
Angel-in-us Coffee - Iced Latte KRW5,800
Sub-total: KRW13,800 = SGD16.40
Balance from previous: SGD1,984.55
Final Total: SGD2,000.95