The one and only planned activity for today was Petite France. Petite France is a small French-theme park located at Nami Island. It takes about 2-3hrs to reach there from Seoul via public transport. I got the Jajang La-beokki that I have always been wanting to try since day 1, from the convenience store at our place before we board the train. It is basically ramen (Korean cup noodles) + tteokbokki (Korean rice cakes) in Jajangmyeon (black bean minced meat noodles) sauce. Omg, total regrets~
#1: Jajang La-beokki, KRW2,300.
Petite France 쁘띠프랑스
616-2 Gosung-ri, Cheongpyeong-myeon, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do
0900-1800hrs (daily)
Admission: KRW8,000
Gapyeong City Tour bus ride from Gapyeong Station: KRW6,000
www.pfcamp.com From Seoul to Petite France From where we stayed (Dongdaemun), we took a subway to Sinyongsan Station. Walk to Yongsan Station and from there, take an ITX to Gapyeong Station. We went to the wrong platform and continued on subway to Cheongyanni Station. So we took the ITX at Cheongyanni Station instead to Gapyeong Station, and it cost KRW4,000. At Gapyeong Station, took the Gapyeong City Tour bus to Petite France. It cost KRW6,000 and is a 40mins ride. Petite France is such a pretty place! Like you anyhow take, the photos will still turn out to be nice! Went round to take lots of photos, and that was all that we did there. Disappointed that it kept raining today! 👎🏻
#2: Petite France.
#3: Petite France.
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#17: Stopped here for a tteokbokki break~ KRW4,000.
#18: Petite France.
#19: Petite France.
#20: Petite France.
#21: View from above!
#22: This bridge leads to the observatory deck for an even better view of the island.
#23: Petite France.
#24: A wishing bell tree?
#25: Rare times to see a bee in action!
From Petite France to Seoul
To get back to Seoul, we continued on the bus of the same route to Cheongpyeong Station, instead of going back to Gapyeong Station, so we would not have to pay for the bus again. From Cheongpyeong Station, we just took various subways to get back to Seoul.
From there, we went to Lotte Department Store and Myeongdong for some last minute shopping. Happy to find and get everything that we did not managed to previously! On our way to Myeongdong, I had Manjoo and Lotteria's Bulgogi Burger. Manjoo is highly recommended! It is mini custard cake (like mini Taiyakis), really affordable and a great warm snack! Lotteria's Bulgogi Burger is really good as well. Sesame bun with a bulgogi patty, some savoury sauce, lettuce, onions and mayonnaise. Mmmm... 😋
Myeongdong 명동
Myeongdong-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
1030-2230hrs (daily)
Subway: Myeongdong Station Exit 7 (line 4)
Lotte Department Store (Myeongdong) 롯데백화점-명동
Namdaemunno 2(i)-ga, Seoul
1030-2000hrs (daily)
Subway: Euljiro 1-ga Station Exit 7 (line 2)
I had Minion cup noodles of spicy cheese flavour, with crabsticks stuffed with cheese and seaweed, bought at the convenience store. It is really good as well! And to my surprise, there are Minion fishcakes inside too! Gonna buy a few more to bring back~ In Singapore, character noodles like this sells up to SGD4-5, and this is sold only at KRW1,500.
#26: Minion cup noodles with mini Minion fishcakes, KRW1,500.
Expenses of the Day Jajang La-beokki: KRW2,300 ITX Cheongyanni > Gapyeong: KRW4,000 Gapyeong City Tour Bus > Petite France: KRW6,000 Petite France: KRW6,000 (off KRW2,000 with Korea Tour Card) Tteokbokki: KRW4,000 Assorted Cookies: KRW3,000
Manjoo: KRW2,000 won (9pcs)
Lotteria, Bulgogi Burger: KRW3,400
Tayo Toy Buses: KRW26,000 (5pcs)
Iced Peach Tea: KRW1,200
Fish Cake Stick: KRW1,500
Total for day 8: KRW59,400 = SGD71.65 Balance brought forward: SGD1,979.30 Current total: SGD2,050.95