{"id":4967,"date":"2012-07-18T22:53:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/2012\/07\/18\/seoul-day-02-i-cherry-blossoms-everywhere\/"},"modified":"2012-07-18T22:53:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T14:53:00","slug":"seoul-day-02-i-cherry-blossoms-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/2012\/07\/18\/seoul-day-02-i-cherry-blossoms-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Seoul Day 02 (I) &#8211; Cherry Blossoms Everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 20 April 2012 Friday<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>07:45 AM Good Morning Seoul!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3001.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Good morning! Woke up early in the morning to have breakfast with JR before he leaves for work. I was surprised by the beautiful sight when I opened the curtains. I wasn&#8217;t expecting the cherry blossoms in Seoul.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3005.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Having breakfast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3009.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m getting the Korean Breakfast set while JR decided on an a la carte meal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3013.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My fresh milk<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3015.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our iphones in their new casings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3016.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our food arrived. ??? JR&#8217;s a ala carte meal wass the same as mine. We couldn&#8217;t belived that we ordered the same thing and even double confirmed our orders with the waiter. Had a great laugh over it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3017.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Australian Beef Kalbi and Prawn Skewer with Marinated Mountain Vegetables and Condiments<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3018.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3019.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dried Seaweed<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3020.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3021.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bean Sprouts Soup with Clam and Bean Curb<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3023.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JR&#8217;s sparkling water<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>11:40 AM Touring around Seoul<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JR went out for work at 8:30 AM. I went back to bed and work up at 11 AM. Wash up and got ready to step out of the hotel. Grand Hyatt Seoul provides free shuttle service to some of the nearby popular places.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3026.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Grand Hyatt Seoul lobby<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3027.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3029.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3031.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Shuttle Bus Stop<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3032.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It was still early so I took a short walk around the front of the hotel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3034.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3039.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3045.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div id=\"v17217\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/media.dreamhost.com\/mp5\/jwplayer.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\njwplayer(\"v17217\").setup({    'flashplayer': 'https:\/\/media.dreamhost.com\/mp5\/player.swf',    'width': 640,    'height': 480,    'file': 'http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204 Seoul\/videos\/MVI_3049_640x480.flv',    'image': 'http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204 Seoul\/videos\/MVI_3049_640x480.jpeg' });\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Strong wind, flying flower petals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3061.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Back to the hotel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3062.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Shuttle bus&#8217;s here! Almost couldn&#8217;t catch it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3063.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hotel -&gt; Itaewon -&gt; Hotel -&gt; Myeong Dong -&gt; Hotel<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3064.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>12:20 PM Itaewon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I had wanted to visit Myeong Dong but only realised that the shuttle bus that I was on was heading for Itaewon. Never mind, since I am already heading there, might as well take a walk around the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3065.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There was nothing interesting for me here. It&#8217;s so boring! I wondered why some people love to travel alone&#8230; <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3066.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I was over dressed. It wasn&#8217;t really that cold and I was the only weirdo walking around in boots. I was perspiring as I walked under the hot sun. Took the next shuttle bus back to the hotel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>13:50 PM Namsan Park<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I went back to the room to change into something cooler. Left the hotel again to venture into Namsan Park, which is just next to the Grand Hyatt Seoul.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3073.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Beautiful cherry blossoms. My first time seeing them. So glad that I had decided to accompany JR to Seoul.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3076.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3090.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3094.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3103.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3106.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>14:20 PM It&#8217;s Time for Myeong Dong<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3108.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Back to hotel to cool down before leaving again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3111.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>14:45 PM Myeong Dong<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Took the free shuttle service to Myeong Dong. This time I got onto the correct bus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3113.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3115.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Myeong Dong Subway Station entrance 6<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Guess what was my main purpose of visiting Myeong Dong?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2012\/Travel\/201204%20Seoul\/D2\/01\/IMG_3116.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Found it!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/travel\/\">View my entire TRAVEL list<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: 20 April 2012 Friday 07:45 AM Good Morning Seoul! 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