Exploring Sinchon & Ewha
On the first day we touched down in Seoul, the cold early spring weather greeted us as soon as we walked out of the airport terminal. The four of us stood at the bus stop, waiting for the airport bus which was supposed to take us to our Airbnb to pull up into its spot.
I suppose I should introduce you to three people who were with me on this trip. Meet Marshellia, Grace and Christina. Childhood best friends who I’ll be taking around Seoul during the first week of my trip. My three companions were busy munching on the Honey Butter Chips that was bought earlier, partly for the purpose of a light breakfast replacement, partly because we all wanted to know if the Honey Butter Chips hyped that was going on then was really living up to the hype. (For me, it didn’t to be honest. Just not my thing)
As soon as the airport bus arrived and took us into the city, our first stop was our Airbnb in Hongdae. The place Grace has picked was really nice. Spacious apartment with two queens beds, living area, and dining area. We dropped off our luggages and took a little break before heading out for brunch.
Since it's our first day in the city and we took a red-eye flight the night before, my plan was to just explore the areas near our Airbnb so we don’t get too tired. The first stop for brunch was this Korean spicy soft tofu stew (순두부찌개) place in Sinchon. Everybody was feeling for something soupy and warm, so tofu stew was perfect for the chilly weather. After we stuffed ourselves with rice and stew, we went to one of the shooting locations of the popular drama ‘Goblin’, which happened to be around the area. Goblin was the big Korean drama at the time. The series has just ended a couple of months before so the excitement around the series was still there. I took them to tunnel where Goblin & Gream Reaper had their slow motion walking scene after they returned from buying groceries and we took a couple of pictures there.
After Sinchon, we walked over to Ewha to explore the area. The girls went shopping and we also tried some waffle for our afternoon snack.
When dinner time came, I took them to one of my favorite gyukatsu place and we each had a portion of the juicy tender deep-fried beef cutlets.
Shopping session resumed after we finished dinner. More clothing stores and shoe stores visits, resulted in more shopping bags being carried around as the night was getting darker.
When everybody was finally spent, we made our way back to our Airbnb and called it a day. And that was our first day.
