Nampodong Station! That was our destination for today because of Lotte Mall. It is combined with two buildings, Main Store and Aqua Mall. In the Main Store there is basically everything, while the Aqua Mall also has many shops and restaurants but also a giant water fountain. It was registered in the Guinness World Book of Records and plays some kind of musical water fountain show every hour for like 10 minutes. Additionally, there's a rooftop park on top of the building, which is the largest in South Korea and offers a great view of the entire city.

The mall consists of a total of 551 brands, including 407 outlet stores and an additional 114 shops in the mall, selling not only fashion but a variety of items such as electronic appliances, daily goods, and more.

It got way too crowded in the afternoon, so we headed outside to explore the area and found another BOY LONDON store. I just couldn't resist and needed to take a small glimpse... or not so small, but the middle aged sales man was so kind, haha.

Back in the hotel we wanted to wash some of our clothes but the dryer was defect, so we improvised and pegged out the washing inside our room. Socks on the air conditioner, shirts on the TV, trousers in the bathroom. Too bad I wasn't there when the charlady came in and saw it. Imagine her gaze, haha.

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We headed to Busan today but first things come first: the super delicious luxury breakfast in the hotel... URKS! We took the plane at 3pm (Korean time) and landed in Busan about one hour later. We choosed to stay in Seomyeon and took the Gimhae Air Light Rail Transit to Sasang, which was surprisingly easy to use, and from there the underground railway to our final destination. I am sure there must be shorter ways to Seomyeon but we choosed this and it was quite easy.

We stayed in Angel Hotel, which is very convenient, has very friendly staff and the location is awesome. We were very surprised by all the young good looking people on the streets as soon as it got dark. Seems like this area is a good place to go out at night, have some drinks and dance. There were many clubs that you can choose from. Angel Hotel is also located near Seomyeon Metro Station.


The rooms are small but clean and adequate. Breakfast is also included. They have a Western restaurant at the hotel lobby which, I heard, must be very famous but when we were there it was closed due to renovation. Overall, the hotel is nice and value for money.

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It was our last day in Seoul before leaving for Busan. We wanted to take it easy and since it was pretty hot, we stayed in Myeongdong and went shopping searching for some short pants, skirts, dresses, shirts, tops or whatever makes us cool down a bit.

Meanwhile we played Dark Stories. That's an app in that one presents a short story and the other player may ask questions that can only be answered with "yes", "no" or "invalid question". Using those hints, you have to solve a mystery of a criminal case. The goal is to find out who the murderer is or the reason why the person died. It's fun since most of the cases are pretty tricky or simply stupid.

The Banpo Bridge or Rainbow Bridge was our plan for the night. It has the world's longest bridge fontain and plays different shows during day and night. I don't know how it looks during the day but as soon as the sun goes down, hundreds of lights illuminate the fountain as it sends up dancing, rainbow-colored jets of water in the air that synchronize with music that is played out aloud. The fountain has special operating hours and one show has a duration of 15 minutes, so make sure to check the timetable online before going there.


We noticed that there are lots of students that gather at night to have some fun time with their friends. Many bring blankets and tons of food to have a picnic while drinking lots of soju. Ah~ this looked like so much fun and I wished we would have been able to join them but we had to leave early to head back to our hotel. Busan was waiting for us!

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Rushing ourselves to do as many things as possible has given us a little problem. We ran out of things to do, so we went online and checked some websites to find a place to visit and tadaaaa~ we found one: The Seoul Forest! The website said it has a deer park inside, so yeah! Let's go already!

Actually I was a little upset with the fact that is not really a forest but more like a huge park. However, it was nice and had a small lake, so we bought some ice cream and chilled along the waterside until we decided to head forward to watch deers. I thought it would be like in Japan where the deers can roam free but here at Seoul Forest, the deers are fenced off. Nawww, what a pity.

One thing that confused me about the forest is that each section is physically seperated by busy roads. There are either crosswalks or bridges to get you from one part to the other but all in all it was worth comming here. 

Seoul Forest is quick to reach from Seoul Forest Station on Bundang Line Exit No. 3 or No. 4, or from Ttukseom Station on Subway Line 2 Exit No. 8.



Around noon we headed to COEX Mall. It's located in Samseong Station, which is two stops away from Gangnam. It contains of convention centers, exhibition halls and many malls. The mall also houses two huge food courts, a 16-screen multi-cinema complex, the COEX Aquarium, a large bookstore, and the Kimchi Field Museum. 154.000 square meters make it to Korea's largest underground shopping mall. We thought we should give it a try but it was actually way too expensive but still interesting to check out.

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