Life is getting better and organized than before
As you know I was on vacation for about 7 weeks, 6 weeks in Taiwan and 1 week in Korea.
I couldn't update because of many reasons, mostly because I was too busy
I could spend 12 hours outside without sitting down or getting tired
1 day I even walked on my 8cm heels trough Taipei city...can you imagine that?
well, the only thing I know is that I won't do that again
cuz the streets aren't placed well in some places in Taipei, so I fell...
after I fell, the first thing that I cared about was..."are my new high heels damaged?" and then....after I crossed the street..I noticed that my knee was bleeding xD
The week before I came back to Holland, I went to South Korea with my super young looking aunt who's already 36 xD and her friend
we went with a group, and booked via a travel site.
There were too many kids in our group, and as you know..I really "Don't like" kids
but luckly..the kids in our group were nice and well-behaved( except one little weird kid that wanted to marry my aunt xD)
The whole schedule was planned for 6 days
The first day was flying to Korea and having dinner nearby the hotel
We fly with cathay pacific from Taiwan Taoyuan International airport to Incheon International airport(The best aiport!!!)
took only 2 hours to get there, I couldn't even watch a movie~~
after we arrived there, we took the hotel shuttle bus to the hotel for unloading our bagages and then walked to the restaurant nearby the hotel.
We had squid hot fondue as dinner
our tour guide told us, usually Korean people have 2 dishes of kimchi served with rice for breakfirst, 4 dishes of kimchi serverd with rice for lunch and 6 dishes of kimchi serverd with rice..hahaha
So their meals are very simple...hot rice is even a "must need"
That night we spend the night at Best Western Hotel in Incheon
The next day, after we had our breakfirst, we took the tourbus to Nami Island...It is located in Chuncheon(mainland) but it's an island?
anyways..this island was named after general Nami
This is the entrance...
in case you're wondering why the white sheets are hanging there...
It's because Korean people believe that the white color can drive out the evil spirit. And it also has a history behind this belief.
Long time ago the first emperor of the Qin dynasty(China) heard that people of the Korean peninsula are long-lived, so he send a general(I forgot his name) to the Korean peninsula to seek for the longlife medicine.
But the general likes the Korean peninsula very much, and wanted to stay there and never go back to China.
After quite a long time, the emperor worried that the general might took the longlife pills for himself, so he send an other group of soldiers to the Korean peninsula to bring the general back.
The general got the message and had an idea....he hanged full of white sheets at the coast, because he knew that white is an unproptious color in China, people only wore white when somebody dies
So before the ship reached the coast, a soldier saw the white sheets, they knew that was a message telling them that the general has died, so they returned back to China without getting on the mainland
The story went on so overwhelmingly popular even to the present, and that's why Korean people believe "white" can drive out the evil spirit.
So that was the story behind the white sheets.
Nami Island was known because of a Korean tv drama called "winter sonata", because they have filmed there.
I haven't saw the drama yet, so I was not really interested in where they exactly have filmed.
The only nice thing about the island was the beautiful trees...wherever you took the picture, it's always beautiful
Here's a picture of me and my aunt
See how beautiful it is?
and then we took pictures with these cute little animal
it's chicken with cabbage and Korean rice cake.
it was nice and delicious, mostly because of the spicy Korean saus
we went to the famous Korean jjimjilbang=infrared suana
it was amazing...i mean the effect was amazing...I was in there about 20 minutes, more pores are all open...I was sweating like a pig:Z but it was healthy, especally for people like me who doesn't sweat so often....
and ofcourse we had their special clothes on...I always see this outfit in Korean drama's
I bought a pair of Nike sneakers only for 30 euro's and MAC's cremesheen gloss in "over indulgence"( I'll write about it in an other blogpost)
for people who don't know what kimchi is....kimchi is chinese cabbage preserved with salt and spice.
auntie making kimchi...what a funny face...haha
if you see the other ones..
like these
For lunch we had bibimbap...that is vegatables mixed with rice and egg, it's very healthy and delicious
It's the most delicious meal that I've ate in Korea
it looks like this
The black soup is seaweed soup
After we had lunch, we went tried on Korean traditional clothes
should I be happy about it?
And then...most exciting schdule for the kids...EVERLAND!!!
It's a theme park with a lots of amusement facilities like merry go round, bumper cars, roller coaster and what so ever. It even has its own zoo, we've visited there in a tour bus.
We had so much fun there, and everybody was exhausted in the bus.
The next day morning we went to the Suwon hwaseong fortress, its a wall that surrounds the centre of Suwon.
Cheongwadae is the presidential palace of South Korea, and Gyeongbokgung is the palace and it's located near the Cheongwadae..
a lot of history makes me feel a little bit heavy-laden. But the next schedule totaly cought my mind...because...we are going to Dongdaemun!!! It's the biggest shopping centre in Seoul...it opens from 10:30 AM-05:30 AM!!!! See how that cought my mind? hahahaha
Ofcourse I bought a lot of clothes...well not a lot after I came back...
cuz I only got 4 pieces of clothes and I gave 2 away after I came back from Korea
But I'm sure..If I ever have the chance to live there, I'll definetily go there every week for shopping....cuz it;s the worlds best shopping palace!!! hahaha
Well. time is passing by every quick...we're about to go home..
our last day in Korea was okay but nice!
First we went to Seoul tower and teddy bear museum
we had so much fun n the teddy bear museum...
the teddy bears are sooo cute=D
And then we went to the cookin' Nanta show
Here's a preview of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XQ-hFrhE_Q
Last but not least.....
The woman street nearby the Ewha Womens university
I bought alot of masks at the Baviphat store, it's a Korean brand of skincare and make up.
AND I finally had the traditional tteok-ppok-kki, it's spicy Korean rice cake
I dreamed to eat it for YEARS.,,,now my dream finally comes true...yummy it;s so delicious
I think that's about it....
I had fun in Korea...
This trip makes me want to live in Korea and learn the Korean language..
I don't know why I have this obsession with KOREA...
maybe I'll figure it out some day...maybe I was a Korean in my past life?
Ooh god,,,pls let me meet some Korean hot guy, so I can marry him and move to Korea for good...hahhaha
okay just kidding...that's just an imagination and a weird dream of mine!!
Enough about Korea....
Today,
I had this meeting with a teacher from the Free university Amsterdam for admission
And I passed it....so I'm going to the university for sure!!!hahaha
CALL ME THE UNIVERSITY GIRL!! YEAH!
This is a really long blogpost...but if you're interested in my trip to Korea, and wanted to see more pics, pls visit my facebook page or click on my albums link
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=186915&id=608509006&l=aa5f57c489
Part 1
and
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=186915&id=608509006&l=aa5f57c489
Part 2
Byeeee
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