Seoul Strolling

After the free Hanyang to Seoul walking tour and a quick lunch, we visited Jeongdong Observatory...

It's located on the 13th floor of Seoul City Hall Seosomun Building.

It is a public observatory offering 

a grandiose view of Deoksugung Palace (덕수궁).

Visited this Palace with Visit Korea Special VIP Tour in Autumn 2015.

 It was awesome because there's a cafe selling drinks here.

You can grab a cup or two at a reasonable price while enjoying the views from here.

Deoksu Palace is closed on Monday, therefore there were

no visitors on the palace ground.

You can see the futuristic design of Seoul City Hall and

its surrounding buildings from here too.

The Old Map of Seoul, similar to the one our tour guide showed to us when we joined the

Hanyang to Seoul walking tour.

Deoksugung Stone-wall road (Doldam-gil).

This 1,100 meters stonewall lines a picturesque pedestrian

footpath that runs next to Deoksugung Palace.

Purposely walked past this "I SEOUL U" signage 

and had fun posing before going to...

 Seoul City Hall (서울특별시 청사).

 

Besides the unique design resembling the eaves of a Hanok house, 

 this building is also eco-friendly, by using photovoltaic, solar thermal

and geothermal energy to provide for roughly 28% of the energy consumption of the building.

 

 With the size of a soccer field, the Green Wall is the largest vertical garden in the world.

It was featured in the Guinness World Record.

It also represents Seoul's ecology and green future.

The 65,000 plants emit negative ions, filter the air and

adjust indoor temperature and humidity.

 

Meta Epic: SeoBeol” is a symbolic artwork that expresses the long history

of Seoul, which has been the capital city for 2000 years, by incorporating 

light, pathway, and “tornado” characteristics. 

As parts of the “Meta Epic: SeoBeol” artwork, the “Path of Myth” 

symbolizes the the dynamic myth of Seoul, the “Light of Hope” 

symbolizes the hope of Seoul citizens, and the “Tornado of Life” 

symbolizes how the City of Seoul communicates with its citizens.

 

Would love to have a drink at this cafe  located on 

9th floor Sky Plaza, however, this cafe had a full-house...

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[Tongyeong] - Dongpirang Mural Village (동피랑마을)

We arrived at Dongpirang Mural Village, which I think it's one of the famous attractions in Tongyeong. Well, I didn't see any foreigners around, but a lot of locals and students everywhere.

 The word "Dongpirang" (동피랑) is made of two words. 

 "Dong" (동 = East) and "Pirang" (피랑 = Hill in a Tongyeong dialect). 

Eye-catching Murals were painted in year 2007. 

Just follow the green signage to the filming location of 

JTBC Drama "Ppadam Ppadam" (빠담빠담), starring 

Jung Woo-sung, Han Ji-min and Kim Bum.


The last episode of "The Innocent Man" or "Nice Guy"
(세상 어디에도 없는 착한 남자) 

 

starring Song Joong Ki and Moon Chae Won was took place
at this beautiful Village where he proposed to her on the bench...

and Seo Eun-gi was caught snapping photos of 

Kang Maru at her bread shop (cafe at the hill).

Photo with Mr Lee, our Kisa-nim cum Guide-nim.

 Isn't this cafe with a bright red roof attractive?

  

Unique and interesting cafes can be found in the alleys. 

 My kiddos would be so happy to see Totoro if they're here.

 Hot or cold drinks? Coffee or Tea?

Light snacks are also available... 

take a seat and enjoy the free beautiful view from the top of East Cliff.

Beer at the rooftop... refreshing?!

 I wanted to "swim" around like a fish in the alleys 

but we didn't have enough time as we needed to visit other places

and return to the guesthouse within 3 hours.

Dongporu Pavilion is sitting on the hilltop.

This place was where Admiral Yi Sun Sin built 

East Fortress during Joseon Dynasty. 

I think the students were having an excursion to Dongpirang Village. I would have liked to sit inside the pavilion to enjoy 360 views before leaving. But maybe next time because it was too crowded.  

From there, you can have a perfect view over Tongyeong city and and Gangguan Port.

Can you see the Turtle ship docked at the port?

Ok, lets palli palli march down there~!

oops... I forgot my Angel's Wings... *Flap Flap*

Add: 100, Dongpirang-gil, Tongyeong-si, Gyeongsangnam-do

경상남도 통영시 동피랑길 100 (태평동)

Dongpirang Mural Village somehow gave me a similar vibe to Jaman Mural Village in Jeonju because of the wall art painting and there's Omokdae Pavilion  where King Taejo, founder of Joseon Dynasty  stopped by there to celebrate his victory after defeating Japanese invanders.

  

Jaman Mural Village (자만벽화마을)

Omokdae (오목대) Pavilion