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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Visit Korea Special VIP Tour [Day 3-6]

We'd planned and agreed to add another itinerary for spending our memorable last night at Cheonggyecheon Stream.

Cheonggyecheon (청계천) Waterfall

You might be asking why we chose Cheonggyecheon out of many interesting places in Seoul? It's because of Seoul Lantern Festival (6 - 22 Nov 2015). Saw a lot of awesome photos postings on Facebook. For sure we didn't want to miss this rare opportunity especially it's free~!^^
 

KEB Hana Bank lighted tunnel on Mojeongyo bridge

and colorful rainbow lights below welcoming

visitors coming from Cheonggye Plaza.

Ok, let's check out  600 pieces of amazing giant lanterns with unique designs lighted up along 1.2 km stream starting from Cheonggye Plaza to Supyo Bridge. This year theme is "Illuminated Seoul Tour" which combines both traditionalism and modernism.

~ Traditional Life Experience in Seoul ~

 Lifestyle in Hanyang during Joseon Dynasty.

 

 

We went to Deoksugung Palace on the second day. 

Daebak~! It's awesome to see replica of Junghwajeon Hall lantern with so much details including Yongsang (king's seat) and  Irwaborongdo (partition depicting the Sun, the Moon and five hilltops).

Day and night of Irwaborongdo (일월오봉도 / 日月五峯圖).

Jongmyo Shrine.

Donuimun (also known as Seodaemun).

Sunseong Nori (돈의문 순성놀이) means walking tour around the dosung (capital city). It's quite extensive from early morning to late evening. In order to appreciate the nature beauty and city landscape, people used to climb which it's enjoyed by Koreans since Joseon Dynasty.

 

Iconic Bukchon Hanok Village. 

Under the rainbow~^^

 

Jas eonni tossing coins into the wishing well.

 

 This theme start from Cheonggye Plaza and 

ended at Gwanggyo Bridge, where there's

activities and stalls here...

 

 

Visitors busy making their own lantern, writing their wishes on it.

Queuing to release their lanterns at Gwanggyo.

Few stalls selling various types of decorative lamps here.

Lovely Le Petit Prince stuffs.

 

Artists at work at the bridge.

~ Local governments and overseas invitation ~

 

 Brave and cool Admiral Yi Shun Shin (이순신) in the battle with 

Japanese navy at the Myeongryang Strait (명량, 해남군).

 

 

 Lanterns made by overseas artists.

Together in modern Seoul.

 ~ Light Art author show ~

~ Corporation and the character ~

 Cushion products from Amore Pacific brands.

Here comes lovely characters which a lot of kids standing there to admire and taking photos with their parents.

 Pororo (포로로), Turning Mecard (터닝메카드), 

Robocar Poli (로보카폴리), Clean Bear (클린베어),...

 

Hello Carbot (헬로카봇) and...

Larva (라바).

Coffee cups art installation?! ;P

 

Pagoda and Jongno Tower light display.

After that, we're walking back to Center Mark Hotel (behind Jongno Tower) to pack our luggage. Hope that we can come back here next year~!

Website: seoullantern.visitseoul.net

Add: Cheonggyecheon, Changsindong, Jongno-gu, Seoul