Seoul Part 2: Seokchon Lake, Lotte World Tower, N Seoul Tower

By Helene Lydia - May 21, 2017

Welcome back to Seoul post, part 2!

On our third day in Seoul, we went for another cherry blossom festival in Seokchon Lake. Seokchon Lake is located just right near the famous amusement park Lotte World and the newest tallest building in Seoul, Lotte World Tower. The 2017 cherry blossom festival in Seokchon Lake was held from April 1st until April 9th, and we were lucky enough to got there on the last day! We also came at the right timing, just before the Korean traditional drum performance and Korean traditional fan dance, Buchaechum. Kudos to all performers for the great energy to beat the drums and jump here and there with the beautiful pink peony blossom fan.
As it was Sunday, it was no surprise to see so many family, couples, friends hanging out along the lake. It was really hard to take a 'clean background' picture with the cherry blossom in the main road haha. However, combination of pink cherry blossom and blue-green lake was super duper pretty. Plus the cute duck water bike!
The tallest 123-floor-skyscraper in Seoul, Lotte World Tower, with Lotte World theme park in front
After we walked along the lake for a while, we decided to have lunch in the newly opened Lotte World Tower. We went for a food-court concept eating place on the 6th floor. Apparently, because it was lunch hour, the food-court was really crowded. I remember we queued at the cashier for 30 mins and waited for another 30 mins to have our meal served. Thankfully, the food was great. If not, maybe there will be a turning table in Seoul lol. We had these donkatsu hotpot, cripsy donkatsu, and cream udon. Each portion cost around 14,000.
After the satisfying lunch, we wanted to go to the lotte mart. Unfortunately, it was closed :( I don't know why... So, we went straight to hotel to let grandpa grandma rest and the girls squad (read: mum, cousin, and I) continue the Sunday evening journey: N Seoul tower! I've been seeing N Seoul Tower in almost all Korean dramas and finally... I was able to see it by myself in the real life. Yayyy!
I was quite amazed by the number of love lock locked along the fences on the deck. I could find all type of locks with the lovey-dovey writings; the old-style golden lock, the luggage lock, the newer design lock with various colors, and some people even hang keychains or their clear phone cases to have more space to write their wishes. As I didn't have the intention to lock a lock, I only read some of the wishes written on the locks, keychains or phone cases. It was super fun to read the couples' romatic wishes, family's sincere wishes, and the wishes of love-seeker lol. Make sure you spend some time to read them too when your're visiting the deck!
The Seoul view from the deck
Before we went back, I stumbled upon a little stall selling souvenir. The souvenir was really unique, it's a wood crafted with laser. We only need to send the picture to the oppa, choose the template design, choose the size of wood that we want (small or large), pay it at the cashier, and wait for him to process our order. After 20 mins, the order is finished! I ordered one with the 'N Seoul Tower' written on the wood.
Earlier, we went up with the public bus to the N Seoul Tower. To get down, we opt to take the cable car. We bought the one way ticket for 6,000 and queued for our turn to get to the cable car. It was a short trip with the cable car, only around 5 mins.
After we got off, we walked towards Myeongdong station (thanks to cousin for leading the way!). During the walk, we passed several random restaurants selling chicken and beer and we were really tempted to stop by. A visit to Korea won't be complete without the chicken and beer experience, right? Am I right?🙃
We ordered 2 portions of chicken along with one bottle of beer. The chicken was really good, especially the one cooked with special sauce (teriyaki, I guess). As I can't drink beer, I only took few sips and let mum finished it lol.

That was how we spend our Sunday, our third day in Seoul! The next day (Monday) was our last day in Seoul and Korea, so I definitely enjoyed it to the fullest. How did I spend it? It will be in my next post: last day in Seoul! Thank you so much for reading this post and I hope you enjoy it! 💕

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