재.

The bus looks like this 
<not my pic, credits to owner>


At Cheongpyeong (청평) Station, Take Exit 2 and you will see the bus stop in front of the station. From Gapyeong, i'm not too sure which exit to take, but just ask around and you'll find it!

And then the crisis came, we didn't have enough time to visit both places, we had to choose < OMO:( >.  GOMC was in You're Beautiful and Petite France was in so so many.(YWCFTS<3 , Running Man, Secret Garden, Beethoven Virus and Bang&Zelo's MV) It was an obvious choice. and i was in love with YWCFTS (J's recommended kdrama!)

</ Basically our F&E itinerary was made up of touristy places not in the tour and settings used in our fav Dramas.>


PETITE FRANCE
Address: Gyeonggi-do Gapyeong-gun Cheongpyeong-myeon Goseong-ri 616-2
Hours: 09:00 – 18:00, admission is available until 17:00 (Open 365 days a year)
Fees: Adults (ages over 19) 8,000 won, Youths (ages 13-19) 6,000won, Children (ages 36 months – 13 years) 5,000 won 

Look my favs! At the entrance.

I'm smiling so hard omo

 

Candid Rachel

the Little Prince is everywhere!

This cute little boy was like following me around then he smiled adorably at me and then when i was "aww~" he ran forward, stepped on my red mary janes and ran off. it was awk but hilarious and his parents just looked on fondly and giggled. i was like wary of him after :x

Cute souvenir shop

Petite Ice Cream that was overpriced, but we didn't realise then XD (abt $5 sgd :\)

i went forward to help a family take a pic and they took for us~

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SELCA WORTHY WALL! spent so long here just selca-ing :D

its so dainty and cute, not sure whether it's french-y though

another pic that a couple helped us, and we helped them.

mini-performance that we missed while selca-ing ;x

the running man jail area!

we practically selca everywhere, anytime in Korea

ayy boy

JunHong probably posed with the Prince too, indirect touch hm? (along with millions of people and actors/idols)

RE-ENACTED THE YWCFTS SCENE!!! srsly loved that drama<3

hi there /pedo noonas

Hyun Bin's sequin jacket

i was crying and hugging the wall, don't look at me

perf family haha

Rachel found her relatives~

found other korean girls squealing too and took for them and VV.

it's such a dainty place and still much to be explored. The weather was perfect too.

magically awkward

Majimak goodbye to catch the bus~

And then on the long journey back, we decided to go to Sinchon for the 8,000W BBQ Meat Buffet restaurant for dinner. Aaaand it was fully booked obviously the shop ahjumma's face was like "what are you even doing here without a reservation??? pfft." (it was dinnertime TT_TT)

Looks like this! It's called 연대껍데기 Yondae Kkeopdegi. The Yellow sign is the keyfocuspoint. <pic cred to owner>

Potato Cheese and Chicken Thing

TIP #7: Check for pricing properly before going into the shop/restaurant. They will make you spend there, there is no other choice. These people know how to guilt-trip you because they are so hospitable and welcoming.

you know it's a korean mart when you can find everything you need in a home.

Tried Bbopki (sugar biscuit) and it was disgustingly sweet.

Sinchon Street. the shops were all closing when we finished dinner, so no shopping :/

Went to color our hair! It was like 9.30pm by then and the shops were pretty much all closed, esp hair salons. We went to visit the ones still open, in short, the more atas and costly ones :/

bittersweet hair experience :/

REALLY EXPENSIVE HAIR DONE HERE BY THIS "EXPERT" SAMCHON, SO DON'T GO HERE COS AHJUMMAS AT SINCHON DO IT CHEAPER DURING DAYTIME!!! Gave us a "discount" bcos we said we were Haksaengs (students) and couldn't afford too much and it rounded down to 130,000W for mine. And he also discounted the hair treatment. ugh. My red hair only stayed for 2 weeks and he said he was a famous hair colorist with his own book (he showed us his book -_-) and we were so naive and bought into it. I actually thought the color would stay longer bcos i paid about 150 sgd for it but nooo. He was a fairly friendly and nice man though. Could speak very limited english.#LESSONLEARNT 

TIP #8: If you want to get your hair done, go to the Ehwa Women's University(beside subway station) area, it's cheaper! Color dyeing + cut should be about $30+? (Ahjumma salons tho). Sinchon too! To identify salons, look for the word “hair” or “헤어” in English or Korean. More about korean hair salons and vocabulary here!

3am: It wasn't the red i wanted yet :(

-Day 1 끝- <how long will blogging 11 days of korea take, oh god>

Day 2: Me and my poop-shaped bbang.

Dinner Time!

Oh my, Kimchi Fried Rice

JENGJENGJENG!~ JAJJANGMYEON MY SARANG~ best. noodles. ever.

my fail kiddy drawing of us on the pillar of doodles.

super fresh air

mi-nyo

Rach took like 20 plus takes for my pic and now i realise that i look like a dumpling hahaha

Heol~

this bae is everywhere, pardon my creepy face

The View! somewhat pretty or not, you decide. It was like 10.30pm and super cold and the frosted glass and weather was just BOO.

TIP #10: For a good Namsan Tower View, it is safer to go during daytime. (my opinion). Also go visit the famous Locks of love, it's not a necessity to go up the observatory. 

selca expert, J

We were the last two to leave the tower and they locked the locks area by then so we couldn't go and see them :( how wasted. that area had free(?) access too. We could've saved the money going up the observatory since there wasn't much to see due to the foggyness.