I was hesitating to post this, because the fifth day of my Seoul trip was all about skiing. But then..our most satisfying meal throughout the entire trip was on this day too, which I must share with everyone!
After living for almost 20 years, finally had my first skiing experience during last winter. Yay! To be honest, this was my first time doing such "adventurous thing". I wasn't the type that could travel around easily, cause of my big family. I just feel so blessed that I'm grown up now and I own a travel partner (who is also my boyfriend), so yay to more trips!!
Initially, we wanted Jisan Forest, which is just 40 minutes away from the center of Seoul. But we were probably too early for winter, the park wasn't opened yet and we gotta switch to another ski park. Later on, we discovered more options and decided to go for Vilvaldi Park, as we could easily reach there by the one-day-tour bus (available to book online). The package costed around 75,000 won per person, including our transport up to Vivaldi park, equipment needed to ski and a half day lift ticket. To people who usually ski, lift ticket would be absolutely useful for them. Basically, it helps to transport people up hills.
The weather was really misty.. extremely cold.
I tried taking photos of the ski park but nay, all my shots kept failing.
Definitely satisfied with my ski attire.
Picked up all our stuffs and got ready to ski. Couldn't bring my camera or any gadgets along into the ski park but I really wanted to capture some photos, so brought my phone with me. Paranoma shot, the weather finally looked better!
Looking awkward, because I couldn't even attach my boots onto the bindings HAHA.
Trained myself for hours at the bottom and decided to go up the hill with Daniel for ONCE. Yes, once means once. I knew that I wouldn't get down once I got up, but since the tickets were paid already, why not give myself an experience, right? Getting up alone because I walked too slow and Daniel was on the lift already. *screamed out loud on the inside*
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
We were on the least challenging slope and wow, I got no guts to ski down HAHAHAHA. Seriously, even the easier slope is too much for me. I ended up at the side sitting down and Daniel just waited next to me till a life guard came and urged us down. Phew, this was so much scarier than thrill rides in amusement park!
To be honest, lift ticket was unnecessary for me.. Skiing at the almost flat surface was already hard for me. Completely hopeless after felling down for like 86472836480 times. Couldn't ski, therefore entertained myself by playing around with snow.
Ski adventure achieved! Striking off one of the things in my bucket list. YAY!
Done with a long day, and the next thing was to have barbecue. After our tour bus dropped us down at Hongdae, we traveled to Sinchon for this recommended restaurant called, Daemyung Ggogi. We found this on trazy.com. According to what has stated online, this is one of the cheapest barbecue restaurants in Sinchon that sells original samyeopsal (pork belly).
It's located at a small alley, about 3-5 minutes walk from Exit 3 of Sinchon station. I've linked the official trazy.com website below, which consists of the map that navigate you to this restaurant.
Doenjang(soybean) Samyeopsal and Gochujang(red pepper) Samyeopsal.
We tried both famous dishes in this restaurant. No regrets! These dishes worth every cent we've paid. We paid about 20,000 won for all the things above. Seriously too good to be true. The owner was extremely helpful as well, she even introduced us a better way to eat kimchi. I was truly satisfied with the meal, everything was just awesome!
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hi there, may i know which day tour you booked for the trip?
ReplyDeleteHi Bienna, I booked my tour bus via a website called Winterfriend.com. The link below could direct you to the booking page :)
Deletehttp://winterfriend.com/bus/bus_view.html?b_uid_s=30&bsid=43
Hi..did daemyung ggogi offer free refill side dish like any other korean bbq?
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