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Day
1 (September 25, 2023) Arrival
Before
Our
arrival in Seoul is scheduled for around 5 PM. Between arriving at the
hotel and settling in, it doesn't seem like we're going to have much
time for touring. So we'll probably just go out for an evening walk and
get dinner oin some market nearby.
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After
The two flights go smoothly. It was a 7
hour flight to Doha and another 8 hour flight to Seoul. The connection
was very fast and when we arrived at the boarding gate they were
already boarding.
Once at the Seoul airport we buy an unlimited data-only Sim
for 20 days by 60500 won and we exchanged money before taking a taxi to
the hotel. We pay 66,000 won for the taxi, around €50. The model we are
following for currency conversion is 10000 won =€7.
 
When we arrive at the hotel it is already dark so we go out
to a nearby night market.
Although, before leaving our room, we marveled at the
machine we have as toilet. It has a control panel full of buttons with
options such as cleaning, drying and even setting the temperature of
the water, air and seat.
 
In our way to the night market we came across the Sungnyemun
Gate, illuminated in the center of the traffic like a roundabout.
We soon find Myeong Dong night market in the middle of the
night because of the lights and the crowds. It is full of visual
stimulations, between the lights and the amount of different products.
At the first stall we stop at we get 5 dumplings by 40000 won.
 
We reach a street decorated with lights and continue looking
and trying food. Now it is a quail egg with cheese on bread, but when
we taste it we find out that what we thougth it was bread it is really
like a cake, sweet, creating a curious mixture. We pay 2500 won for
each one. When we share a box of ginbaps by 4000 won at another stall
we already feel full.
 
What we didn't know is that that street led to one full of
food stalls. Here we see squid, lobster, shrimp, abalone... But since
we are full we leave it for another day and walk back to the hotel to
rest from the long trip.
 
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