kimchi land day 1 ~ N seoul tower

we moved out reluctantly from the comforts of the hotel to the next itinerary stop of our first day in seoul: N seoul tower.

you can reach N seoul tower by car, walking or cable.

and of cos, we opted for the "most fun" way to go there.

again, its only a 10-15mins walk to the cable car station from our hotel - we love our hotel location!

YZ and I aint too fond of the heights but the little son was most excited on board the cable car...

in no time, we reached the other side - Nansam Hill - where the N seoul tower is at.

to my horror, there was another flight of stairs to climb before we can reach the base of the tower... zzz.

still, the place was touristy and interesting enough for most people.

clockwise from top left: finally we see the tower!
the boys taking photo with seoul mascot: haechi

directory on the floor

the stairs to ascend.... @_@

there are plenty of locks (mostly adorned by couples) at the tower, not unlike those at the bridge at munich

there are a few choices of activities to be done here. 

we opted to go to the teddy bear museum (which bored the man seriously to death) and ascend to the observation deck.

the teddy bear museum is really nothing much but i guess interesting enough for the kids.

more for teddy bear lovers i guess.

we had a fun.. umm... 30mins there? 

my fav. bear - oppa gangnam style! LOL.

 the observation deck is really nothing much. nothing compared to taipei 101 and of cos Eiffel tower.

we came down after awhile and settled for dinner at one of the cafes downstairs.

as usual, i try to make every meals in seoul korean-style so i opted for kimchi hotdog.

and it was...zzzz...while the boys had delicious mushroom bacon burgers. :(

i shall seek cold comfort in that this was my only lousy meal for the whole trip.

top: singapore-facing direction at observation deck

bottom: the fries were pretty decent @ the best burger in seoul

we made our way back to myeong-dong around 7+pm and to our surprise, the whole area was bustling with activities. 

all the push carts are out and there were lovely food - cuttlefish, hotteok (korean traditional pancakes) etc - smell in the air. NICE!

we spent some time strolling around and buying some stuff to munch on.

as it was our first day at seoul and all of us didnt have a good rest on board so we were back in hotel by 9+pm for an early night.

the boys were so tired they were snoozing in no time. ha.

off to gyeongbokgung palace and the loveliest of all samcheongdong tomorrow!

*wee*