And today we're gonna take you on a

tour of a whole bunch of different places in Seoul. I really want to give you guys some ideas of things you can do if

you just have one day to spend in Seoul so we have like an

action-packed day full of tons of fun stuff to do so I hope you enjoy. We're starting off our day in

Insadong which is one of my favorite places in Seoul it showed it to you guys before

I'll probably be back here lots because there's tons to show you here

But we're having a yummy vegan lunch to get some energy for a busy day

So they have tons of Korean side dishes

It looks so delicious is the buffet so we just took a huge plate a little bit of everything

I can't wait to eat it so hungry. Sunny just taught me that the reason

Chopsticks are metal in Korea is because back in like the old days people would try to poison the king

But if you had chopsticks made out of gold or silver

When they touched the poison the chopsticks would turn black, so you would know if your food was poisoned. That's so cool

I had no idea I always wondered. The owner of the restaurant said that they're really popular with Canadian tourists

So I told her I was Canadian

She was like "Oh lots of Canadians come here."

So we are gonna head to Gyeongbokgung Palace now

I've been there before I really want to wear like a hanbok and walk around there and take cute pictures

So I will do that someday, but today. We're just gonna go there and explore

I'm gonna show it to you guys a bit

I don't know if I've ever

Vlogged there before. I don't think I have, it was one of the first places that me and my husband went to

together when we came to Seoul for the first time together, so I really like it it's a really beautiful area

And there's just lots to explore the palace is huge

Welcome to Gyeongbokgung Palace, it's really big guys

We're gonna buy tickets and go inside so I can kind of give you guys like a an overview of the place

We have an hour to kill and we're gonna watch like a special performance out the main gate

I've never seen it before but everybody dresses up in like the traditional Korean wear. Everybody's walking around in a hanbok

I don't know what the male clothing is

called but you'll be able to see lots of people in the background wearing them. It's really cool

So this is the main castle

This is where the king sits and like watching all of the like ceremony and everything they're like three entrance oh

So the closer you get, like the higher your status. (Sharla) Ohh! (Sunny) Yeah, if I'm not mistaken

I love just walking around and going through all the different passageways and

Never know what you'll find

There's so much to explore

(Sunny) The palace are big (Sharla) Right! It's huge!

So many gates

Sunny was saying that there's like different levels of gates and each class of people is like allowed so far

So the king was allowed to like right into the middle of the palace, but the lower-class citizens

Would be further out outside of the gates oh?

And they have special entrances for maids or like servants.

There's not that many people here, you'd think there would be lots the weather is so nice

But the place is so huge

That you really can explore it and basically have really big areas to yourself to take photos and stuff, which is really cool

So this palace was built in the

1300s and apparently they're restoring it bit by bit

to its original state, but it's in a really nice condition

(Korean)

We're just taking a break

drinking some soy milk

I'm gonna miss this when winter is over. I love the heated soy milks that you can get at a convenience store

This is like a black

Bean one it's really tasty

The ceremony is about to start at the main gate

Very deadly what the password is 90 times and now is changing

That was cool. I felt like I was in some like historical period drama

That was neat! I've never seen that before I didn't realize it was such a big performance yeah

I've just seen the guys like dressed up guarding the gate

You can kind of see a little bit of it from outside the palace

But it only cost us $3 to enter so you might as well come in and explore the place because it's so cheap

We're getting to a cafe now

dessert and coffee

In Myeongdong? Near Myeongdong area, and we're gonna do some shopping

(The English translation of the coffee shop is 'It's Raining on Paris' Thanks for the info Kevin!!)

We're at the cafe now with a really long French name that I can't pronounce. It's so cute. It's such a tiny little cafe

and we've ordered some vegan goodies because we were craving some sweets, and I got a

Soy milk latte

Sunny, what did you get?

Ice americano

This is so good. I love anything like earl grey flavor

Mmm this is so good. (Sunny)This is really rich

(Sunny speaking Korean about the baking courses)

That cake was so good. I've never tasted anything like it

I want to explain it as like a really light cheesecake kind of texture like it was really cold and kind of like

moist

It didn't feel like a cake

It was more like a cheesecake

but it was Earl Grey flavored which is awesome and

It's really healthy and not like overly heavy or sweet or anything

It was delicious with coffee so really recommend that little cafe. The lady working in there was really sweet

And they have cooking lessons so me and Sonny were considering taking a baking lesson

So we could learn how to make that Earl Grey cake

Maybe one day we're heading to

Bukak

Skywalk? Is that right?

Bukak

Skywalk, and I've never been there before and it looks like you can get like a really nice view of the city from up there

But it's a little less well-known than say like

Namsan tower

So we're gonna head there now, and I'll show it to you guys

We've arrived looks like there's lots to see here there was such a nice view on the way up, but it looks like this whole

Area that we can explore so go check it out the view of the city so nice guys

Can't wait to show you. I hope my camera will pick it up nicely

So on this side you

Have a beautiful view of the mountainside

But if you go to the opposite side you can see the city and all the high buildings and everything

You can actually see Namsan Tower in the distance which is the other high viewing point here in Seoul

Welcome to Myeongdong shopping street

This place is crazy. You guys there are so many tourists here

This is like the most popular place to shop in Seoul so it's just packed with people but for good reasons tons of like

little street stalls selling street food and selling clothing and little souvenirs

All the beauty stores are here

You can see lots of them behind me so if you're in Seoul and you want to do some shopping come to Myeongdong

We're looking for a Boots now

Apparently it's like a UK drug store

I've never been in one my first Boots experience in Korea

Their makeup sponges are really good

Oh really?

I was just telling Sunny my, my makeup sponge is falling apart, and I need a new one

She recommended me some like cheaper dupes cuz that thing was like

$28 I'm not gonna pay that again. It was nice, but it wasn't only a dollar size. Daiso sounds great

I might try it. Can't go wrong for a dollar. So yeah, they have died so here in Korea

But it's not a dollar. It's mostly like two dollars some things are a dollar but

It's more expensive. It's not as cool as in Japan yeah

Everything's a dollar. Yeah like everything in this store

This cool, they have all the products that I've seen on like UK vloggers videos, but I've never heard of before

Do you think they have the eye liner?

Sunny recommended to me the 3ce

Pen liner for your eyes, but everywhere I sold out we went to the huge Style Nanda

And it was all sold out. They don't have it here either

This one isn't it, right? No that's not the one

This is my favorite soap

It smells like fresh mango. If you come to Korea you can get them in Boots apparently and also in a store called Butter

It's like a home store, about $4. Just kind of expensive, but it smells so amazing that it's worth it

They have other fruits too, but I always get the mango one just because I know it smells so good

But these ones are probably also really good. Aww

It's so cute

Okay guys, we're gonna head home now

I hope you enjoyed hanging out with us in Seoul and we gave you some ideas for stuff to see

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And I will see you guys soon! Bye!!

Thanks for the wonderful video Sharla!