Water and Light

This was a laser show at Cheonggyecheon stream. On the picture you can see Haechi, a mytholocial character. It resembles a lion but in fact is a fire eating dog. Haechi is said to protect Seoul from fires, disasters and represents justice and good fortune.

The picture below is a dancing figure :)

And these are pictures of the Banpo Bridge at Hanyang river. Was amazing watching this <3 Thy even played songs as "You raise me up" with fitting water and light effects.

Namsan Mountain and Hanyang

The Namsan mountain is located in the middle of Seoul and that's the placewhere the Seoul tower is.
View from Namsan:

And finally went to Hanyang Park for an evening walk. There are many Hanyang Parks along the river. I went fro Mapo to Hapjeong.

Want to ride with a bike along the Hanyang *-* But impossible for me to rent one.. have to walk. 

Japanese, Korean, English, German and Shopping

I spoke all those four languages today (ok, in korean only some words but I'm surrounded by korean!!!)

First I went to Sangsu by subway to visit a certain place:

This was the filming location for the drama "Love Rain" which I really enjoyed watching. This place was kinda made into a little museum :) I met there two Japanese woman and we spent an hour together there and talked. I'm really surprised how good I can communicate in Japanese :D

After that I met with a friend and fellow student. On the way to the meeting point I met a korean woman in the subway who spoke with me! Normally koreans just ignore me, but I guess there exist also some who are interested in foreigners and want to test their english ^^ But as I had to exit the subway we spoke only for a short time.

I met my friend and his korean girlfriend in Gangnam-Gu.

After eating (omurice :3) we went by subway to Myeong-dong. Myeongdong is a really nice shopping area. We met there with three others and went shopping together. Though I'm not really the shopping typ it was kinda fun :)

Kyobo Bookstore and Seochon

Rainy day -_- next two days will also be rainy..

While fleeing the rain I found the biggest bookstore in Seoul by accident :D The bookstore is really really big and I spent a long time there looking around.
Of course the most books were written in korean and it's amazing to see so many korean books, but I can't understand them anyway... I was most fascinated with the Japanese books and magazines xD In the end I didn't bought any book because I thought that it's really stupid to buy a Japanese book in Seoul when I'm in Japan soon..
Ahh and the strange feeling when I found a few German books like "Sonea-die Heilerin" or "Seelen" :)

Then I wandered a little bit through Seochon. Seochon is next to the biggest Palace in Seoul, the Gyeongbokgung Palace, and has a few traditional houses (though not as much as Bukchon).

This was really an amazing small alley with many curves and beautiful houses <3

Then until tomorrow ^^

Gangnam-Gu

Today was extremly exhausting because I walked and walked for a very long time and weather is totally hot and sticky. But it was a great day <3

First time using the subway in Seoul! I'm impressed, the subway system is really great and easy to understand even for foreigners (who have no sense of direction xD)

I explored Gangnam-Gu and Cheongdam-dong. There are all the big shopping malls and businesses.
The photo shows the Dosan-street :)

Actually I wanted to wait until it's dark to see how the district changes, but was too exhausted. Maybe I'll come again, I've enough time.

Now I show you a special building, which is located in Seolleung-street.

Doesn't look special? Tree-J is located there in the sixth floor! That's the management of my favourite korean artist, he's the boss there :) I even saw him there today :D
I spoke for the first time with a Japanese, also a fan of Jang Keun Suk like me. I'm not so good at speaking, but my korean is as bad as her English and in Japanese we could at least communicate xD I should learn more I know that T_T

I'm hungry ^^ Thats it for today!

Deoksugung Palace and Cheonggye Plaza

I'm tired and too lazy to write much, so today mainly photos ^^

Today I visited among other things the Deoksugung Palace.

Especially the change of the guards impressed me. I love the historic clothing of the guards :)

And I enjoyed some time at the Cheonggye Plaza where I met two other girls from Germany. I really love this river :)

The insects here are really loud unlike in Germany. I think they are called cicada. Can you find it?

Until now I avoided the subway and walked the distances, but tomorrow I'll have to use it. Otherwise I won't see much of Seoul xD

First discovery tour

So I found the way to the hostel and checked in. Then I went on discovery tour by foot because I really needed something to drink and to eat ^^

The traffic is kinda dangerous. Especially motorbikes in small alleys, they just honk when you're in the way~ 

Like this photo there are many of such alleys. Everything is only written in hangul, so I'm glad I can read it and regret that I didn't learn more korean the last months. 

I searched for a supermarket but haven't found one yet..  But there are many street vendors selling all kinds of food. Unfortunately I don't know what kind of food xD I'm not ready yet to eat everything, especially meat, innards or something like that. But I bought water from such a street vendor ^^ (but my korean was a little unpolite T_T have to try better next time) 

Then I found the Cheonggyecheon river. It's such a lovely little river right in the middle of Seoul and you can walk on both sides on small paths next to it. 

There are stone steps where you can cross the river and many bridges where people sit and enjoy the shadow. 

That's it for today, I need to take a shower and some sleep. And I found a Somen Restaurant where I can eat noodles tonight :)