We woke up very early in the morning, at around 5 a.m., took out the garbage, and did some garbage sorting at the apartment's basement as instructed by our Busan's airbnb's owner, John, before heading out to Busan station right across the building, to catch the 07.30 KTX train to Seoul. 

One thing about staying in Busan that I like, is the exciting new experience sorting all of our trash, into separated bags, like wet waste goes to which color bag, or the recycle-able trash to which bag, and even taking them out to basement, and sorted them again based on the categories (bottle, plastic, paper, etc) is so much fun for me. I've always love learning something by doing it myself, and finally being able to practice just a simple thing, like recycling, which is something still not very common in Indonesia, moreover, it feels like I finally got to do something to help save our environment. Well, to be honest, people in Indonesia don't really care much about recycling, (I'm so sorry!) and when I'm trying to tell them not to waste, I mostly got frowned on. And, you know what, when we were in the basement, and saw how well-organized the others had sorted the garbage, instead of just throwing it out, I was totally in awe, with their awareness and feeling inferior at the same time, I do really hope that we, the people in Indonesia, can start having the same thought and way of living, beginning with just small things like not wasting, or, maybe, start sorting our garbage. Just as simple as that. (do forgive my rant, will you? Haha) 

Arriving in Seoul...

@Seoul Station

Rode All-stop train to Hongik University Station or Hongdae Station...

Got off at Hongdae station then walked around 10 minutes to our airbnb and left our luggages there while they're cleaning the apartment for us. Since we arrived quite early, the airbnb owner needed some time after the previous guests checked out for the cleaning, so she asked us to come back after lunch. More about the airbnb in Seoul, scroll down!

This was a display in front of a restaurant, that looked really tempting, and even the price didn't seem to be that costly, with a portion this big, which was I guess, enough for the four of us, but we cancelled going in, because we saw that there was barely any customer inside, that we doubted the taste, that maybe they made the promotion to attract customers because the sales might not be going well. So, we wandered again...

As of Stella's recommendation, we should try Jjimdak, and the most famous one in Hongdae area was Yeolbong Jjimdak, (which was said to be very famous and was opened by the Korean pop star, Se7en) but after walking around for several times, and peeped at every corner, and alley, we still couldn't find it, and right at the time when we were almost giving up, we came across the tourist information assistants, who were really friendly, and they could talk in many major languages, like English, Japanese, Chinese, or even French. The best thing is, they patrolled all around the area, and they wore bright red uniforms, so it's very easy to spot them. They carried maps around too, so when we asked them the best spots to eat jjimdak, they simply drew on the maps, and instructed us how to find them. They literally knew the area like the back of their hands, haha (did the idiom sounds weird? or it's just me?) Well, anyway, they knew the area so well, that you can get any info from them, so when you're lost, remember to look for bright red uniform agents!

The closest one to our position at the time was this Wicked Jjimdak, and following the clear instruction and tourist-friendly maps, we easily found the restaurant. 

Ah, the Wicked Jjimdak version was added with some cheese and mayonnaise as the variation, which added more flavors to the already flavorful jjimdak. Yuuumm! 

The jjimdak that we didn't plan of at first, turned out to be one of the best meal choices we made, it has this tasteful combination of sweet, savory, and also a bit of spicy taste to it, not to mention the perfect texture of the chicken, and the perfectly-cooked vegetables, and not forgetting the super-soft glass noodle, WOOOOW!

And, when we thought we would be enough with one big portion of the jjimdak, it turned out, our belly and tongue wanted more, so we ordered two big bowls of fragrant rice served with seaweed, corns, sesame and some chopped vegetables, and mixed them with the remaining sauce, and this too tasted UH-mazing! 

Korean foods are just compatible with almost everything, the remaining sauces, oh, never throw it away, you'll definitely want it for more, mix it with rice or maybe noodle, and you'll see the wonder it can make. Remember the rice we added to the remaining DakGalbi in Yoogane? It's another heavenly food. :dd See the day 3 post, and now I'm salivating again, oops, licking my lips again. Ahh, this is not good. 

Another great thing about the Wicked Jjimdak, is the handsome waiter, who was super cool, with almost no smile, while he was talking to us, but instead, succeeded in making us go crazy over his coolness, (what's wrong with us, actually? XD), and the most important point is, he looked similar to Kim Woo-bin from the side, *devil laugh*

and of course, we secretly took some pictures of him, (too bad we're not crazy enough to ask for some pictures with him, muahaha) 

but so sorry, I'm not gonna share his pictures with you, LOL 

After satisfying our tongue, tummy and eyes, we strolled around for some time, then went back to check in to our airbnb.

We made a stop at Daiso on the way, and encountered Indonesian products! Wow, proud citizen!

Walking back...

Loving this pedestrian friendly parks in the middle of the area that leads to our apartment. 

And finally, introducing you to our very pretty airbnb apartment in Seoul <3

You can check out the direct link below: 

https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/16947905

Welcomed by these cute slippers at the door, >o<

and the pastel colors, I'm meltinggggg...<3<3

Beautiful flower decorations all over the house :)

And the best of them all, the beds!!!! Super love!!

Very comfortable, spacious, and making us feel like sleeping in a princess room XD 

Had our dinner in the "must-visit" Myeongdong Kyoja.

This restaurant is very crowded, and people queue all the time, but the queue won't be too long, as the service is really fast, and we're expected to eat fast too, to give our space to the next customers. 

One bowl of noodle with Gyoza and one portion of Gyozas, for 18,000 KRW.

One tips when you're strolling around Myeongdong, don't let your stomach fully filled by dinner, leave some space for street-food hunting, cause there are a variety of choices to try in the area :d

And that's how we ended our first day in Seoul :)

See you in the next post,

xoxo