My trip to Korea
I started to write in French my trip report and then I think it’s better if I write it in english because almost all my Bae sisters are english speaking, so it’s easier for them to read without using babelfish. But my English is a little limited so please my sisters, I hope you don’t mind if sometimes I made some faults in my writings.Saturday April 7th
We arrived at Incheon airport by Air France’s flight at 7am, Seoul time and midnight, Paris time. I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep at all during the 10h30 that I spent in the plane.
Now my dream is coming true, I am in Korea, the country of wuri YJ.
Incheon is big, nice and very clean ! After changing some euros to wons, I hurried to SK telecom office to rent the cell-phone, with the printed coupon as bb has advised me. CN also nicely told me where their office is.
The most marvellous thing when we’re fan of YJ is the mutual aid to each others from the Bae sisters, whatever nationality and the country where you come. We never met and yet they helped me with all their heart. Their generosity and their kindness are amazing, thank you my dear Bae sisters.
So I went to the SK telecom office located on the 1rst floor arrival, between exit 9 and 10 to rent a cell-phone with the printed coupon which gave me a discount of 1000 wons per day. What I did not know (but I had an excuse because it’s written in Japanese), it’s that this promotion’s related for the moment to the singer/actor Rain. The lady working at SK telecom office gracefully offered 3 posters of Rain to me.
Rain's posters ! But I didn't want them. What would I do with Rain’s posters ? (my apologies to any Rain’s fans here, I don’t have anything against him, it’s just that I’m not his fan)
So I told this lady I didn’t want them and asked her if I can exchange with some YJ’s posters instead. Ha ha, I still remember her look when I said that, so funny ! I think it’s not usual for her that someone refused a nice poster of Rain with his autograph. And after seeing her look, I changed my mind and accepted her gifts, in case she refused the discount to me he he.
And next step, taking the KAL bus to Seoul. As it’s Saturday early morning, the traffic’s rather fluid and after 1 hour, we arrived in front of Lotte hotel of Myeong Dong, which is about 200m from our hotel. We decided to walk to our hotel (a very wrong decision but we didn’t know at this moment), maybe it’s because I was totally captivated by this picture.
Why I said it’s a wrong decision to walk to our hotel ? It’s because we don’t know that, in contrary with Paris, there are very few crossing pedestrians in Seoul. To cross the street, you often have to take a kind of underground tunnel or to make a long detour. In Paris, we just cross any street we want. You can see one of this underpass in front of our hotel, face to Lotte Department stores.
And look at those steps ! downstairs and then upstairs !
I thought I could never make it with my luggage and my left arm which is still hurting. Fortunately, Korean people are incredibly nice. A woman seeing me in difficulty with my bag came spontaneously to help me. Phew ! I swear, next time I will take a taxi, even if the distance is ridiculously short.
Staffs at the hotel we booked are very friendly, and they speak English ! Although it’s just 10am, they have pity of us (I think we didn't look in good condition after carrying luggage downstairs and then upstairs and spending 10hours without sleeping in the plane) and let us check-in. We didn’t have a very great view from our room but we could see the last floor of Lotte department store (a kind of glass tube) which is ... I guess is Tea Loft....
After having some rest, we started to visit Myeong dong which was very crowded as it’s Saturday. And omo, there are a lot of YJ’s pics and YJ’s stuffs there. For me who come from a country where I can’t find any thing related to YJ, what a feast for my eyes !
We had lunch in a Korean restaurant, both choosing bibimbap. Sorry I was too hungry that I forgot to take a picture, just would like to say that if you like spicy food, Korean food is for you. I myself love love spicy food, so I enjoyed eating all the meals there.
And we finished our first day in Seoul by visting Lotte department store and the famous Yong Joon’s street near Lotte hotel.
And these are my two fav
This first night, my last thought before going to sleep is that finally I was under the same sky with wuri Yong Joon and my heart was fulled with happiness knowing he was somewhere in Seoul, not very far from me.
(to be continued)
posted by Toujours_BYJ @ 4/20/2007 07:39:00 AM
8 Comments:
Chère Camille, je vous écris de la Cité des Anges. Ah, votre article est très intéressant. Vous avez si bien réussi à exprimer l`émerveillement de vos découvertes ! J'ai bien hâte de lire la suite.
J'ai rencontré notre connaissance mutuelle ici, et nous avons pensé à vous ensemble.
À bientôt,
hey camille!
so you've decided to do a trip report after all! yippee!!! can't wait to read the rest of it!
thanks for sharing :)
oh my dear camille,
what a wonderful start. I am already getting excited w/ ehat you have experienced. Shopping in Lotte and Myeong Dong. And under the same sky of wuri Yong Joon. Oh so dreamy!
YOu had the best view, looking at Tea Loft. Any Bae fan would trade anything for a view like that! I can't wait for the next part.
BTW, you write so well in English, thanks for taking us into consideration.
Chère Gosijo
Je suis très contente pour vous deux, c'est toujours excitant de rencontrer une Bae sister.
Merci pour vos encouragements et bon voyage.
Hi bb
Yes, I try to write about my wonderful trip but as I'm busy, it takes me a lot of time to do it.
I wondered how you can do it so fast and easily my dear bb, hat off to you.
And thanks again bb for all your help and support, without you I think I can never make it.
My dear Jaime
Thank you so much for your nice words and support, I will try to update more soon.
Hi again camille,
I don't know why...but this sense of excitement of watching your trip unfold before us is every bit as exciting as if I were going on a trip tomorrow. Somehow I found out about your trip late, but if you can only see the smile in my heart!!
YOU DID IT!! So very happy for you!
P.S - take your time writing. that way you won't rush thru any details! haha
P.P.S. Thanks for taking the care & time to write for us English readers!
P.P.P.S. I do hope your arm is well now.
My dear mishio
Thanks for dropping by again, and thank you very much for your nice words.
A week is too short to visit Korea, I would like to stay more, I stil didn't see all what I wanted to see.
PS : My arm is still very painful, the doctor says I must not move my arm but I can't do it.
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