South Korea: Incheon: Cafe Valor

Cafe Valor by it's name is a coffee shop, but is actually a furniture display shop.  It is located in Incheon and was used as a setting in the movie The Beauty Inside.

South Korea: Incheon: Inha University

Inha University is an off track destination and is about 90 minute subway train ride away from central Seoul.  But since I'm fascinated with the lake view as seen in Bok-joo, thus I have decided to visit the place on my way back to the airport.  

South Korea: Seoul: Choong Ang High School

Choong Ang High School is one of the old filming location site from previous dramas (i.e. Winter Sonata), but gain again its popularity from Goblin (2016-2017).  Unlike the universities that is open to the public where visitors can roam around the campus, here you need to be more discreet since this is a high school.  I read somewhere that they allow visitors during weekends when there are less or no students on the area.

South Korea: Seoul: Sights to See in Konkuk University

University Museum
More than what we see in Goblin, the building behind Kim Shin is Konkuk University Museum.

2017 Nov: South Korea: Seoul: Visiting Alver

Found in the heart of Gangnam.

South Korea: dal.komm

Another coffee brand that became more famous across the kdrama world is dal.komm.  I have not visited the actual location of where the drama were taken, but I got a chance to visit the one in Suncheon.  

dal.komm
Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
Food: mummy hotdog and peach ice tea, 7500krw

Personal Preference: 9 out of 10, expensive.  For the sake of re-living Descendants of the Sun, although this is not the actual location shoot, you'll be successful in hunting Jongki.  They have replays of DOTS on the video near the counter, his magazines were everywhere.

South Korea: Itinerary for 3 days in Seoul, Chasing the Winter Snow

Sharing our itinerary last 2014 as our fifth visit in South Korea, fourth inbound in Incheon.  More of about chasing the snow (since it’s a bit late visit on Feb/March). Although, we did not plan to visit a ski resort. And experiencing k-drama sites until 2014.

Accommodation: Where to stay in Seoul?

K-pop Residence II in Myeongdong

Food Review

Drama Cafe

Seoul Food  

Itinerary: Places to go, Things to see, Points of Interest, What to do in Seoul?

Thursday

Arrival in Incheon.  Rushing at Seoul Station to catch the last transfer for Myeongdong Station

Friday

Breakfast at Droptop (not the actual branch for You Came from the Stars, When a Man Falls in Love)

Yakhyeon Church for Love Letter and Prime Minister (of Yoona)

Culture Station Seoul (Former Seoul Station) for Reply series

Mango Six (same branch for The Heirs)

Everland for snow buster/winter ledge

Saturday

De Chocolate Café (not the actual branch for Winter that Wind Blows of Zo in Sung)

Jade Garden (still for Winter that Wind Blows and Love Rain)

Petite France (for You Came from the Stars, it was a day after the episode that was taken in the site)

Sunday

Secret Garden

Insadong

Stroll until Myeongdong

Other sample itineraries:
For my further sample itinerary, expense, trip reports and PDF guides, please visit links below:

• South Korea: Itinerary for 2 days in Jeju & 3 days in Seoul v 2011 
• South Korea: Itinerary for 3 days in Seoul, Chasing the Winter Snow v 2014 | PDF
• South Korea: Autumn Itinerary for 4 days in Seoul (University Hopping) v 2014|PDF
• South Korea: 2 weeks Itinerary for Southern Provinces v 2016
• Long Layover in Incheon Airport: Quick Seoulful Escape
• South Korea: Autumn Itinerary for 4 days in Seoul v Nov 2016 | PDF
• South Korea: K-Pop Itinerary for 8 days in Seoul v Oct 2017
• South Korea: Autumn Itinerary for 5 days in Seoul v Nov 2017 | PDF
• South Korea: Itinerary for 3 days in Busan | PDF

2011 November: South Korea: Paju: BCJ Garden

That day’s challenge is to find where 49 days (Pure Love) and City Hunter were filmed.

From Myeongdong, it is around 80 minutes by train to reach Wollong Station.  If you notice, Paju is the address of my next destination but as advised in Trip Advisor, Wollong Station is closer to the garden.  After the station exit doors, on your left, you will see cabs on queue.  I gave to the driver the address I found on the internet.  It took him around 10 minutes to figure out with his GPS on where we are going.

Good thing he has GPS, or else it will make me freak out.  We were driving 30 minutes on the road with the thought of – Is this right? Is this safe? Will I still be able to get back?  There are very few buildings, huge area for fields, far-away mountains, less vehicles around and from very wide highway, we ended with two-lane road.