My final week in Korea, I was joined by my wonderful dad and I had so much fun travelling to meet her at Incheon airport (made my own sign and everything).
Read more: Dosirak for one pleaseIt was nice to have some company during my travels as I had spent most of my adventures solo … which was wonderful … but also limiting in some respects because Korea has a collective culture.
I hadn’t been to Gyeongbok-gung (경복궁) since New Year’s Eve and it has been one of my favourite memories of my time in Korea. Taking dad there in the spring, we saw soooo many hanboks of all colours.
After a tour of the palace we continued our exploration and visited Tongin Market (통긴시장) which had been on my bucket list for a whole year!
You pay 5000 won and get given some coins on a string. These can then be exchanged for small items that make up a dosirak (도시락) that you get given alongside your coins. They had everything from seafood to fried chicken, noodles, rice, vegetables, dumplings.
I had Kimchi pancake, japchae (glass noodles), tempura ham and vegetables, Korean omelette and dumplings.
We then took our food to the upstairs of the market where we found seating and were able to tuck in.
After that, we had an explore of the Hanok village (한옥마을) before having the largest bibimbap meal I have ever eaten. It is a shame the place is gone now, for 5000 won you would get enough bibimbap to last 2 meals and I would always get it to take away. The staff were always lovely in there too.
I was and still am so very grateful for my dad flying out to meet me and help bring me home because as we all know … the plane ride there was not an enjoyable one.
Pink Bows and Sparkly Toes 