Seoul
Day one – Sunday
• Seokchon Lake Cherry Blossom Festival
• Lotte tower observation deck
• Han River Night Picnic & Games with Han river Cruise (booked tour through Klook)
Day two – Monday
• Dongmyo Flea Market
• Ihwa Mural Village
• Found “Strong girl Bong Soon’s” house (K-Drama)
• Yongma Land (abandoned theme park – only two other people were there!)
• Banpo Bridge Moonlight Rainbow Fountain
Day three – Tuesday
• Mangwon Market (Traditional market)
• Kim Jung Gi museum in Paju (amazing artist)
• Hipjiro for dinner (Hip neighbourhood next to the Line hotel)
• Seokchon Lake Cherry Blossom Festival at night
Day four – Wednesday
• Seoul town hall vertical garden and exhibitions
• Gyeongbokgung Palace (for a quick BTS photo)
• Gentle monster flagship store
• Shopping in Seongsu (hip area)
• Hybe building (for another quick BTS photo)
• Baseball game at night
Day five – Thursday (raining)
• Coex sea life aquarium
• Gotomall 🙁(underground mall of clothing)
• Cafe Onion Anguk (almost no one there- amazing)
Jeonju
Day six – Friday
• Ktx train to Jeonju
• Jeonju Hanok stay (across from the “tastefully yours” restaurant (K-Drama))
• Shopping in the hanok village
Day seven – Saturday
• ITX daytrip to Nonsan
• Sunshine Film Studios (“Mr Sunshine” and “Pachinko” filming locations (K-Drama))
• ITX back to Jeonju
• Nambu market
Daegu
Day eight – Sunday
• Ktx travel to Daegu
Day nine – Monday
• Dongseongno street
• eWorld theme park (about 100 other people there so had the rollercoasters to ourselves)
Day ten – Tuesday
• Daegu city tour
• Seomun market
• The Arc
• Apsan Observatory for sunset
Gyeongju
Day eleven – Wednesday
• KTX to Gyeongju
• Hwanglidan-gil (tourist street)
• Daereungwon royal tombs
Day twelve – Thursday
• Gyeongju Namsan Mountain 6k hike. (495 m elevation)
• Dinner at Hwanglidan-gil
Pohang
Day thirteen – Friday
• Bus to Pohang
• OH! BREMEN for cake and coffee
• Hwanho Park Space Walk
Day fourteen – Saturday
• Bus to Pohang Main Street
• Guryongpo Japanese House Street (location for When the Camellias bloom (K-Drama))
• Homigot Sunrise Square at sunset
• Back to OH! BREMEN for cake and coffee
Daegu
Day fifteen – Sunday
• Ktx to Daegu
• Shopping at Shinsegae (Massive mall by the station)
• Big sleep followed by great bbq dinner.
Busan
Day sixteen – Monday
• Ktx via Busan to Heaundae beach (Went to the wrong Daegu station!)
• Walked up and down the beach
Day seventeen – Tuesday
• Oryukdo Islets tour (a ferry to pick fishermen of from the rocky islands)
• Oryukdo skywalk
• “Notice” for coffee and cake
• Quick shop in Lotte mall
• Somang Stairs Monorail (stairs of wishes)
• “Muse on vynl” for cocktails (Record bar)
Day eighteen – Wednesday
• Mumu bakery
• Walked the blue line to Cheongsapo Station
• Lunch with Jamie Robinson (ordered too many salt breads)
Day nineteen – Thursday
• Famous Benny breakfast
• Arte museum
• View Footbath café (fantastic)
• Busan yeong-do Huinnyeoul Culture village
• Dosinonga Copedoco (lantern cafe)
Day twenty – Friday
• Ahopsan Forest (The King Eternal Monarch set (K-Drama))
• Coralani (for coffee and cake)
• Haedong Yonggungsa Temple
• Watched the sand sculpture in Haeundae beach
• East Sea of Korea Haeparang trail (Princess Hwangok Mermaid Statue, Dongbaekseom Lighthouse, Haeundae silla name in the rock)
• Gwangalli Beach for farewell dinner
Jeju island
Day twenty one – Saturday
• Flight to Jeju island
• Hire car and drive across the island
• Late lunch at “Lavarr”
Day twenty two – Sunday
• Yakcheonsa Temple
• Cheonjeyeon Waterfalls
• Zany iconic Starbucks
• Yongmeori Coast (Too busy – no parks)
• “One and Only” (coastal black sand beach for lunch)
• Ora-Dong Green Barley – Buckwheat Field (from ‘When life gives you tangerines’)
• “Woonyuk” for Jeju black pork bbq
• Impromptu street concert
Day twenty three – Monday
• Seogwipo Jeongbang Waterfall
• “Boraed Bakers” for brunch
• Bong bong orange farm (picking tangerines)
• Jeju Folk Village (not great)
• “Seogwipean Bakery” for lunch
• Seopjikoji-ro (costal walk along volcanic cliffs to the lighthouse)
• Check into blue mountain hotel
Day twenty four – Tuesday
• 4:30am start – Pre dawn climb Seongsan Ilchulbong, or “Sunrise Peak”
• Jeju Haenyeo Museum
• Woljeongri Beach walk + shopping
• Pre-birthday cocktails at “Vibe230”
Seoul
Day twenty five – Wednesday
• A birthday celebration for Sharon, then a flight to Seoul
• Hit up “Koffee Sniffers” for a coffee
• Cheonggyecheon river and shopping
• The Westin Josun for birthday drinks
• Birthday dinner at the top of Namsan tower. “Hankook” restaurant
Day twenty six – Thursday
• Free tour at Jongmyo Shrine
• Changdeokgung palace
• “Lucyd” Aussie style cafe for a drink
• Iksadong Hanok village for cake and coffee
• Evening at Hongdae (bustling nightlife)
Day twenty seven – Friday
• Head massage and scalp treatment for all three of us at Juno 4
• Mullae art village
• Sinheung market for farewell dinner and desert
