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First
Stop is, Line 1
By.
Koh Eun-e, International Reporter, eunyikoh@mju.ac.kr
By. Lee Ye-rim, Culture Reporter,
yesxyzxc@mju.ac.kr
During summer
vacation, most students plan to travel. It doesn’t have to be an overseas trip,
even a short impulsive vacation would be fantastic. We’ll recommend some good
places for you to succeed in your journey with your family or friends.
[Noriangjin]
If you take
exit 1 and then cross the pedestrian bridge, you can see many snack bars lined
up in a row. Originally built for students, it is now also a fantastic place
for couples and anyone looking for a reasonably priced meal. The most famous
shop is 'Cup-bap'. One bowl of cup-bap only costs 3-4,000 won with various
recipes. A Vietnamese noodle shop sells authentic Vietnamese cuisine. All
noodle recipes are 3,000 won. For dessert, you can enjoy chicken skewers for
2,000 won each, ice cream with a waffle for 1,500 won, or hotdogs and
hamburgers for around 3,000 won. Also, cheap bakeries, hotteok, and bung-o-bbang
are seen everywhere. I promise this is the only place you and a friend can get
full by spending only one green 10,000 won bill.
[City hall]
As you walk
out of exit 2, you will immediately see Doldam-gil. It is said to be one of the
most beautiful paths in Korea and is often presented on television. Nowadays, an
artist sits down and makes drawings, and all the Deoksu palace lovers, couples,
friends, and travelers smell the scent of flowers. The interesting thing is, if
couples get together on this street, they might break up. As you walk along
Doldam-gil, you can find the Seoul Museum of Art. Outside of the building, it is
full of trees and artwork, making it a good place for photos. The inside of the
antique building has several modern sculptures. The exhibition “Subtle
Triangle” is held until May 31st. “Kim Jong-hak Wood Furniture” from June until
August 18th. “Cross Genre” until August 23rd, and “North
Korea Project” will be held from July 21st.
[Dongmyo
Station]
The Dongmyo
used-goods shop can be found within a few minutes walk from Dongmyo station
exit 3. If your lucky, there might be some clothes for a few thousand won in
the latest fashion. The real fashion people should appreciate these second-hand
clothes.
[Dongdaemun
station]
After a
couple of minutes walking from exit number 6 at Dongdaemun station, you will
find a stream flowing through the city of skyscrapers. After sunset, you will
find the astonishing night view of the Cheonggye Stream. If you walk along
Cheonggye Stream, you will discover the center of Korean fashion: Pyeonghwa
Market, the Dongdaemun Market and finally the Gwangjang Market. The best part of
traveling with friends in the area is the food. Looking around the different
shops is interesting, but best of all is the food that you can only find in
Gwangjang Market. There are a number of food options such as handmade chopped
noodles, Korean sausages, stir-fried rice cake, ‘Mayak(Literally means ‘Drug,’
because it makes people addicted to it)’ kimbap and more. Since they are market
foods, they’re very cheap.
[Jonggak
Station]
Walk out of
Jonggak station exit 4 and turn left. You will then find Insadong Road. The
signs written in Korean will catch your eye. It will be a memorable time even if
you only walk around the shops with street food, like sausage skewers or cane
ice-cream, in your hands. Watching Dragon's Beard Candy Makers making candy
with their silver tongue is a lot of fun too. The candy costs around
4,000-7,000 won. In the middle of Insadong Road is Nagwon Music Shopping Mall,
which sells musical instruments. The Nagwon shopping mall is a traditional and
famous place that has all kinds of musical instruments. People not only go
there to buy instruments but to fix them as well.
[Incheon
Station]
China Town is
the most famous landscape at Incheon Station. It is the place where the
overseas Chinese settled down a long time ago. You can taste various kinds of
Chinese food starting with black-bean-sauce noodles. From the entrance of the
town there are small shops with small fortune cookies. Buandbu, the
professional Chinese restaurant, is famous for its Chinese-style noodles with
vegetables and seafood and sweet and sour pork. You can also only find the fire
pot dumpling in China town. Meat, sweet potatoes, white pumpkin and red bean
dumplings are 2,000 won each.
The objective
of going on a trip is to make memories with loved ones. The essential fact in
planning a successful trip could be deciding where to go. However, the most
important thing is ‘with whom’? Many students do not have time to spend with
their family due to their hectic school schedules. Now it is time to put down
your work, pause, and get together with your closest friends and family.
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