Day 7 - Changdeukgung, Ewha Women University & Dongdaemun

Day 7 was like the most lethargic day throughout our time in Korea.  Not sure if it is the tight Levi's or I really don't know.  We were simply too lazy to walk and we were not even tired.  

Having nothing in particular on our 'to do list'... we decided to head out to Changdeukgung; another palace.

The thing on oriental palaces is, you see one, you see them all.  Unless of course you are very into historical.  

Spotted a western couple having their bridal photography done in traditional korean costume.  They must have met in Korea...

From Changdeukgung we headed over to Ewha Women University.  Apparently it is one of the 'to visit' place due to it's architecture.  Some famous architect re did the university.  You can google it out yourself.  Ewha Women University.  I was told that you visit it's vicinity by hopping onto their shuttle bus.

I was more interested in my mocha in a quaint little place overlooking the university.  :p  I was tired.  Lols...

We roamed the streets outside the university.  There were plenty of little shops selling mostly 'ladies' stuff.

Shoes, clothings, make-ups and etc.  Most website/blog would say the prices are cheap here.  For clothing, maybe yes.  But for beauty products, Myeongdong is the place to go.

After a good nap back in the hotel, that evening, we head out to Dongdaemun.  We walk thru a monsoon drain which has been converted to a place for people to hang out.  There were stage performance, fishes in the river, places to seat & etc.  I forgotten it's name though.  You won't missed it.

We had dakhanmari (not sure if i remembers it correctly) for dinner.  It is situated near Dongdaemun, back in an alley.  One side of the alley would be selling bbq fish and the other side of the alley would be dakhanmari.  It took us a while to locate the alley.  Not sure which shop to go, we picked the one with the longest queue. 

We were given a queue number.  When it's our turn, they would call out our number, in Korean that is...Hahaha... We try our best to understand it.  We thought it sounded a little like Hakka.  We managed anyway.

Not knowing exactly what to expect, it made the dinner more interesting. All we knew was, some chicken dish.  A dented pot filled with some vege and a whole raw chicken were placed on our table on a stove together with some chilli, vinegar and kimchi.  The husband just observed what the Korean did and mimic.  I tell you, the chilli is like crazy spicy ok....!  hahahaha...

Overall, it was good.  Deliciously yummy.  Would've been better if not for the flu.  We just dumped the kimchi into the soup and wait for it to boil.  The waiter will come by and cut up the chicken with a scissors.  The husband did enjoyed the meal tremendously!

From there, we walked over to Dongdaemun; a supposely shopping haven, which I bought nothing except for some beauty stuff before calling it a day!