Wandering around Downtown Seoul .part 4

Cheonggyecheon after a morning shower.

It's so freshly incredible to be there...

I managed to take some snapshots of the water puddles...

The sky's clearing up...and the buildings shivered....

....some tourists were spotted enjoying Seoul during weekdays....

Fresh air. Not that many people in sight.

The 15th century bridge...

I'm glad I took my time off here...

...though I had to dodge some puddles...

...I managed to reach this historical bridge...

Cheonggyecheon stream in Seoul downtown on Tuesday morning after raining.

Two pigeons were spotted on the stream bank....I wonder what they're looking for.

Now ...three of them...

The sky's becoming clear blue...

...and ....I got to be back to the immigration office....to have ID card renewed.

...and that means...I got to be back to the intersection of Jongno where Seoul Global Center was located.

...on my way to the office..I snapped some pictures....during the moning's not so crowded city.

.....but wait till lunchtime or the end of office hours.

A Gift for Om Wawan & Tante Ulpe....

It's a...hmmm...well.....sort of last minute decision. I know that I should've bought something for mbak Ulfa and Om Wawan..as a token of friendship or well..a sort of 'remembrance'....but we did not think or could not think of anything until we came...all the way from home to Incheon airport..

so...upon encountering this AK Dept. Store ...we decided to scan through the souvenir section...

only to find that..WOW...THEY're all expensive...ㅋㅋㅋ

But...it's fine..since we got to buy SOMETHING...and then we decided to buy them...this.

So...cool that I captured it on a video...^^

Seoul wrapped in a glass cube....

on one side...it's Namdaemun Gate..

Then...Seoul Tower....

Or..Cheonggyecheon...

all wrapped inside this lovely glass....

Trio Kwek Kwek @ Gwanghwamun Plaza

In front of King Sejong Statue @ Gwanghwamun Plaza. With Bugaksan or Bugak Mountain beyond.

Eyra seemed to enjoy her time spent with her cousin, Razqa. 

With their Moms. 

The fountain added a festive atmosphere to the plaza. 

A good place to hang out ... especially when Mount Bugak was visible.

in the early Autumn 2014. 

Let's enjoy the time... 

walked down towards downtown where we rested at the nearby Cheonggyecheon.

Trio Kwek Kwek... 

Freya...found a spot to take a picture.  

Going on...kept strolling along the lanes of Cheonggyecheon...

Seoul Lantern Festival 2013 (part 3): Multicultural Bridge

We bumped into a huge ball of light cover with rags or colorful patterns symbolizing the changing society in Korea. 

I think it's made to remind people here (in Korea or in Seoul particulary) that the society is changing into a diverse one. 

HUG ME.

and she did. 

The Ball is placed right in the middle of a bridge over cheonggyecheon where the lantern festival was held. 

This is a zoomed version of multicultural bridge. All panels are covered in these colorful patterns. 

Another look at how multicultural bridge. 

So, how's your day, Eyra? 

I hope you had a great time.

Now, let's go home...

Seoul Lantern Festival 2013 (part 2)

The last lantern we saw as far as we could go. There were too MUCH people. (not many:-)...so "much" that we decided to stop walking. :)

Then, as soon as we got out of the cheonggecheon stream, we bumped into some stands where we could participate in kid-friendly activities. 

Balloon-inside-balloon. 

Or lighted butterflies... 

Or plain ornaments or lanterns with painting on them. 

Eyra decided to take a 2,000 Won worth of decorating heart-shaped light. 

While Freya chose a lantern-decorating activity. 

She's happy that I let her choose what she wanted to. 

I wonder what she was writing... 

Are you done? 

Oh This is what she wrote.

엄마 아빠 사랑해. 

Thank you, Eyra. 

Freya's busy pasting the cut-paste of all shapes onto the lantern. 

It's a great outdoor activity though it was cold. 

Although it's like 9.30 pm...but... 

More and more kids came in to start decorating their lantern.

Well, with 5,000 Won for one lantern,

Freya made (read: decorate) a lantern of her own.