Day 3 Lotte world, palace & the hellish cruise
Skipped breakfast & had my Nesquik <3
The first thing happened once we reached Lotte world is me falling while getting out of the bus lol, anyways Lotte world is a big theme park, both an outdoor & an indoor park, however, due to the rainy weather half of the rides outside were closed.
I love theme parks <3 but I didn’t know any1 good enough in order to laugh & play the rides with. I’ve already gone to another theme park with my fiance once before, I can’t even begin to describe the joy & content I felt while we played together, so ofcourse any other theme park with other people (even in Korea), will never top the happiness I felt with him.
We got inside and I tagged along with 4 girls. South Korea is so modernized that we actually had to register for the rides via an app for cell phones, so yes if you have no cellphone, you’re screwed lol, the park however does provide complimentary wifi.
The park’s lake fence had a whole bunch of locks with couple’s names attached to it. Months ago, I gave my fiance a key to my heart-lock bracelet, I told him that he has the key to my heart now. I really wished I had a lock in Lotte world as well, to carve our names & attach it along with the others on this fence *Sighs*.
In the outdoor part of the park, I played 1 ride only, other rides were either closed or too scary for me. I ate custard small pastries, they were sweet, warm & perfect for the cold rainy weather, Oh & later I ate sweet potatoes. Beautiful Sakura trees were all over the place, I used to see Sakura trees only in anime, I’m very thankful to God for giving me the opportunity to witness it in real life <3
As for the indoor park, we’ve ridden a train that drove up high, it was for kids but it showed the entire indoor park from above, I also shopped for souvenir toys marked by Lotte. In the end I ate fried chicken popcorn with sweet chili sauce, its called coke & chicken, technically it’s a coke (cold) and the chicken was on top of it (hot), of course there was a piece of plastic separating them, but the idea was creative & new to me.
As we exited the park, I was tired & asked the guide if it’s possible to take a taxi & go back to the hotel, she said that’s not allowed for security reasons, so I ended up going to our next stop by force. The pic below was taken right after reaching the palace, I was freezing & looked half dead.
Gyeongbok palace was boring, the outdoor area was so big with lots of gardens & temple-shaped houses, I ran quickly to the indoor hall coz the weather was sooo cold. The exhibition featured a lot of pictures & glass rooms of sculptures, furniture, equipments, scriptures, books, etc, that explained the culture of traditional Korean life & their history, the hall was dark it made me look like a Shinigami or a spirit from the past lol.
I found a coffee/tea vending machine & ended up choosing some weird hot Korean drink, it was sooo sweet, I don’t know what on earth was that but I got another one, I wanted more coz the cup was so small, but I was afraid that it might contain something bad, I mean I’m drinking something I don’t even know what lol. Oh & there was a souvenirs shop, I bought a palace shaped tea set with 5 different tea flavors for my mom.
Last stop, the Han river ferry cruise, or shall I say the hellish cruise, honestly I hated that ferry ride, may God give me strength to talk about it. (Audio Talk via link below).
