So the hubs had no winter wear as they were all in his luggage. Unfortunately for him, when we arrived in Seoul that day, it was minus 10 degrees. He had no choice but to go to 7-Eleven to buy some alcohol to warm himself up, while he waited inside the airport (near the entrance) for the airport bus, while I waited outside for the bus. Thankfully the bus had heater and he slept (we took a midnight flight) the entire bus ride to the hotel area.
Our hotel was located at Jongno 3-ga area and when we alighted, right in front of us was a shop selling winter wear. The hubs immediately went in to buy a jacket. He was getting such strange stares for just wearing a t-shirt in -10 degrees! So he came out warm but we were hungry so we bought some roadside snacks which were piping hot! Then we went to look for our hotel.
Doulos Hotel is situated amongst the little alleys, but once you are more familiar with the area, it actually takes about 3-4 minutes to walk to the main road where the shops and subway are. Our hotel room, however, was quite tiny.
It didn't even have a proper wardrobe, nor a safe. The housekeeping was ok except that on our first day we found a box of mochis in between the 2 clean (?) towels. The window got jammed coz we were trying to open and close it. It was just as well we lost the hubs' luggage as there really wasn't much space for a second luggage.
The bathroom wasn't too bad though no bathtub.
However, having said all these, what Doulos Hotel lacked in room size or housekeeping, they more than made up for it with their service. The Front Desk is always friendly and helpful, with one of the guys named Michael speaking exceptionally good English, just that he called everyone Sir, including me. Anyway, I thought the hubs wouldn't like the hotel because it's too cramped but surprisingly he liked the location and said he would come back to this hotel again next time we visit Seoul.
The hotel is not as near Myeongdong as it seems though. We were tricked into walking there and perhaps it's because we weren't familiar with the roads so it seemed like we walked really far.
En route to Myeongdong
Myeongdong was super crowded on a Saturday afternoon. There were throngs of people and lots of street foods. It was a pretty nice introduction to Seoul.
As it was winter, the sky turned dark really quick so by 5pm we thought it was time for dinner. We went to this Korean BBQ place.
I love that their restaurants (even their street foods actually) all provide tissue, or at least most lah. Sitting on the floor was quite fun! So you just take off all your winter wear and dump them on the space next to or behind you.
Something that I've been craving to eat in Korea! Kimchi chigae! Or otherwise known as Kimchi soup with lots of meat, kimchi, tofu etc. This was especially yummy on a cold winter's night!
The barbecue was tantalizing and the meat was quite good! I feel that no matter which korean bbq restaurant you go to in Korea, they would have some sort of standard to meet so all are quite decent places! Love that this meal costs us KRW15,900 per person for the bbq buffet. Super worth it!
After this we were both so cold we decided to head back to the hotel...plus we were tired from the late night flight.
Next up: Trickeye Museum, Namsan Tower & N Grill!
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