First Impressions of KOREA 🇰🇷 We're Surprised by Seoul 😲 South Korea Travel
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Welcome to South Korea! This is our first time here and we'll be exploring Seoul. In this video we're exploring Seoul, South Korea and giving our first impressions of this massive city. We start things off in the Insadong neighbourhood where we make our way through the tiny streets of Ikseondong Hanok Village. We eventually make our way to Cheonggyecheon (river/stream that goes through the city) and to Myeongdong. We also stop for some beer a KFC (Korean Fried Chicken) at a place called BHC Chicken.
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0:00 We're in South Korea
1:56 Insadong neighbourhood
2:50 Learning Korean
4:24 AG1 Ad
6:16 Cheonggyecheon
8:32 Myeongdong
10:11 Chicken and Beer
13:44 Maps & Prices in Korea
15:17 Wrap Up
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Welcome to korea 🇰🇷 😊
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이정도면 한국도 관광지가 아닐까
Which month is this?
It's much better to use 'Naver map' or 'Kakao map' instead of 'Google map' in Korea. 'Google map' is supposed to be incorrect in Korea due to the military reasons.
The name of the game that came out about 3 minutes(03:48) is 'janggi'.
Think of it as East Asian chess.
What is unusual is that each country has different rules for 'janggi' in East Asia.
Korea / China / Japan all have 'janggi', but they all play 'janggi' in their own way with different rules.
You left out Samsung- the world's #.1 smartphone ,TV and #.1 semiconductor maker.
Whoops!
@@DelightfulTravellers 삼성은 스마트폰 점유율 1위 . tv1위 . 가전제품 1위 . d램반도체 1위 입니다
Hello Trevor and Anna, I find it so hard to believe that you didn't mention the megalobrand S-A-M-S-U-N-G as Korean.
Omg i was thinking the same..! Still waiting!!!
Bringing back the nostalgia
Was there last October/November with my family (5 weeks)
Stayed at Myeong-dong (Crown Park Hotel) just opposite the department store & near Lotte Young Plaza.
We had an amazing trip!
Used our Discover passes for the attractions (72 hour pass) & the T-money cards were so handy,we used it everywhere.
Most things were cheap so bought alot of clothes in Hongdae & Dongdaemun (ApM)
Food was amazing!
We learnt the language for 6months & could hold a conversation to a point lol then we used our Papago app when it got harder.
We did go outside of Seoul (Daegu for 4 nights & Busan for a week)
Unfortunately we arrived the days just before the Itaewon Halloween Tragedy that took the lives of 150 young lives,& the whole city was in mourning throughout our stay...RIP
The weather was quite cold & it started snowing on our last week there....was beautiful!
Thanks for the nostalgia
Hope you enjoyed your stay!
Stay safe & stay blessed
Alofas from New Zealand🙏🤙
You know October is best season 😊 good choice
Living costs in Korea is pretty high due to the high minimum wages, it is actually higher than Japan. That will give you some ideas.
And the games that those elderly people played is called "Jang gi" it is Korean chess.
I hope you have fun traveling freely since Korea is a very safe country to be.
That river area used to be a highway that was removed, such a beautiful area now.
K-ETA is no longer needed for US citizens, not sure about other nationalities. Samsung is the most important brand from Korea. It’s said that Samsung, the company is so diverse, owning Hospitals etc, that most Koreans are brought into this world in a Samsung hospital, receive their health care throughout their lives with Samsung clinics and hospitals, own Samsung phones and electronics, work for a Samsung company or subsidery at some time during their life and finally are payed to rest via Samsung services.
New Canadian subscriber here :) Thanks so much for this video! Seoul is on my bucket list so this is very helpful! What airline did you fly? I want to try Korean Air
Welcome to Seoul Korea. I can't wait to see what you experience in Korea.
Thanks so much! We're so happy to be here 😀 - Trevor
Welcome to Korea.
Have a fun and enjoy your stay guys
South Korea is the best! Make sure you try plenty of different food when you're there. it's all so good! We highly recommend learning the Korean alphabet so that you can get around easier. It only takes around half an hour to learn and is a fun new skill to have.
Noted! Thanks guys - Trevor
Half an hour. Is that possible? I'm just curious as a Korean. Anyway thank you for the love for Korea and Hangul.
@@sungokpark9251 I learned it a few years ago and remember finding a video that taught it really fast. saying that, I've forgotten it all now, but I just learned it for the trip. can't remember the exact amount of time it took, but I know I got the basics to be able to sound out words pretty quickly. I once saw a quote from King Sejong "A wise man can acquaint himself with them before the morning is over; a fool can learn them in the space of ten days."
@@sungokpark9251 , I seen people learn it in 20 to 40 minutes.
As a South Korean, South Korea is honestly not fun. Life is fierce and everywhere is the same as the same restaurant. I think North Korea tourism will be more thrilling and fun.
구글로 '안녕하세요' 와 '감사합니다'를 배울때 뒤에 배경으로 나왔던 빨강색 차양의 음식점도 유명한 곳이랍니다. 그 유명한 음식은 바로 냉면!^^
바로 직전에 지나오셨던 계단옆의 식당들도 오래되고 낡기는 했지만 값싸고 맛있는 음식을 아주 저렴하게 파는곳들 입니다.
즐거운 서울 여행이 되셨기를 바랍니다.
I can’t wait to visit Korea! ❤
Welcome to Korea~~ From the rooftop on the 8th floor of the Korean Museum of History, you can see a new view of Gyeongbokgung Palace and the plaza. Have a nice trip in your hometown.
Oh gosh I’d love to go to Korea, it looks so awesome guys. Love to learn more about the culture and the food for sure. Thanks for sharing as always 😊
So far so good here in Korea Angie! Thanks so much 🤗- Anna
If you trip Korea u don't need to learn Korean. mostly place can speak English but not not that good English. even some store can't speak English but if you order food this like that simple English all people know that. if curious check youtube Korean can speak English than better than expected Korean speak English
3:45
that's called 장기. it's a classic board game kind like a chess.
The rules are slightly different, but it is a game often played in East Asian regions such as Korea, China, and Japan.
Can’t wait for more videos from South Korea! The food looks amazing!! Love ALL your travel adventures!! 💖💖
We'll have a couple more videos on the way. Can't wait to share them! - Anna
That craft brewery behind the vending machine was wicked cool!
Anna your hair looked so pretty in this video! Did you do something different with it?
Enjoyed the video and looking forward to your adventures in Seoul! ❤️❤️
So excited to see you explore Korea 🎉
So glad you're along for the ride! - Trevor
that stream, Cheonggyecheon, used to be covered, with a road on top, and another elevated road on top of the first road. it was restored and opened back in 2005
I'm korean
Welcome to my country
I recommend you to try dish "소갈비찜" or "간장게장" , It's expensive but delicious
Lots of Korean food coming up in our next video - Trevor
Loved this video…Seoul looks amazing stay connected ✅✅
Amazing work guys ❤
Have a good time in Korea thank you for your visiting ♡^^♡
Hey guys !! Thanks for this great video and thanks for sharing. i will be there next month to that beautiful city.
Famous company founded in South Korea (for your reference):
- Samsung & LG, SK Hynix
- Hyundai & Kia
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South Korea Travel so great.
We so can't wait to share more of this country! 🤗 - Anna
Thank you for your guide on Seoul! It is very useful! You are seeing everything there! So great! Good luck! 😍😍😍
Another Awesome New Adventure Trevor and Anna take care and Safe Travels. 🙂
Cheers Robert! We appreciate you following along as always 🤙 - Trevor
Loved this video…. Seoul looks amazing.
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Wow! Korea looks super intriguing. That vending machine door is literal genius! And I can’t imagine how fresh the world famous Korean fried chicken is. Can’t wait for more vids! ❤😊
Matty that door was the best! It made our day. Plus the beer was good 😀 - Trevor
Welcome to Seoul! My visit to that city in 2012 was like The Amazing Race. We had a 7 hour layover coming from Cambodia on our way back home to the USA. We took an airline provided bus to the city center and did the speed tourist thing. We visited a temple, ate BBQ, and shopped. Then sped back to the airport. That counts as a visit, right?
haha that counts TT! Hopefully you enjoyed the quick visit - Trevor
omg, I can't believe that I'm going to Seoul next week and now I see a video from you guys from the same city :D
Have so much fun! It's a great city - Anna
Ooohhhh Can’t wait to see all the foods you guys try!!!!!!
Coming up in the next video! - Trevor
As for the game played by elders at the street, it is Korean version of Chess. That particular location is a small section of place called "Nakwon-dong" which is a popular location among male retirees for hang out. Nearby, free meals are available for anyone around. How do I know all these? I was born and raised only one block away from there :)
영상 재미있게 잘 보았어요~~^^
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There are so many great things in Korea, so enjoy it
You've visited a lot of good places
Thank you for the funny video ^^
Whoa! I experienced some major DT culture shock when I saw you dressed in pants and jackets 😅. The Korean fried chicken looks much more delicious than the Colonel’s typical fried poultry 🍗 😋.
haha 🙈
어서오세요!! ❤❤
I am a new subscriber and I absolutely love love love that you are sharing your journey. You both are so kind and humble ❤️
Welcome aboard LG! - Trevor
Welcome to Korea😀
3:43 It's called 'Janggi', and you can think of it as similar to Western chess.
I enjoyed your video and you did pretty well trying to speak Korean. I would love to go to Korea. I love you guys and I love Stray Kids (kpop group). Looking forward to your next video!
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welcome to korea in seoul........have a nice trip........one of korean citizen wrote the comment......
Sarah from Halifax lives there in Seoul for years and married a Korean. We also like their UA-cam channel, 2hearts1Seoul.. 💕 Hope you've seen the cherry blossoms 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 have fun ❣️
Good to know! Cherry blossoms are coming up soon - Trevor
YEAH!!! So fun!
It really was a great day! - Anna
That’s like drinking beer while ice fishing. Ice cold beer says cold! You are going to find everything more expensive now. We looked at flights to Kuala Lumpur for later this year and wow. 40% more than October of 2022.
I would show some of the stores in the street just because I would love to see what the stores look like there.
Welcome to my hometown~~!!
Thank you for visiting to Korea. The game in 3:45 is called Jang-gi. It's a game like chess.
I'm interesting to watch a video of a trip to Korea from the perspective of a foreigner.
I hope you had a good time in Korea!
즐거운 여행되세요^^
Nice to see you are there guys i am dominican and lived there for 7 years. I follow you since the DR videos.
Oh wow.. we'll be back in the DR later this year as well - Trevor
I recommend food tours as well as walking tours, mainly the ghost walk called Dark Side of Seoul...its run by two expats, totally worth it, ive been twice and I am a local!
good to know.. we have a lot of local food coming up in the next video - Trevor
Great video! Funny seeing you guys in jackets 😂! Looking forward to the food videos and seeing more of Korea! ~Cara ❤
haha we knew you guys would find that funny 😅 - Trevor
😂😂 love the pronunciation attempts!
haha .. we're so bad 🙈- Trevor
Fantastico video, un'altro canale del genere bello da vedere è Roaming Roads
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Many people know Samsung as a Japanese company.
Samsung is a Korean company and is much bigger than LG, Hyundai, and Kia. ^^
Whoops we left that one out and also thought it was a Japanese company - Trevor
@@DelightfulTravellers세상에 맙소사~~~~
Korean food is more affordable than western food here in seoul, just keep that in mind. And yes, you are in a major city, with prices of food similar to that of New York and LA.
Really great review!
American expat i. korea here
Price has gotten really expensive recently but the food is sooo good
Chicken they fry it twice that is the secret ^^
Thanks for watching!
Try Myeongdong Night Street food,👍😉 it's cheaper to eat around trying various varieties as well as side street small restaurants, European food can be more pricier like yr pizza last night so just eat korean food when u're in Korea..much cheaper but of course bit expensive than other SE Asia country due to exchange rate is high. Yea, Seoul was still cool even in May...
즐거운 관광 되세요
Hi guys! Since Korea and the Philippines has a special friendship, it's nice to see Seoul as well. Seems rather cool there, even in April, similar here in the states.
It’s much cooler than the Philippines that’s for sure 😀 - Trevor
Really the warmest and most sincere welcome to Seoul, Korea ^^~ ♥ ~My homeland~
Seoul, the soul of the world
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The fastest way to get there is by subway 1. Eungbong Station (within 1KM on foot) and the following places are subway stations within about 3KM 2. Haengdang Station 3. Sangwangsimni Station 4. Wangsimni Station 5. Sindang (Hipdang) Station
There are tons of relatively lesser-known places in Seoul that are much more dynamic, fun and so pretty than the famous ones already known to the world.
South Korea, especially Seoul, is a city that is more interesting than you can imagine, interesting places, locations, relatively spicy but less greasy food, and is also very cheap, comfortable, safe and clean
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Unique and beautiful night view of Seoul, the only one on UA-cam that is explained in more than 30 languages
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as a south korean,The Philippines and Koreans have nothing to do with each other.The Philippines sold its own soul to Japan for a few pennies
What special friendship? lol never heard of such thing
ohh i love korea, looking forward to more videos!! also pizza for some reason is very expensive in korea, foreign food in general is, but you can easily get dinner at a korean placed for around 8000 won (so like 7/8 dollars) which is quite cheap (not as cheap as other asian countries, but definitely not as expensive as europe or the us)
We've found some cheaper options that's for sure! Korean food is so good 😀 - Trevor
@@DelightfulTravellers 8000 won meal is quite like Fast food-ish and at least you need over 15000won for a decent meal :(
I will be there next week, have an amazing trip x
Very Nice Superb Video
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@@DelightfulTravellers Thank u
I just flew back to Okinawa from Seoul yesterday.
That place is also high on our list! - Trevor
Welcome to Korea!!! 🎉 Pizza is so expensive here (compared to the US lol)
It sure is haha
3:30 It is a game similar to chess, which is widely played in Northeast Asia. It is a game enjoyed by older people in Korea and Japan.
Insadong that you stayed in is the oldest alley in Seoul. That alley was built right after the Korean war. It will be gone sooner or later due to redevelopment XD
Hi Trevor and Anna☺ You're my favourites and have been following you on instagram as well, and how I have been looking forward to this Seoul Series. Just to add to the fun comments seeing both of you in pants and jackets, for a moment I thought you had just stepped out from some business conference / meeting😄. Anyway have fun in Korea😄
haha.. this is as business as we get 😎We're glad you're following along - Trevor
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That stream used to be a freeway. It was covered up. Lol😂
Another famous Korean brand you guys forgot to mention is Samsung!
Right! We thought that one was Japanese - Trevor
btw, you mentioned doing the K-ETA before coming to Korea. did you also have to do the Q-Code?
Welcome to my home country! :)
You'll find Western food in Korea to be pricier. If you are able to, eat at more authentic Korean restaurants and you find it much more affordable.
We have a full on video about trying Korean Food 👍
Plz dont worry. All the pronunciations were perfect. :)
We lived in Seoul for about 4 months. Such a great city. A lot of amazing food and interesting culture. Personally, I grew up watching Korean films, so it was a serious bucket list place for us. Nice to seeing you guys have a good time there.
And I miss Korean fried chicken. Some of the best fried chicken we've ever had. Especially with the radish and beer to accompany it. ❤
PS, Korea is definitely not pricy. If you find it expensive, you're going to the wrong places. It can be incredibly cheap.
That chicken is so good. When did you guys live there? From what we have heard there’s been major inflation. Everywhere we went was quite high in price. Comparing to SE Asia of course - Trevor
@@DelightfulTravellers Hmmm. Must have been 2019? We lived in a very non-touristic, residential type of neighborhood at the time. Western food is definitely more expensive, but our local "mom and pop" kind of local Korean spots were super affordable back then! Maybe it has changed since then?
@@DelightfulTravellers Yes, especially, the price of tourist attractions may be more expensive.
SK costs are not cheap. It is almost same with Japan, as same as the highest salary and costs in Asia. S.KOREA GDP per person is over 30k USD, same as Japan.
@@loveseoulmarui1502 Japan also still has plenty of cheap food options as well. Both countries have cheap meals for around $10. I'm talking about food options- not cost of living.
They're tourists, so those costs don't affect them. I've lived, or stayed long term in 9 countries, and staying in Korea was pretty average. Of course, getting paid local wages, having to pay that insane key money would make it much more expensive- but daily life costs (transit, food, etc) weren't as bad as places in Europe, or Canada where I've also lived. Seoul is certainly more expensive than some places, but I wouldn't call it "expensive" in comparison to other places I've been. As a tourist, there are cheap options if you know where to go.
Korean drama
" The glory "
You can see that the old people doing game " ba duk "play go
The game that old korean men play sitting down is a “Janggi” similar to chess
Thanks for letting us know. So cool! 🤗 - Anna
Welcome to Seoul, South Korea in April of 2023❤❤❤I wish you guys the BEST in Korea 2023❤❤❤❤
The senior gentlemen at the beginning of the video are playing Korean Chess. It is called "Janggi."
오옹 한국이다
3:36 This game is called 'Jang-gi'. This is east-asian traditional table game and elder people still enjoy them. Rule of game is very simillar to 'chess'.
and... google maps doesn't work well in Korea because of national security(provide detail geological information about korea territoty for overseas company is forbidden)
We do love Seoul! Such a beautiful and interesting city
It's amazing here! - Anna
The game the eldery played was Janggi and it's similar to chess. 😊
Thanks!
경주와 태안반도 강력하게 추천합니다...
서울만 투어하시면 아니되옵니다... 주군~~~
대한민국에서 편안히 즐기시길 .......
I must say it IS strange to see you both in long pants! Lol. Spring has sprung in CB! Take care!!
lol.. we thought viewers might think it's odd - Trevor
Your pronunciation is very good!
Pizza is not every day food so it will be more expensive than local Korean food - same way same Korean food will be much more expensive in Canada than Korea.
Choenggechon, you should go there in night time. It’s so beautiful.
Noted!
청계천입니다~^^
How can you miss the largest Korean company called Samsung.
Hello. Hope u guys enjoy the trip in Korea ^^ it must ve been changed a lot there since i left South Korea 20 years ago. *^^*
We ❤️ it here! - Anna
South Korea is a very safe, kind, and beautiful country 👍
Safe but stabbing around
Their games are called baduk, or jang-gi. Traditional Korean games like western chess.
Western foods like pizza pasta steak etc are usually pricier than most Korean cuisine, especially in tourist areas like where you ate. Something for you to know😅
한국 오신걸 진심으로 환영합니다.
즐거운 시간 되시길 바랍니다
The Cheonggyecheon Stream was once a rat infested sewer that was opened up and made into a beautiful cool respite in the middle of Seoul. At certain times of the year the stream is filled with huge beautifully detailed and lit Lantern structures.
Good to know! thx - Trevor
Oh, Korean bhc chicken restaurants have the most delicious prinkle, but you haven't tried it.