DMZ Tour!

Hello everyone ! 

I'm going to introduce you our DMZ tour today.

DMZ means demilitarized zone. Indeed, Korea is the only separated nation in the world. So there's a military demarcation line between North Korea and South Korea. It was established on 1953 July 27th during the signature of Armistice agreement at the end of Korean War. 

You can see the 3rd infiltration Tunnel, Dorasan station and the Observatory. If you go there you will be able to feel the reality of separation, tension and pain. 

Depending of the political context some places of the DMZ can be closed to public, but usually you can see a lot. 

One interesting thing too is that since this area wasn't touched for decades the nature took back all his rights and it's now a wonderful preserved area for plants and animals. 

Tour Bus takes reservation 24 hours now. You can have a free pick-up service at our guesthouse. This is so convenient right?

If you are interested in DMZ tour, ask our staff now! 

Blandine.

Seoul International Buddhism Expo

Hi~Have you ever experienced Buddhism?
In Korea, A lot of people practice Buddhism, And also many Buddhism temples exist. So it's kind of easy to experience Buddhism culture.
But for foreigner, it's an unfamiliar culture and hard to have an experience.
So here is 'Seoul International Buddhism Expo.'
For 3 days, You can see some of Buddhism things such as craftwork, Buddhist pierce, Buddhism candle so on.

It held in Seoul Trade Exhibition and Convention SETEC Halls 1,2 and 3

Do you like to party ??

Hello,

Today, I'm glad to introduce you a wonderful kind of Korean club. We all know the common clubs with hip hop or electronic / pop music. But did you know that there is another way to party and enjoy real Korean culture?

Indeed, if you search well, you will be able to find really unique club with old or retro Korean songs ONLY!! It's so funny and everyone gets excited when they hear their favourite songs haha You can dance to old Kpop songs, or older dramas' OSTs. It's really great and the atmosphere is awesome!

We went to a famous one in Gangnam : Totokayo! Even if it's Gangnam, you have to know that it's really cheaper (15000 wons on Saturday night) than common clubs (30000 wons in Gangnam usually).





I'm sure there's some near our guesthouse too!
Come to our guesthouse and let's go together! =D

See you soon!

Blandine.

Have you already heard of Saedol Lee beats Alpha-go?

Do you know the game Asian usally do, baduk? It also called as 'go'. It's a kind of Eastern chess. but It's much more complicated than chess, so computer still couldn't beat human until few days ago. But thing are changed. Alpha-go, the machine made by google beats one of the best professional player in the world three times in a row. Every experts says it was not just a game, it was a huge step for artificial intelligence. Because Alpha-go is learned from experience and based on the experiences it judges by itself.
The program seems perfect, but today Saedol Lee who is the Korean baduk player beats Alpha-go. How cool?? Baduk is little complicated, but you can learn easily some of other oriental game, 5-mok and janggi. Come Korea and grab some games with Koreans.

 

Korea and Kpop..

Hello everyone! Today, I wanted to give you some tips about Kpop concerts in Korea! I'm sure a lot of kpop fans are reading this blog, so here my comments ! 

A lot of good concerts were announced, like GOT 7 or even Shinhwa! It seems hard or impossible to get a ticket but actually there's a way, even if you are a foreigner haha. 

If you go to Interpark global, you will find an English website where you can purchase the tickets of the concerts you want! 

Today I want to highlight GOT 7's concert in Seoul late April, a 2 hours show where you will be able to discover the members of the group fly to you.  Here is the link where you can get tickets. 

GOT 7 are under JYP company and start to be more and more popular in Korea and abroad. They have a big popularity in Japan but also everywhere in the world and I'm sure the concert will be a real success! 

Oh, and do you know Shinhwa?? They are one of the first Kpop band in Korea as they debuted 18 years ago. They reunited almost two years ago and released a new album. Their fans were waiting for this moment of course and the response was awesome. They are not that young anymore but still really cool! 

For their 18th year anniversary since debut, they organize big concerts in Seoul ! Check it out here! 

I hope you will visit us if you come and participate in one of these concerts! 

See you soon, 

Blandine. 

Spring Flower Festival in Korea!

Hi there

How are you?

It's already March! Spring is coming!! (it's still freezing in Seoul though lol)

Today I will let you know about flower festival schedule in Korea

Spring is the one of the best time to visit Korea 

Come and Enjoy nice weather and beautiful flowers with us ;)

These are Famous Cherry Blossom Festivals in Seoul

These are Cherry Blossom Festivals in different cities in Korea

And these are other flower festivals in Korea

If you want need any further information, go visit here

http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/ATR/SI_EN_3_6.jsp?cid=1985915

Sunday Game Night at Leo!!

It ain't the sunday football but sunday boardgame night!! Sounds fun right???

Hongdae was pouring all day so all the guests had little sit together in the lobby and played some board games. Our friend Lena from Germany was so good at Chess, she BEAT THREE GUYS IN A ROW!! She used to play for her school chess team in Germany. How cool?? If you are not with chess don't worry, we also have Jenga and monopoly. Feel free to come and grab games you like and play with other guests in the lobby. 

Have you been to Busan?

Hello,

I visited Busan last week-end with my friends and it was really funny. Have you been to Busan?
This is the second biggest city in South Korea after Seoul and it offers plenty of stuffs to do. Indeed you can have fun visiting beaches or you can relax in the mountain. There is a lot of areas to have fun too and you can enjoy seafood in the traditional markets or near the beaches like Gwangalli or Haeundae.

There is a famous temple surrounding the sea in Busan, it's called Haedong Yonggungsa. This temple is quite crowded but it's really interesting and the view is beautiful. 

I love Gwangalli area too, because there's plenty of restaurants, pubs, and the bridge view is awesome, and even more at night with the lighting! Just try to visit this place at night and you will be amazed. 

Seomyeon is great if you want to do shopping and have fun with friends. You can find multitudes of shops in the underground shopping center next to the subway station, everything is cheap and you can find famous brands too. 

I love Busan for its atmosphere, the relaxing life you can have, the people, the beaches + mountains combinaison and for all the memories I have there.

I hope to go there soon again. =D

Blandine.