Seoul, South Korea Day 2 Photo Walk Edae

Edae is the shopping district that I was telling you about located just outside Ehwa Uni. It's actually a shortened word for Ehwa Womans University but I don't see how. Anyway, I needed to buy some things so I thought might as well pop in there. Since it's geared towards the students, the items are on the trendy side and reasonably priced. There are shops not just for clothes but also shoes, bags, sunnies, luggage, every fashion item you can think of. I was actually thinking whether to spend my shopping money here or in Hongdae but guess what, I ended up blowing everything here lol. Too many cute things! I bought bags for myself, my mother, and my sisters. I bought a pair of shoes, 2 winter coats, 2 shirts, and a pair of tights. Okay, I am not eating in the next 2 days lol 😅I wanted to buy more but it was only my second day there and I don't wanna end up begging for money so I had to restrain myself. 😁 I never shop when I travel, at least not until the very last day. My rule has always been to shop only when I have some money left. But before my trip, I knew already that there are many cute shops in Seoul so I brought twice of my  usual pocket money. Believe me, my shopping money was gone on my second day there hahhah. Oh, and I hoarded socks too! They are all so cute, quality is really good, and only for 1,000 won a pair! Can you blame me?? I must have bought 30 pairs, that's only like $26. Of course, some are for people back home. So really, fair warning when you're headed to Korea. Bring sufficient shopping money. 😂

Anyway, here are the photos I took that morning. Note: Please follow my instagram account, mieezu, for my latest travel adventures!















Probably my most  favorite shop there though I haven't been to every shops. 


Even the bus is freaking cute.



There are also lots of street food stalls there so I ate an egg bread and some chicken nuggets. Both placed on  a disposable cup. I decided to sit down at the adjacent park (?) to eat them and rest a bit.



I miss the egg bread or gyeran-ppang, really delicious. 






 Just a random shot of Seoul's subway system. I really liked their subway, the app for the subway map I was using was really easy to use and it's available offline. Also, they have the announcement in several languages so I had no problem knowing if it's my stop. A friend who had been here too actually told me you'd have to be an idiot to get lost there when I asked her if it was easy to navigate haha. I got lost last night but that's because I cannot use Google Map since I had no pocket WiFi. Well that's me being an idiot right there. 😅


Well hello there, Won Bin oppa 😍 You were still single at the time lol

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