Monday, October 26, 2015

Weekend Trip to Incheion



o Ideal options for accommodation
Staying with a friend’s family or
Sky Hotel Incheon: $63/pernight

o Transportation (getting there and getting around)
Incheon is located at the end of Seoul Subway Line 1, so is easily accessible from Seoul. Incheon also has its own subway line that runs north/south intersecting Line 1 at Bupyeong Station. 
Subway trains run every 6 to 10 minutes on weekdays from about 5am to midnight. From Incheon to Seoul Station is about 40 km, it will take perhaps an hour, and the fare was 1500 Won in 2007.

o Priorities (places to visit, activities to do)

Take hikes to various temples with in Incheon

BupYeong Underground shopping Mall -A large underground mall with a fresh market, clothes, shoes, music, etc.

Spasis- sauna overnight hotel all-in-one public bathhouse experience

Incheon grand Park - a quiet pretty park by the main Incheon school district

o Food
jjukkumi bokkeum cooked squid in marinated various sauces

jeon - A savory meat or rice filled "pancake" (think gyro)

Kimchi- pickled cabbage or raddish

Kimchi Jjigae - hot and spice cabbage soup.

o Tentative itinerary
Friday Night: street food night (chicken and cola or kimchi Jjigae) and settle into hotel


Saturday morning: café breakfast and Sapsis Sauna visit

Saturday midday: BupYeong Underground shopping market and lunch (Jeon and kimchi)

Saturday night: Incheon dinner and nightlife (club, bar, movie, etc.)

Sunday morning : Walk and play in Grand Park with coffee

Sunday afternoon: Return to Ewha Womans University. 

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