Seoul, South Korea
SEOUL ITINERARY ✈️🍜🇰🇷😁
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Day 1 – Sat Oct 25 (Arrival & Myeongdong/Jongno core)
📍 Myeongdong (hotel area, shopping streets, street food)
📍 Cheonggyecheon Stream (night walk, lanterns & lights)
🍴 Lunch → Myeongdong Kyoja (handmade noodles) or Hadongkwan (gomtang beef soup)
🍴 Dinner → Wangbijib Myeongdong (K-BBQ) or Jinokhwa Dakhanmari (chicken hotpot)
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Day 2 – Sun Oct 26 (Northwest + Hongdae)
📍 Eunpyeong Hanok Village
📍 Hongdae (street performers, shops, nightlife)
🍴 Lunch → Onedang (near Eunpyeong)
🍴 Dinner → Chicken in The Kitchen (Hongdae fried chicken)
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Day 3 – Mon Oct 27 (Trendy East – Seongsu)
📍 Seongsu cafés (Onion, Layered, Daelim Changgo)
📍 Handmade Shoe Street & Common Ground
🍴 Lunch → Baekmidang (ice cream) or brunch at Onion
🍴 Dinner → Tuk Tuk Noodle Thai or Daerim Warehouse
🌙 Optional → Ghost Walking Tour (Dark Side of Seoul)
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Day 4 – Tue Oct 28 (Day Trip – Nami Island)
📍 Nami Island 🍂
📍 Petite France
📍 Garden of Morning Calm (optional, evening lights if open)
🍴 Lunch → On Nami Island (many options)
🍴 Dinner → Back in Seoul near hotel (light meal or street food)
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Day 5 – Wed Oct 29 (Palaces + Jongno/Insadong)
📍 Gyeongbokgung Palace (main palace)
📍 Changdeokgung Palace + Secret Garden 🌿
📍 Gwangjang Market (moved here, food crawl)
📍 Insadong (tea houses, Ssamziegil mall, antiques)
📍 Cheonggyecheon Stream (can revisit if market runs late)
🍴 Lunch → Janguhjin (grilled eel, Jongno)
🍴 Dinner → Maple Tree House (K-BBQ, Insadong/Jongno area)
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Day 6 – Thu Oct 30 (Gangnam + Han River)
📍 Bongeunsa Temple
📍 Starfield COEX Mall (library, aquarium, shopping)
📍 Apgujeong Rodeo Street
📍 Banpo Hangang Park (sunset & rainbow fountain show)
🍴 Lunch → COEX food court
🍴 Dinner → Samwon Garden (premium K-BBQ) or Jinmi Sikdang (soy crab)
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Day 7 – Fri Oct 31 (Busan 🚆)
• Morning → KTX train to Busan (~2.5 hrs) ‼️Pre-book
• Explore: Haeundae Beach, Jagalchi Fish Market, Gamcheon Culture Village
Shanghai, China
SHANGHAI ITINERARY ✈️🏰🇨🇳😁
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Day 9 – Sun, Nov 2 (Busan → Shanghai ✈️)
• Morning → Light activity (choose):
• Taejongdae Cliffs OR
• Shinsegae Centum City (shopping & spa)
• Afternoon → Flight to Shanghai (~1.5 hrs)
• Evening → The Bund (Huangpu River skyline walk)
• Dinner → Lost Heaven (Yunnan cuisine)
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Day 10 – Mon, Nov 3 (Shanghai Disneyland 🎢)
• Full Day → Shanghai Disneyland (TRON Lightcycle, Pirates of the Caribbean, Enchanted Storybook Castle)
• Dinner → Disneytown (Cheesecake Factory, Shanghai Min, Wolf Paw Brewing) before heading back
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Day 11 – Tue, Nov 4 (Shanghai City Highlights)
• Morning → Yu Garden & Bazaar (classical garden + shopping)
• Lunch → Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant (birthplace of xiaolongbao)
• Afternoon → French Concession (historic lanes, cafes, boutiques)
• Evening → Pudong skyscrapers (Shanghai Tower or Jin Mao Observatory)
• Dinner → Din Tai Fung (dumplings) or Haidilao Hotpot
**Alfred & Ty fly home 😭 12am flight**