Thanksgiving Weekend in Songdo

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Happy Late Thanksgiving! This past weekend, I got to visit the amazing city of Songo. Songdo is a new smart city in Seoul, and that is where my aunt and I went for our Thanksgiving vacation.

My aunt and I arrived in Songdo sometime between twelve and one. The first thing we did was find a place to eat, since neither of us had eaten that day. We went to a taco place and got a Quesadilla and a Burrito. Outside and around the corner was this really pretty tree that I took a picture of:

I think it’s a Japanese Maple. The leaves were a lot more vibrant than that in person. They were bright, bright red! It was so cool. I really love Japanese Maples. I have one in my backyard at home, and it’s my favorite tree. Although, ours never turns as bright red as this one!

After lunch, we headed over to central park and walked around there. Here are some pictures that we took there:

This is a small library in the park
This is a river that runs through the park. It was crystal clear!
This is a wall that’s just over the bridge. It’s full of tiles that look like they were painted by children.

Across the river there were a ton of cool metal instruments! It was another part of the park, I believe. Anyways, here are pictures:

This is the bridge to cross the river with a cool triangular-cut building in the background.
A giant horn…? There was some legend that people would whisper their prayers and wishes into it, I think.
This piano had a name that I can’t remember, although it started with an E. It was a magical piano that would play by itself until someone sat down on its bench, at which point it would yield itself to the person.
This inscription was on the piano bench, and I thought it was funny 🙂
These are windchimes, which taught my aunt and I that windchimes cannot be made out of just any metal, because these sounded awful.
These were some fun benches sitting under a pergola-type roof. They had inscriptions written in different languages. The inscriptions had various meanings, from “seize the day” to “a good man humbles himself below others”.

After central park, we started making our way back to our hotel. On the way, there was a cute little village-type mall that we walked through.

This is a giant cello that lights up at night. It was made by a student, and represented the fact that, no matter our race, gender, ethnicity, age, etc., we all go through the same things in life and we are connected by those feelings and experiences.
These were some cute trees in a square in the middle of the village-mall. I don’t think they had any real significance, but they were really cute.

After exploring central park and killing some time, we checked into our hotel at around 3:00pm. The reception desk was on the 19th floor – it was weird, but cool. Our hotel room was really nice (sorry, didn’t take any pictures). I love hotels. They’re just really cozy and cool and remind me of traveling.

After checking in and putting our stuff in the hotel room, we headed over to a large mall. It was gorgeous and really nicely decorated. Here are some pictures:

This is a walkway of trees on the bottom level of the mall. They change color with the seasons, so when I took this picture, they were white for winter. They had lights strung between them with polaroid pictures and flags hanging from the strands.

I wanted to clothes shopping, but all the clothing stores were either athletic apparel or winter coats. There were probably ten stores just selling winter coats! It was ridiculous. But, there were a lot of cute furniture and interior design stores that my aunt and I had fun looking around in.

After exploring, we met up with some of my aunts friends and ate dinner together. I didn’t take pictures of the food, but I just got a burger so it wasn’t really anything special 😅

Once we were done visiting with my aunt’s friends, we headed back to our hotel room to watch some TV and get some rest before heading back home.

And that concludes my Songdo blog! It was really fun and I had a really good time. It was definitely different from any city I’ve ever seen. All the buildings were different and very cool. I’d definitely recommend paying it a visit if you’re ever in Korea 😉

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