Arriving at Manchester airport in the morning of the 24th April. Feeling anxious? nervous? Happy? Excited? Scared? I felt it all. It was my first time travelling alone and feeling all these emotions at once was scary and I haven't even checked in at this point! I had no one else to rely on apart from myself. I just had to trust that everything was going to be ok. I felt very blessed as everything went smoothly, flying from Manchester to London and then transferring in London to Seoul was a very good experience, no problems or issues. I have done it! I am now a solo world traveller! I flew British Airways for both journeys. It was an hour trip from Manchester to London and then 10 hours 50 minutes to Incheon Airport in South Korea!
British Airways!
Somewhere in the sky~
Love a good selfie on the plane!
The service on the plane was excellent. I upgraded from economy to world traveller plus which included a 3 course meal and extra leg room for an extra £240 and it provided that and more! I was able to sleep 6 hours on the plane and wake up feeling refreshed when we landed in Incheon.
Menu on the plane!
Korean Beef, vegetables and rice!
English breakfast #british
10 HOURS LATER!
Welcome to Korea!
Arrivals at Incheon Airport!
A lovely sunny day in Incheon!
We arrived at around 7:30am in the morning in South Korea. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. When I arrived at the airport I had to take a train to a different part of the airport (which was huge) to go through immigration and baggage claim. I got my suitcase and got into the country without any problems (bless the British passport!) and my holiday can now start~!!
The Incheon airport is amazing and it should be since it was voted the best airport in the world for the past 10 years! I was picked up from the airport from my hotel 'Seoul Royal Hotel' which is located in Myeongdong, Seoul. One hour away from Incheon. An hour later we arrived in my hotel which was beautiful and I couldn't wait to get out and about with my friends!
Hotel room!
My green suitcase #slay
Seoul~~~!
I met up with my 2 friends Soyoung and Heesoo! They were my tour guides for the day ha! They shown me how to use the underground subway and took me to places I've always wanted to visit such as Insadong, Namsan Tower and many more. We ate amazing food and saw amazing sights in Seoul. You can see here in pictures everything I got up to!
Me stood at Bukchon Hanok Village! Clearly the guys in the back were excited to see a foreigner! Iya kids!
They sold Korean pancakes here!
It was honey ho-ddeok! It was so good! 호떡 in Korean. It contains honey, chopped peanuts, and cinnamon! It was so cheap too! Street food goodness!
Insadong!
A shopping mall in Insadong!
Ddukbokki! My favourite Korean food but this time it had Korean ramyun, rice cakes, dumplings, fish cakes, eggs and vegetables! Was so delicious!
Me and Heesoo~! 나랑 희수랑~
1, 2, 3 KIMCHI! 아이구 예쁘다~
The view of Namsan Tower which is at the highest point in Seoul!
Stood in the middle of Myeongdong loving my life!
My first day was amazing. The whole day was like a dream I didn't want to wake up from. It was everything I had imagined and more. My first thoughts of Seoul was that it's an amazing city. Beautiful scenery, really nice people and great weather! Just the overall feeling of the city was incredible. It was my style. I love fast paced environments and the city life so it was perfect for me. The weather was a plus too! When I was in Seoul every day temperatures reached as high as 28°C! It wasn't too humid it was just right.
This was day 1 of my trip. Hope you all enjoyed watching my vlog, I'm sorry there wasn't much to watch because I did forget to vlog since I was so taken aback from being in Korea for the first time but they do get better I promise!
Stay tuned for day 2 of my trip! Thanks for reading and watching!
