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Last time we talked about Lotte World Park , which is located in Jamsil station. But Lotte World park is not the only place to visit in Jamsil, there is one more famous and cool place — Lotte World Tower. Lotte World Tower is the highest building in the all South-East Asia. This tower was built by Lotte company.  Lotte world tower is surrounded with Lotte Mall, Lotte Department store, Lotte hotel etc.  Lotte organizes different events in front or inside the tower. For example, here is a short video about last Christmas in Korea. So, what is there in Lotte Tower? So, top levels are observation deck, restaurants and cafes, and other entertainments. On the 12nd floor are banks and some other financial agencies. Also, there is a super luxury hotel, apartments and officetels.  You can go upstairs to 31st floor for free. That floor is called SKY31, and there is a food court, convenience store, conference hall.  Also, there is a small clinic, dental clin...

When I was a kid, we had a small amusement park (if it could be called so) in our city, and it was possible to walk around whole park in less than an hour. And when I saw Disney land on TV, I thought it seemed like a magic to me. After years, when I became adult and came to South Korea, everything looked so huge and unusual. I feeled like I am in another world or planet. At that time I came to Korea for Korean language courses. Our programme included a tour to the Lotte World — Seoul largest amusement park . The park owner is one of the largest companies in Korea Lotte. You may know about that company by newly built tower — Lotte tower. A park was established in 1989. 6 years later it was listed in Guinness world records book as the world largest indoor park. A total square of the territory is more than 128,000 sq.meters . And buildings total floor square (if it is called so) is more than 581,000 sq.meters. Lotte spent around 1 billion USD to build a whole park. Park is ...

Time flies and it is almost 2020. Everyone is busy of work, home stuff and New Year preparations. People are staying in the lines to shops. Many stores sell a lot of beautiful and yummy things. Because everyone wants to buy gifts to their friends and family. In one word, a Christmas is everywhere.  However, in South Korea and in the most part of South-East Asia New Year atmosphere is a little bit different.  December 25th and Lunar New Year are significant holidays in South Korea, but not December 31st. Lunar New Year changes from year to year according to the Lunar Calendar. Usually, it is a mid of January or February.  This year New Year in Korea will come on January 25. And Korea will rest for 4 days! Maybe you will think it is super short, especially if we compare winter holidays in Russia. But for Koreans having at least 1 extra vacation day means a lot.  Korean New Year or Lunar New Year is called Seollal (설날). Many shops and public places are usu...

A warm ‘HI’ from Seoul. Today I would like to offer you to forget all daily business and to have a walk around one of 5 Royal Palaces in Seoul.  Maybe many of you are thinking that I am talking about Gyeongbokgung palace, because it is the most popular palace in Seoul and 9 of 10 tourists visit that palace.  But, NO, we will visit another palace —  Palace of Serene Harmony  —  Gyeonghuigung .  Gyeonghuigung is one of the smallest palaces in Seoul, but it is the least beautiful one.  If be honest I visited that palace after 10 years of life in Korea. I have been in Gyeongbokgung Palace or Deoksugung Palace million of times. Also, I have been to Changdeokgung palace or Changgyeonggung palace many times. But I don’t why but Gyeonghuigung palace… I just passed by it many times.  By the way, there are 5 Royal Grand Palaces in Seoul : Gyeongbokgung Palace, Deoksugung Palace, Changdeokgung palace, Changgyeonggung palace and Gyeonghuigung palace. All palac...

What does come to your mind when you hear a word  Samsung ? Digital and Electric stuff? Cell phones? TV? Notebook? Right. But, Samsung is also a founder of the largest amusement parks in South Korea, which is called  Everland . The park is located in Yeonin city, and was built in 1976. Yeonin city is close to Seoul, about 50km from the center of Seoul. It will take about 1–1,5hours to get there by bus. There are a few buses which go directly to Everland. There are 2 parks in Everland: water park Carribean Bay and amusement park Everland. They close to each other, just in opposite sides. And you can buy the tickets in front of the entrance. And you can decide whether to go one to one of them, or to both of them. So what about ticket price?  Adult ticket costs 54,000KRW or 54$. Youth ticket costs 46,000KRW or 46$. Ticket for kids cost 43,000KRW or 43$ . Also, beside one-day pass there are  evening tickets , which are about 9 dollars cheaper than regular tickets. The en...