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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 ...

Everyone has something like a bucket list. A bucket list of things to do, a bucket list of food, a bucket list of movies, books etc, I have bucket lists too. And one of the most important bucket lists is a bucket list of countries to visit . And one of the first countries which I put to that lsist were United Arab Emirates. I planned and dreamed about that trip from year to year. And finally, my dream came true. Today, I will share with you my thoughts, expressions, emotions everything. A best of the best country United Arab Emirates or UAE can be called ‘a best of the best’ country, and it is not becuase it has the best facilities, the best living conditions, the best economy or something else. The reason is another. One of the most famous sights in UAE is Burj Khalifa , the highest skysrapper in the world. Also, there is the largest region in the world which is covered with a sand ( Rub al Khali ). The tourism area in UAE is recognized as the fastest developing one in...

South Korea is a country and museum at the same time. Here you can walk along the streets and enjoy unusual constructions, buildings and green parks. You can enjoy modern constructions and historical places located close to each other. South Korea has enormous an cultural and historical heritage. Unfortunately, not all these historical monuments could survived till today, and some of them were reconstructed or restored recently. But, many historical places were rearranged to the museums, so people can visit it and learn about Korea more. In this post I will introduce to you one of the oldest historical heritage —  Gyeongbokgung Palace (경복궁) . Many people call this palace ‘ Gyeongbokgung’, however, it is not so correct lingustically. The ending ‘gung’ (궁) means ‘palace’ from Korean languge. Therefore, the right interpretation of Gyeongbokgung is Gyeongbok Palace. The name of the palace has a several meanings. A palace of shining happiness, A palace of sun light and happine...

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...