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 Cheonggyecheon is a river with a total length of 10.84km and a basin area of 59.83 ㎢ . All the water in Seoul is gathered here and flows to the east, and then flows together with the Jungrangcheon to the west to change into the Han River. Also, there are many shops selling antique books and antiques in the Cheonggyecheon area.    There are a lot of aquariums, the birds shop are mixed in between the aquariums, and there are a lot of pet stores selling other hamsters, insects and reptiles. (There are many bird shop next to the aquarium.) Not only crocodiles and turtles, but also animals that can be raised only by smuggling is illegal to import into the country.    The Cheonggyecheon was originally covered with roads. There were many problems, and there was a risk of collapse. As a result, the Seoul Metropolitan Mayor took 380 billion won on July 1, 2003, and started the demolition of the Cheonggye Elevated Highway. From the Gwanghwamun...

 On the Internet, I saw an article about recruiting Nikon Photo Challenger.( http://www.nikon-image.co.kr/event/ing/view/359 )  It was an article that recruited people to take pictures anywhere, for example, Seoul, Gyeonggi, Gangwon, Chungcheong, Jeolla, Gyeongsang, and Jeju Island. I also liked taking pictures, so I had taken a lot of pictures. In order to support Nikon Photo Challenger, I need to upload some nice photos of myself. So I try to put some nice pictures out of the pictures I took!  All photos were taken with Nikon's D5300 model. I have been using the D5300 model for two years now. At first I did not know the camera at all, but as I studied a little with the D5300, now I really liked taking pictures. I can now say that photography is my hobby. Below are the pictures I learned with the D5300.    First, it is a night view photo taken in Ulsan. Ulsan Bridge can be seen at the back of the photo. It is very memorable because it is the ...

Korean politician Kim Moo - sung threw a carrier at an aide at Jeju Island Airport. People are ridiculing that Kim Moo-sung played soccer's 'no-look pass' on this. I brought some parody pictures here. This GIF is the original GIF. The assistant is kicking the carrier. Kim is doing curling. In some open markets, this carrier advertises that it does not have autonomous driving capability.

         Lotte World is a theme park located in Jamsil, Seoul. It opened in 1989. It is the largest indoor theme park in the world and is large enough to be named in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1995. Thanks to its geographical advantages and the chaebol power of the Lotte Group, which is conveniently located in Seoul, it is a top class in the domestic theme park industry. In addition, Lotte World Amusement Park is surrounded by hotels, department stores, duty-free shops and shopping malls.    Lotte World has a variety of rides such as a roller coaster and a viking, and there are many spectacular parades every time. Because there are various parades held every season, you can enjoy it without being bored at any time.  The price of free pass is adult 52,000 won / youth 45,000 won / child 41,000 won. For reference, those who do not have Korean nationality should cut off "free pass for foreigners". Foreigners, of course, ...

 Namsan Tower is one of the famous landmarks of Seoul with the Han River. The height of the tower itself is 236.7m, which is low compared to other landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and the Tokyo Tower.    It was completed on July 30, 1975. At first, there was no observation deck, but after that, a sightseeing observation deck was constructed and the present tower was completed. In the early days, it was not open to the public because of security problems, but on October 15, 1980, the observatory was opened. And it was reopened in 2005. From this time, the name will be changed to N Seoul Tower. I do not feel old because all the facilities have been modernized and the interiors have been careful while undergoing remodeling.    The tower is made up of seven floors and is quite large, and the top of the T7 floor is an observation tower with a slowly rotating floor. Namsan, where Namsan Tower is located, also has the remains of the Choson ...

 The Mapodaegyo(Mapo Grand Bridge) is a 10-lane round-trip bridge that links the Yonggang-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, and Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, with a length of 1,390m and a width of 45.5m. Mapo Bridge is the fourth bridge in the Han River. The construction started in February 1968 and was completed in May 1970. It was promoted as a core project of the Han River development plan that started in 1968 and became a stepping-stone for leaping Yoido in the wasteland to ‘Manhattan in Seoul’.    It was called 'Seoul Bridge' at the time of completion and changed its name to Mapo Bridge in 1984. In the 1990s, the lack of traffic on the 6th lane led to serious traffic congestion and serious deterioration. In order to solve this problem, a large-scale repair and renovation work was carried out in December 1996. The new bridge with a width of 22.75 m was completed and extended to the bridge of the 6-lane roundabout. It was opened in July 2000 and the existing b...

 Everyone has a first-time subway, and there are a lot of people who have never been there before.  However, everybody ① Purchase ticket ② Pass ticket gate ③ Ride the subway ④ Transit ⑤ Arrive at the destination. And if you purchase a one-time transportation card, 500 won deposit is refunded.   1. Purchase ticket    On the Disposable Transportation Card Charger screen, select the arrival station. Or select the station directly using the route search in the bottom right of the screen. Then select the number of purchases, and then add the fare and a deposit of 500 won. Once the release begins, wait for a while and a disposable transport card will be released. You can get a deposit of 500won by putting a disposable transportation card in the refund box after getting off. The prepaid transportation card is rechargeable so you can use it until the charge is exhausted and recharge it. For postpone transportation cards, public transportation ...

 There is a process that can not be missed when you go to university and joined a club. It is a dinner with the members of the club, which is often called 'Hoesik'. It has the advantage of being able to get acquainted with people in clubs if you go to a Hoesik. However, if you frequent a Hoesik, you can spend your all money.    There is something that can not be left out of the Hoesik, it is alcohol. It often eats beer or soju, and sometimes drinks makgeolli. Depending on your taste, soju is the most common drink you can eat at a Hoesik. Soju has about 15 ~ 20% alcohol and bitter taste. Some people like this bitter taste, but there are a lot of people who do not like it. If soju is hard to eat, let's eat beer. In the past, eating beer instead of soju at a Hoesik was treated as a fool. But society has become a society that does not force such changes. This is a desirable change.    Students who have just entered the university often do n...

 Since My parent's house is located in the province, I have to prepare thoroughly to go home. I have to decide what to go down and decide when to go down. This is because I can get the table in advance. It was a train, an car, a KTX!   1. KTX    Going home with KTX is relatively easy. I just have to go to Seoul Station and board the train with a pre-issued ticket. My house was about two and a half hours away by KTX. On the inside of the train, the air conditioner comes out in summer and the heater comes out in winter. And they sell food in trains, so if you want to eat something, you can buy it. If you look out the window of a train running at 300km/h, you can feel that you are going really fast!   2. Express Bus    Often I take the express bus down the house. However, this is not the way to recommend. The price is cheaper than the KTX, but it takes a long time to get down the car. If the road is clogged, it is terri...

 There are trains that are useful when traveling around Korea. It is 'Korea Train eXpress : KTX'. KTX is the name of high speed railway operated by KORAIL from April 1, 2004 and it is the highest class train operated by KORAIL. It has already been 10 years.  Perhaps it is fortunate that the high-speed railway is running in Korea, which is not very wide. Thanks to the high-speed rail, I can go to KTX in 2 hours and 30 minutes by bus, which takes 5 hours. The price is a bit expensive, but there is such convenience. (▲The thick line is the KTX route)  In fact, the speed of KTX is very fast. The maximum speed is 305 km / h, but most of the cases are traveling at 270 ~ 295 km / h on the high speed line. When the overall KTX operation is good, it runs at 300 ~ 305km / h. When driving more than 250km / h, the temporary speed of the moment is displayed at the upper left corner of the room monitor. It is fun and interesting if you watch. If you come to ...

 Do you know car sharing services? Maybe you should have heard it once. In general, car sharing means starting from the recognition that it is wasteful for purchasing a car. So a local or group to own a car to use a simple purpose vehicle, and then sharing it on a time scale basis.  However, in Korea, it started as a new car rental business by companies, and it is developed mainly in metropolitan and central cities. It is characterized by the fact that there is almost no car sharing zone in rural areas. So it was not easy to see car sharing cars in the area where I grew up. However, because I came to Seoul, I have a lot of chance to meet car sharing zones, and usually I can rent a car and use it.  Let's take a quick look at how to use it! In Korea, 'Socar' and 'Green Car' are typical services, but today I will explain 'Green Car' as an example.  First, sign up for membership in the Green car homepage or application. At this time, you must ...

 Today, I have to tell you the sad news. Last weekend, during the football I had fallen. And I rolled my body two wheels from the bottom. I fell over my ankle and fell so sick that I could not stand up for a while. I did not get my feet to get up. I realized that instinctively I was badly hurt.  In the end, I was going to one side and resting, so the game was finished that day. But after the game, my left ankle was so sick that I could not walk properly. But I had to go to home, so I just drove around and came back and showered. It was not even an automatic transmission, it was a manual transmission! (Actually, I thought 'I had to go home', so I did not even know my foot was sick.    After shower, I looked at my ankle and it was swollen much. Both ankle's thickness was different. So at the pharmacy, I took steps to buy pain relief patch and bandages. The pain of ankle seemed to sink a little. After dinner, It started to get a bruise in my ankle. The...

 The food to eat today is Gamdong-Ran. Do you know what Gamdong-Ran is? Interestingly, it is an egg that tasted is so 'touched'. It is a type of egg that is sold in convenience store of Korea GS25, and the boiled egg itself is characterized by the salt liver. So it is easy to eat without salt. Also, it is more delicious to cook the egg so that the yolk does not become fully cooked when boiled. Today I am going to try the Gamdong-Ran.  As you can see in the picture, two eggs are packed in one pack. When you eat one, the other one eats soon. It's size is not large. One egg contains 50 grams, and one pack contains 100 grams. Let's look at the nutrients. It is one standard for reference. The calories are 62.5 kcal, containing 0.55 g of carbohydrate, 0.1 g of sugar, 6.35 g of protein, 3.85 g of fat, 1.4 g of saturated fat, 0 g of trans fat, 132.4 mg of cholesterol and 191.5 mg of sodium.  The price is 1,900 won. It is about $ 1.7. You can think that it is...

 Today, I went to reserve army training. The reserve army is an army that exists as a reserve. It does not live as a soldier for 24 hours like active duty. It is a living being as a member of society and a soldier when it is needed. Of course, if you live as a member of society, you can forget the military experience and sense that you have naturally accumulated, so you have to get some level of military training for a fixed period of time to maintain your ability.  However, the regular reserves are to be trained in military units for two nights and three days. But, because I am a student, I am classified as a "student reserve group" and only need to be trained for eight hours. In other words, I can get in and out in a day. Once a year, it ends when basic training is given at the training site designated by the school. So I was able to finish it very simply :)  The reserve army is also an army, so it is forbidden to take pictures of military security. So unfortun...

 Last time, I wrote about the Rose Election( [Seoul story] #8. 'Rose presidential election' in Korea ). And today, the election results came out. Moon Jae-in, 19th President of Korea elected ... Successful regime change. (▲Moon Jae-in, who is expected in 'Time' became president.)  Moon Jae-in In addition, the Democratic presidential candidate was elected as the 19th president of the Republic of Korea on September 9. After nine years and two months, the government succeeded in replacing the regime with progress. With 89.97 percent of the vote counted at 2:54 am on the 10th, Moon won the first place with 40.41 percent. As a result, Moon won the first place regardless of the remaining votes. Hong Joon-pyo, the free candidate for the Republic of Korea, won second place with 24.92%. The gap with the Moon's electorate is likely to increase further. Ahn Cheol-soo is the third most popular candidate with 21.48 percent, Yoo Seung-min is the fourth with 6.64 p...

 Yesterday was Parents' Day. It means to look back on your parents' suffering at least once. It was designated as May 8 in the Republic of Korea. As in the United States, Mother's Day (the second Sunday of May), there is a Parents' Day in Korea. Carnation is the icon of Parents ' Day.  So it is carnation or carnation-like accessory that often appears as a gift. It is classical. But funny, It was stay at the bottom of the list of gifts many parents want to receive. Of course, carnation gifts are not worthless. Just giving a symbolic flower for the anniversary can give a feeling of a little cliche or a mandatory feeling in the present generation.  As I said before, there are many parents who love cash than carnation. So of course, It can not help but conclude that it is more reasonable for workers to pay cash than carnations. But, this is what adults give to middle-aged parents, and it does not mean that the student should give cash to his mom and dad...

 When I was a child, when I was in high school in the province (around 2012), the word 'fine dust' was not known. There was only a 'yellow dust' that often comes from China in the spring. So at that time, the yellow color of sky was mean that there was the 'yellow dust' was heavy. Of course, there was a little sand in the air. In fact, probably the 'yellow dust' would have been bad for our body. However, it seems that it was not need to say that it should be careful such a big deal like now.    Of course, there would have been 'fine dust' in those days. But it was not long ago that it suddenly became an issue in Korea. It seems to me that in recent 3 years, suddenly 'fine dust' has become a big issue. Especially, it seems that I got worse after I came to Seoul. The region where I lived was located in the southeast, but since Seoul is in the northwest, geographically it is close to China. Actually, the air condition suddenly got wor...