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Korea | Day 4 - Thanks Nature Cafe, Yeti Restaurant & Bar, DDP

This morning I woke up at 6AM, so that I could be ready to eat breakfast at 7am.  I notice if I go down later, like 8:30, most of the food is gone.  It seems like many of the guests went to Jinhae today, which means they left at 4AM.  So it was only grapes and strawberries for breakfast.  The strawberries were really sour and getting mushy (gross), and I already have my own grapes in my room’s fridge for when I want a snack.  So I made grilled cheese.  Of course the day I go early, there’s nothing but about to go bad fruit.  Sigh.  Came back to my room and went back to sleep until 9:45AM.  LOVED sleeping in.

Once I was ready I made my way to Thanks Nature Cafe, or the “sheep cafe”.  I took a super long and round about way there, because I didn’t realize how close it was to where I already was.  If you’re in Hongdae at the tourist info booth, it’s to the left of that.  Just walk down Hongik-ro and you’ll see it on the left hand side.  They open at 11AM, until 10PM (I think).

I didn’t really want to drink coffee, and I didn’t want to eat one of their amazing looking waffles, so I opted for the Grapefruit Ade, which is like sparkling water with lemon and fresh grapefruit.  It’s really refreshing, but it made me SUPER cold.  It was at that point I regretted not getting a latte or cappucino.

Here are a couple pages from the menu.  The staff speak english.  The owner was there, and another girl was working.  It was pretty crowded and with only two workers, the orders took awhile, because everything is made fresh to order.   You can visit with the sheep in the meantime. ^^

They were so cute.  They didn’t come out of their little pen, which is left open into a bigger pen area where customers are allowed to be.  But you cannot enter their pen. This is so they have their own personal, private space.  If they want to visit with you, they will come out. :)

My drink arrived!  I stayed for a bit to work on some Korean lessons.  After that I headed to Yeti Restaurant & Bar for some Indian/Nepalese lunch (got there about 1:30PM).  I should have taken photos of how to recognize the place, but basically it is across the street from the Eat Your Kimchi studio. But if you happen to come from Sangsu Station, take exit 1 and swing right when you reach the top of the stairs.  Then you should end up at the corner of the street and go left (which I believe this is Wusan-ro).  Walk for about 5 minutes and you will see Eat Your Kimchi upstairs (hard to miss).  There’s a crosswalk just before the studio.  Cross it and go through the little entry walk through that says something like “forte” above it.  When you come out through the other side, you will see Yeti, which is upstairs on the 2F.  

It is so pretty inside!  At first I sat in the front on a regular table by the window, but it was chilly so I opted to move in here, which was quite cozy and I’m glad I did.  Love the atmosphere.

Ordered some type of veggie curry (which ever the server recommended) and got it with butter naan (naan doesn’t come included, you have to pay extra $2 or $3.  Also samosas appetizer.  Everything was so good and total came to 15,000 won (just under $15USD).  I highly recommend it and will probably come back again before I leave.

After that yummy lunch I headed to Sangsu Station and went to Dongdaemun History & Cultural Park Station to check out DDP (Dongdaemun Design Plaza).  I didn’t go in this time, since I’m coming back in October with my mother.  Will check it out then.  

Yes, that is a transformer!

Also, there were a bunch of magnolia trees (tulip trees).  They were SO beautiful and they smelled SO good.  This tree happened to have one growing way low on the tree, so I was able to get a shot from above.

There was also some tv show filming something for foreigners (bc she spoke in english.  Maybe Arirang tv?).  She must have been cold to film in that dress, cause it was a bit windy and I was cold and had more clothes on than she did. lol

Headed across the street to Doota, where there is a Line Characters pop up store, and got a Brown Bear pencil (or eye liners and brow pens!) case and a cushion for my bed.

And that was the end of my day before heading back to my guesthouse.  Dongdaemun seems like something that would take all day, so I will probably go back in October.