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Restaurants in Seoul Pt.1: 신촌♥ (Sinchon)

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I know you are all excited to eat authentic Korean food in Korea, so this post will be all about restaurants I ate at during my time in Korea and loved! It can be kind of overwhelming seeing all the options of restaurants to eat at in Korea, so hopefully this post will help you! Okay, so I wrote this when I thought you'd be going to Sogang University in Sinchon this summer (like the previous years did), but you'll be going to a different school in a different area. You may or may not find yourself in Sinchon, but some of these places can be found all over Seoul anyway! Either way, I hope this post is helpful to y'all ^^  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 토마토김밥 (Tomato Kimbap) This is a restaurant many of us NSLI-Y summer kids found ourselves eating in at least a few times in the summer. It was right on the way to Sogang University (where we had classes) from the subway station, so it was convenient... and che...

Cafes in Seoul Pt.1: 신촌♥ (Sinchon)

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As you may know, Korea is filled with lots and lots of cafes.. and if you're someone that will be doing a lot of studying on your own, you'll probably find yourself in cafes pretty often. There are all different kinds of cafes in Korea- cat cafes, dog cafes, sheep cafes, the Hello Kitty cafe, board game cafes, and just really cute cafes! I did my fair share of cafe-hopping in Seoul, so I thought I'd compile a list of some of the cafes I went to because I seriously loved them all! I really enjoy 빙수 (bingsoo), smoothies, and juice so that's mostly what I had when I went to cafes~ PART 1: 신촌 CAFES♥ Okay, so I wrote this a while ago when I thought you'd be going to Sogang University in Sinchon this summer (like the previous years did), but you'll be going to a different school in a different area. But, I spent so much time on this post I'm just going to post it anyway. Even though these cafes are in Sinchon, most of these places are chains anyway, so y...