3. Jonggak (Jongro) - Intro

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2. How to make local/foreign friends?

I'd like to introduce some events or meetings in Seoul, for those who want to make local/ foreign friends.
If you go to www.meetup.com, you'll see tons of interesting meetings in your city, as it's an international website!

Well... my favorite meetup is Languagecast!
http://www.meetup.com/Languagecast/
As I'm interested in learning some languages such as English and French, it's a good place!
If you're in Seoul, Buan (in Korea) or Vienna(Austria) or in Vancouver(Canada), and you love learning languages and meeting new people, you should "definitely" join this!!!
There are other meetings to exchange languages, but I like this one better, as the organizer, Sun Hyun Woo is great! I have met him for several times as he gave some lectures on how to improve foreign language skills. There's no entrance fee, and you just need to order one drink or food from the cafe! Simple!

If you're interested in learning korean, this might help you!
http://www.talktomeinkorean.com/ 
or this one: http://www.meetup.com/talktomeinkorean/

Anyways... Languagecast Hongdae is where you can make local/foreign friends and practice languages. :-)
From "7pm to 10pm" on "Mondays", the cafe "You are here" is booked for this event!

so this is what it looks like!

The cafe is very cozy and you can just join the group freely as you want. It doesn't matter what time you arrived here! Just come and join the conversation by sitting around the people or just standing around the people... they'll invite you ^^

These are what I took after the meeting! 
I like the interior here :-)
Drinks are good too!

 

This cafe isn't just a cafe!

It has a photo studio!

(though I didn't try it...i think it's a nice thing to have in a cafe. 

Maybe this cafe has this, as there are many foreign tourists to join this meeting!)

 Below are what the cafe looks like outside.

1-(4) Hongdae- random streets

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Hongdae is always vibrant and lively!
There are always so many things to see! 
If you love shopping, eating, hanging out with friends or just having fun,
Hongdae is definitely the right place, for sure!!!

Hmm I'm not a clubber, but I like listening to club or electronic music.
As I study French, European music appeals to me.
Some of the European artists I admire include Avicii, Martin Garrix and Stromae.
Streets in Hongdae reminded me of their music.

I happened to see some clubs in Hongdae, and a lot of people were waiting in a long queue there... I wouldn't go clubbing, but I would recommend Hongdae for clubbers! Even if I wasn't clubbing, walking around Hongdae was exciting enough!

I just took photos randomly while walking to bring out the liveliness of Hongdae.

 My friends and I tried to go there, but it was too crowded, so we weren't allowed to enter. :p
I saw there was a live show! (if you click that photo, you can tell. )

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OHhhh I like this kind of unique shops a lot!

Again, the photos below are just random photos of streets.

It was almost 10 pm and seems like the city never sleeps at night?!?

 If your cell phone is dead, don't worry~ XD
Guess what those words mean?

Literally it means "Charge the battery, 3 minutes is enough."

Actually there are many places to charge your phone battery in Korea, 

but...now I see

I have found one more!

I guess it wouldn't be cheap though...

Well don't worry. Here's a tip. :-)

In Korea, subway stations are not just places to take a subway! (it's more than that! you can have a meal/drink some coffee, buy clothes, buy cosmetics....ok, enough enough!) 

It's a great place to get help if your phone battery is low. Many of Korean subway stations have cell phone charging services and usually they're all free.

 It was almost 10 pm~

 I liked the interior of this book cafe, so I took photos of it! :P

This seemed like a great Photo Studio, so why not take some pictures of this? XP

 It was like 10pm and there was an event...though I don't know much about it, but there was a korean entertainer, as far as I remember. haha..I was busy taking photos and going back to home!

 Cute toys from random street!