Haneul Park

If you're looking to check this place out, remember to wear walking shoes because there's a lot of walking to be done! Take the subway to World Cup Stadium Station (Subway Line 6) and get out at Exit 1. Once you're here look for the East Gate (동문) of the Seoul World Cup Stadium, go up the stairs, keep left then follow the pathway all the way till you reach the next gate. Once you're there you should see a lot of flags and then a huge open ground for you to walk towards a mountain-looking hill. Then you're in the right path.

Confused? No worries, I have photos below to guide you in your conquest of Sky Park. :D

  

Getting out at Exit 1

See the East Gate? E! (동문) if you can recognize the Korean words.

Keep to the left and then keep walking... 

Once you see flags you're in the right direction

Then continue walking straight through the huge carpark toward the mountain and you're almost there. I told you there'd be a lot of walking. Seriously, one of my most tiring days in Seoul yet. Count on Sophia to bring me to places like these that not many would even know about, let alone think about going.  

Took the chance to take some photos along the way because the autumn leaves were just so unresistable. Especially those "feet-in-the-leaves" photos haha. I'm pretty surprised that Sophia's still into the film photography and I'm kinda happy that I helped influence her a little bit. I can't continue the film photography because there's no shops in Korea that do it (that I know of near where I live) and I would really much like to continue it when I'm back in Singapore [4 years later...] but nevertheless, I hope she continues this wonderful hobby and produce amazing photos.

Olympus

Looks like some movie poster

Couldn't resist the photos of these on school excursion

Tadah! Haneul Park!

Now, if you're still wondering why this place is famous during Autumn, guess no further: Golden Reeds. What looks like a blank canvas of greenery in other seasons turns into one of the most magnificent fields of gold in Korea. No wonder they hold festivals here D: The view was amazing, there were so many people walking around and taking photos. The place is humungous and I believe it would take at least an hour to walk through the entire place.

Picked up a few reeds to do those Instagrammy shots

Look at that magnificent field of gold D:

University Varsity Jacket ^_^

...and more Instagrammy photos for Sophia

There was this beautiful observatory in the middle of the entire place and it had a very interesting design to it. The stairways and ladders leading up were built in a way where you had 2 sides, and each side you went up brought you to the other side. I know this sounds confusing but it was really intriguing for me haha.

After all that walking, we finally decided to call it a day and went down the hill, took the subway to Hongdae, near where Sophia and her mum lived and had dinner there. Decided on this place where we've never eaten before: Grilled Baby Octopuses. It was fresh, delicious and really crunchy. I can't for the life of me remember the name of the restaurant but if you find it, please go eat!

We parted ways after that and I headed back to Cheonan, while they enjoyed another few more days of Seoul, and thereafter Jeju Island. Hope you had a great trip here (again), Sophia. See you in a few more months!

Till next time~