A Very K-pop Centered Trip to Seoul

SBS Alive Museum in Insadong

Today (Saturday) we headed in to Seoul to see another musical (oh, boy). This one is called K-pop Musical Moon Night and it stars Seungho from the K-pop boy band MBLAQ.

K-pop Musical Moon Night

I like MBLAQ but I'm not really familiar with their stuff. Jenee, on the other hand, really loves Seungho so when we saw the tickets on interpark (discounted, at that) we just had to go. To top it off we were able to snag front row seats! 

The musical started at 3PM so we went to Myeongdong first with the goal of doing some K-pop shopping again but it took us too long to find a place to eat for lunch so we only had time to eat and run before the musical. 

The restaurant we finally found is called Red Sun and it's essentially a ddeokbokki (spicy rice cake) restaurant. You get a pot and you can choose what you want in it (typically ddeok, ramen noodles, and vegetables).

Yummm!

It was super delicious and we even got some cheese to add in there. Yum! 

After eating we headed to the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts where the musical was playing. 

Seungho!

The theater was nice, albeit smaller than the other ones we've been to. Our seats were off to the side but right, directly in front of the stage. Like we could reach out and touch the stage, that's how close they were. 

The musical itself was really good. It was a bit different from the other musicals we've been to in that it was mostly dancing but the performers were all really talented and of course, we were so close to Seungho. Fangirling most definitely happened.

At the end of the performance Jenee waved at Seungho and he noticed (probably because we were the only two westerners in the front row...possibly even in the whole theater) so he sent a head-bob-acknowledgement in our direction. One of the perks of sticking out, I guess? :D

After the musical finished we went to Insadong since it was nearby and made another attempt at going to SBS's Alive Museum. This time we (mostly) knew where to go so it was far less of a hassle and there wasn't as many people so it wasn't as frustrating. 

The museum was fun and had some cool picture spots but I personally think the Trick Eye Museum was better. It's still a nice place to check out if you're in the area. 

We took our time taking some pictures and then went back to Myeongdong. 

Myeongdong at night

Our main goal was to get some concert light-stick things for the upcoming groups we are going to be seeing as they are cheaper to buy at the KPop stores in the Myeongdong underground shopping center than at the venue. After we finished our shopping though we really wanted to get some bubble tea so we headed up to the surface and spent an hour (I kid you not) searching for a bubble tea place. 

Usually, they are not that hard to find but we had a really difficult time locating a place that sells bubble tea. It wasn't too bad since we weren't pressed for time and we got an opportunity to explore the bustling streets of Myeongdong but it was a bit frustrating because the GPS on our phones wasn't working that great which just complicated things. 

Hmm a delicious mystery!

I did finally cave and buy some street food. I've noticed a lot of people eating these sausage skewer things for a while but I was hesitant to try one until tonight. I'm glad I finally did! They are delicious! Another point goes to Korean street food!

Ah, black milk tea...my favorite!

After what felt like forever we finally found a bubble tea place and got ourselves some drinks. It was delicious and totally worth the trouble it took to find it...

Plus, because we spent so much time wondering around we were able to completely randomly come across this live performance by the KPop boyband BTOB on our way out. 

It was essentially another "us" moment when we came upon what we thought was just a b-boy dance off (it was but...) there was suddenly a really big crowd gathered around the stage with cameras and phones out (and fangirls screaming) so we got closer to check it out. 

Wowsers. 

It was totally BTOB doing the final performance for this KPop b-boy event thing. They sang their song WOW and danced and all that good stuff. We kind of couldn't believe it. But it happened. Here's my proof:

Anyway, so Myeongdong. It's a happening place. I love it!

So our Saturday was really eventful and successful. We've still got some more exciting events to attend and stuff over the coming weekends so I can't wait! Yey for being busy!