SANDEUL MANGWON TOUR - 산들 망원동 투어
I just came back from Korea and did a Mangwon tour, and thought I should do a blog post to help everyone with searching for the special spots in Mangwon. (And I am really lazy to edit the images so pardon the colours). The nearest subway station to all these spots is Mangwon Station (Exit 2).
Here we go~~!
1. WM Entertainement
Every BANA would need to at least get to this place once. The building that was built with the albums and songs we bought, the boy's perspiration and hard work.
2. Coffee Shop (커피집 숍)
The coffee shop that Sandeul frequent, that coffee shop that has his card pinned onto the wall. We didn't head in because our tummies were full of noodles and coffee at that time when we went passed.
3. Gwang Hap Seong Cafe (광합성 카페)
This cafe is one of the spot where Sandeul took his album pictures. The stairs with yellow line, as well as the interior can be easily recognised. Unfortunately, the spot Sandeul sat at was taken up. Sandeul also mentioned in one of that backstage videos that the sandwich here are really nice! (and no, we ended up with coffee only because we still had noodles swimming in our tummies)
4. Shanghai Spagetti and Ddasikki Galbi (상하이스파게티&따식이갈비)
We went to this place twice this trip, the owner was really nice to us. She told us that Gongchan & CNU likes eating spicy so they order the spicy galbi and Sandeul & Jinyoung couldn't eat spicy so they order the non-spicy galbi. We got the chance to try both at different times we went there, I have to say the non-spicy one really taste good! You could also see signatures of the boys and also signed album in the shop.
5. KINOKO CAFE (키노코 카페)
Tucked in a small alleyway of Mangwon, this cafe is pretty small and Sandeul did several shoots here. Unfortunately, on that day we went, the cafe was closed. We managed to take some photos of the interior thanks to the transparent doors.
6. Happy Burger (행벅식당)
This burger place is another place that Sandeul recommended. We didn't managed to eat it because it was their resting time when we reached there. T^T we ended up settling for another shop but that's besides the point.
7. Le glacier des etoiles, le clocher d'or (빙하의 별)
This ice cream shop is pretty prominent if you are walking on the other side of the streets. I'm not sure if the operating hours only applies to winter, or all year round, but when we got there, they have a sign saying they are only opened from 6pm onwards. There goes our ice cream T^T
Sandeul took his Stay as you are jacket here as well~
8. Colourful Wall in front of Cafe Tweed (카페트위드 앞에 벽)
This wall was featured in one of Sandeul's photocard and it was pretty hard to find since there was no exact location. Now that I have been there, I can easily say that this wall stands in front of Cafe Tweed, just right outside the underpass to get from Mangwon to Hangang River.
9. Hangang River Mangwon Section (한강시민공원 망원지구)
I think I didn't mention that it was a freezing and extremely windy day when we did this tour, and the river was my last straw. I couldn't even withstand 5 mins of phototaking. But the pictures turned out really pretty due to the pretty sky. This was also a spot that Sandeul took his album jacket.
Should anyone be in Seoul and wants to try something different, you could do this!! We started off with Mangwon Market at about 10am and left at about 4pm, our timing was just nice and on schedule but if it was a summer trip, it might be shorter because you would not end up wanting to hop into a cafe to hide from the freezing temperatures.
Also, a huge thank you to pink sugar chan's blog post which made searching for some of the places much easier! Check out her blog post of Mangwon here, it also included the churros shop that Jinyoung went to. ^^v