How Much I Spend in 1 Day in Korea 🇰🇷 (Typical Day) | [자막포함] 4K

I'm Emily, and for the past four months, I've been remote working and living here in Seoul, South Korea. And today, I'm going to take you guys through what is more or less a typical day in my life here. I'm going to show you how much everything costs along the way, and we'll even get to see some of beautiful Seoul. So right now, I'm here with my boyfriend. We just left the house. We're about to go meet up with a friend at a nearby metro station and grab some KBBQ together. We were a bit late getting out of the apartment today, because we had a bit of a late night last night in Hongdae. If you live in Seoul, you know the feeling. We found our friends! We got Scott and Rosalyn. And we're going to go get some KBBQ now. Let's go. Here we go! Annyeonghaseyo! We've actually been to this place before. It's super good. I'm going to keep going. We've got all the side dishes. This is some amazingly soft tofu, some garlic, some sauces, some salads. This is olive oil with salt and pepper. And the main event, the pork belly. For some kimchi, some soup, and some leaves. So today, they are cooking the BBQ for us. For extra flavor. Put the pepper inside. They don't usually put these leaves inside the fire, but because the fire keeps coming up and burning the meat, I guess this is their method of calming it down. Because this is full of so much water. Usually you eat those, you know. Like a true Korean. So we ended up ordering another bulgogi. And the total came out to be 89,000 won, which is roughly... What do you think? Like 70 bucks? 70 US dollars. For four people? Oh yeah, here's the receipt. Thank you, Scott, for the assistance. So now, we're heading to the co-working space. So to get to the co-working space, we have to take the Seoul Metro. So when you come into the Seoul Metro, you have to tap in and out. And each trip costs about 1,200 won, which is about $1. And you have to stay on the right side in case there's people that are in a huge rush running down and want to run down the escalator. You leave the left side open for them. So this is where the trains come. And we just have to figure out which direction we're trying to go. Which I believe we're trying to go to Euljiro 4. So I think this is the right side. But if we were trying to go the other direction, towards Gwanghwamun, we would be taking this train. So it's set up pretty intuitively. You just have to kind of be aware of which direction you're trying to go. And this sound that's playing right now is telling us that the train is about to arrive. Here we go. We're going to look for a seat. But if we can't find one, which I can't, we'll just stand. Alright, so now we've got to transfer to Line 2, which according to the signs looks like it's this way. You guys see? This sign and this sign are both telling us to go in that direction. Actually, I find the Seoul Metro to be quite easy to navigate. Yeah, I think they did a really good job. This is a pretty staircase. I've never seen this one before. It's all painted. We decided to take a slightly different route to the office than we normally do today. You'll notice little numbers on each of the steps. I don't know, they're counting something. But in a lot of places in Korea, if you decide to take the more active way, like if you decide to walk or walk up the stairs instead of taking the escalator, they'll often tell you how many calories you're burning by deciding to do that. But we're not making a healthy choice today. Sometimes the transfers can be quite long actually, like this one. We've already gone up two flights of stairs, a few hallways, and we're still not there yet. But as you'll notice, they direct the flow of traffic, foot traffic, to keep you on the right side by telling you not to walk on that side. Got a little hot bread station over here. Wow. They look amazing. That's what all the smell is. Valentine really wants one. Okay, down we go. Down? Down. Valentine's on a diet. Yeah. And, here we go. This was one of those rare times. We found a spot. This is one of those rare times where like, right when you get to the train, the doors open for you. This guy left. He's like, I don't know what that's all about, but I don't want anything to do with it. In Korea, you have to tap in on the way in, as well as the way out. I don't know exactly why you have to do this, but I've been told it's so that the Korean government can track data, I suppose. And also, I personally think it's so that they know whether to charge you for a longer trip versus a shorter trip. So whether to charge you any additional money if you've ridden the metro for longer than the average user, let's say. Alright, so now we are in Hongdae, which is like the place to be in Seoul for young people. And it also happens to be where our co-working space is. So it's a short walk from the station here. Maybe five minutes. And along the way, we'll get to see some trendy cafes and eating places. Ah yes, Rocket Chicken, a Korean fried chicken place that's open until really late. Whenever I have late nights at the office, and I walk back to that station, I always see this place open. With people drinking, music playing, and of course, eating fried chicken. We've got a church, beautiful Korean Christian church. And a nice red street with some low-rise buildings. The red street is to notify the drivers to drive slow in this area. Hmm, that's true. That's a good point, actually. I think you're right. One thing that surprised me a lot about Korea was that they use so much brick in their architecture. Like when you come here, you'll see mostly brick, actually. Brick buildings. Sometimes the brick will be painted white, like on this building over here. Sometimes it'll be left red like we saw back there, but it's brick nonetheless. Yeah, other times you'll see it kind of some different colors. But they add some nice designs, so it's not just boring brick. But brick was not the building material that came to my mind when I imagined Korean architecture. But I think they utilize it pretty well. At first, I thought it was a bit of an eyesore, but I've learned to really appreciate it. This is our local GS25. Yep, good old GS25 over here. We pick up beer on our way home. We do not pick up beer on our way home. That happened one time. But GS25 is actually a lifestyle platform. It's not just any regular convenience store. No, it's all you need in life, actually. You don't need to go anywhere else. In fact, many influencers eat full meals there. Yeah, most influencers eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner from GS25. We do not. Actually, I was like, what's all this craze about? And I tried the kimbap from there, which is kind of similar to a sushi roll, but it's Korean. And, oh man. It was the most disgusting kimbap roll I've ever had in Korea. But the triangle ones are pretty good. But the triangle, yeah. The rice triangles covered in seaweed. Those are pretty good. So I'll show you guys the co-working space. And I'll put the link to it down in the description below. If you'd like to come yourself. If you're going to remote work from Seoul. And I'll also tell you how much it costs per month. How much we paid. So this is it. Blue Pebbles. So this is the co-working space. There's lots of different rooms. To work. They've usually got music playing. Got private conference rooms. It costs about 180,000 won per month. Which is about 140 US dollars. And not only do you get a place to work. But you also get all of this stuff. Korean snacks and sweets. There's a little soda machine. Of course, a coffee maker. You can even do iced coffee. As the Koreans prefer. And it's two floors. So not only is there all of this space. But there's a whole other floor upstairs. So it's a pretty good deal. Alright, it's evening time now. And you may or may not have noticed. I'm carrying around this other bag. Besides my backpack all day. And this is actually my gym bag. So we're heading to our CrossFit gym. Back towards where we live. And instead of taking the metro. The quickest way to get there is by bus. So we're going to take you on a little bus adventure. So you might have seen these kinds of crosswalks. On social media. Like on TikTok and stuff about Korea. Where they not only have the regular crisscross crosswalk. But they also have this diagonal crosswalk going both ways. And it really is more efficient. And quite nice actually. To have the diagonal crosswalk. Because then you don't have to cross twice. Here we go. So. Crossing diagonally. Trying not to hit any cross traffic. That may be going on the other diagonal. I guess that's the only thing you have to really look out for. But it's people walking. Or I mean, sometimes bicycles. But like. The occasional scooter. Scootering person. But. But yeah, I'm definitely going to miss those. When I go back to the U.S. You're going to miss walking when you go back to the U.S. This is quite a common sight here in Korea. You'll just see like a pile of trash. But. It's not. It's not just litter. Yeah. It's not just litter. They're. They're organized into like plastics. This is trash. Like unrecyclable trash. This is paper. Paper. In Korea. They leave it on the sidewalk. Or the side of the road. And then trucks will come by to collect. Or sometimes people. And the apes. Can I hold the camera please? Yeah. Welcome to a Korean bus. It's very cute. There's many different colors of seats. It gets pretty rough sometimes. Okay. So we have to make a transfer to another bus. More long distance bus. This one. It's green. So it doesn't. So the. The distance it covers and the area that it services is a little bit smaller. Because in Korea they have their buses organized by colors. There's like a color code for the buses. So the bus we're going to get on that will take us farther is blue. Oh this is really too bad. I feel like they cut these trees down. Along this sidewalk. There used to be trees on both sides. Why did they do that? I mean you had to kind of weave in and out of the trees a little bit. But they weren't really like that annoying. I have this beautiful soundproofing wall. Because on this side of me is a major major road. And it produces so much noise. That I guess they built this wall to help the residents who live in these apartments. So we are looking for our bus number. Which. 710. Yeah. What's next to those numbers on the right. Is a. Which means minutes. So ours is 8 minutes away. She's voicing out how long it's going to take. She's not voicing out how long it's going to take. She's telling you which one's coming up now. Like which bus is approaching right now. Bus or buses. So we've finally made it. To our gym area. We've only got a short walk. But along the way I'm going to show you guys around. This particular area. Because I think it's kind of interesting. It's where a lot of the embassies. The foreign country embassies are. Are. And. Yeah it's a very business-y district. Very. Office worker in Korean area. And I don't know why but there's. I mean I think it's because of all the embassies here. But there's always a ton of police buses. As you can see. There's one over there and another one over there. Just around. Which. Would be terrifying in any other country but Korea. Honestly. Beautiful sunset with the mountains there. This. Is our building. Lima building. Which is the same building. As the Irish embassy. So this thing only starts moving. When you walk right up to it. And go through. There's a Starbucks over here. Another coffee shop. Different one. But we are going to. The basement. Floor. This is the floor. That has. All the restaurants. That the office workers. Come to. For lunch or. After work for dinner. And then. Crossfit. Super bomb. Hello. Hey. Are you ready for your. Hardcore workout? Intense pepper noodle. So now he's. Calling everybody's name. And asking how many rounds they did. Of the exercises. Something that I noticed the Koreans do. They keep track of how many rounds they did. They'll just draw lines. And for every round. They'll make a notch. It's so much faster than like. Opening the pen and. Writing a number. It's pretty efficient. Jared. Emily. 10. Valentine. 4 rounds. You got your 4 rounds. I was filming. So that was our gym. It's about 200,000 won. Per month. Which is a little bit pricey. It comes out to like 180 USD. Yeah 180 USD. Roughly per month. Which is pretty expensive. Even by US standards you know. For a CrossFit gym. But these guys are really great. Like I've heard other Koreans say that they. They're probably one of the best CrossFit gyms. In all of Seoul. So I guess you pay for the quality. And I guess. CrossFit is pretty exotic here in Korea. So. That might have something to do with it as well. But we love that gym. We can't understand like hardly a word they say. Valentine. Took a shower. Actually you can grab a couple towels by the entrance. And take those in with you. And use those to dry off after your shower. And they provide like shampoo. Body wash. Everything to take a shower. It's pretty nice. Most people shower. I usually shower. But I didn't today. Because sometimes I just don't feel like it. I want to go home first. I'm just using the clothes they provide. Oh yeah. They provide gym clothes as well. I mean they're not for free like the towels are. How much do they cost? It's 10 a month. 10,000 a month. Not like per time? No. Oh so you can use them like an unlimited number of times. For the month. For just 10,000 won? Yeah. Oh that's like 8 bucks for the month. That's not bad at all. Go get some noodles huh? Yeah we're gonna go get some noodles now. And you guys will see what that means very soon. Naengmyeon. Most foreigners don't like naengmyeon. Because it's cold noodles. And usually westerners are accustomed to warm noodles. Check out the Korean thing. The Koreans are doing their thing. Babe you passed it. It's right here. Original Jenguk. So we're about to get these bad boys. Right here. Annyeonghaseyo. Where is your room? I don't know. Usually this place is full of people. Yeah usually this place is a bit busier. Annyeonghaseyo. Take out? Take out okay? It's normally open? Tomorrow? Okay I'll check. Thank you. Wait do you want to get take out? Naengmyeon? No I want to catch the whole experience at a time. Okay. It's okay. Thank you. Usually it's open after we get out. That's so weird. I was about to say that one of the reasons why we always come to this place is because it's really close to the gym. And it's always open like super late. So I don't know. Maybe we'll have to do chicken tonight. You guys are not prepared for this. Are they ready? Are we ready? Yeah we're ready. Let's do it. Should we go to this place? Right next door? We should go to our favorite place. Our favorite place? Yeah don't you think? Yeah? You want to go there? Alright. You heard the man. I guess we're on another adventure. A night adventure. To Gyeongbokgung. Welcome to our old stomping grounds. Here in the Tongin neighborhood of Jongno-gu. We actually used to live here in the first half of our trip in Korea. And we used to come to this chicken place right here. Very frequently. But not that frequently. Annyeonghaseyo. Yeah let's sit over here. Chicken and beer is very popular in Korea. I mean is there everywhere? I think there's more chicken and beer places than cafes. Yeah. Actually it's like the most common establishment in Korea. There's more chicken places than cafes. And there's more chicken places than convenience stores even. It's kind of mind blowing. Can we have one of these please? Yeah. Golden olive. Hana. Golden olive. Secret sauce. Hana. Yeah. Beer. French fries. Hana. And beer. Beer. Two. Yeah. Okay. Do you want Weizen? Weizen. Weizen and craft beer. Oh craft beer. Craft beer and draft beer. Draft beer. Oh custom draft. Okay that's custom. I want this is draft. This is craft and this is draft. Half is draft. I don't know the difference between craft and draft. I want Hana craft beer. Weizen. Ah craft beer. Craft is Weizen. Ah it's Weizen. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Weizen Hana. Do you get Weizen? I want Weizen. Okay, okay. And we got some kind of game show on TV. Despite being a flightless bird, the amazing chicken has flown to every corner of the world. We got our appetizer here. Our free complimentary appetizer. It's a popcorn noodle. It's like a puff. I can't even describe what kind of flavor it has. But it's like kind of corny, a little salty. It's good. Definitely drunk food. It's good Weizen. Oh nice. Forks. One of the few places that you'll see forks as the utensils on the table. We got some barbecue sweet sauce. Ketchup. Coleslaw with lettuce with ranch. And this is radish actually. It's pretty good. You'd be surprised. This is actually pretty good. Right? You don't like it? Secret sauce. Oh my god, these are so big. We've come here before, but I do not remember the plates of chicken being this big. This is ginormous. They must have changed their menu. Yeah, they must have. So how's the chicken? Oh, it's delicious. Yeah? Yeah. It's oily and like crispy and fresh and salty. Alright, let me try some of this secret sauce. Which piece should I go for? This one looks pretty good. I'm gonna go for a thigh. Mmm. It's good chicken. This was such a good meal, but this is way too much chicken. I can't possibly eat any more. There's absolutely no way. I really don't remember this place serving this much chicken like per order. Yeah, we used to be able to finish two orders of chicken, but suddenly it's like huge. Yeah, I think they increased the portion size or something. I don't know. Like, really weird. So the total price for all of this that we ordered ended up being 60,000 Won, which is 46 US dollars. Usually a Chi-Mek doesn't have to be this expensive, but I think they changed their menu and made the portions a little bit bigger. So, yeah, we could have easily just ordered one of those and it probably would have been like 30 bucks, which would sound more reasonable for two people for a Chi-Mek dinner. But yeah, I guess it's time to go home now. Bye bye! Empty streets. Random guy running. I ran out of tea money on my metro card, so let's quick stop at the CU and top it up. Nice to see you! One of Korea's three main convenience stores. You got it? Got it. Pretty fast. So this thing is a warm fridge. Everything is here and it's warm. Yeah, everything they keep in this is kept warm instead of cold. Bye bye! Thank you! Alright, so let's see when the next train is coming. On its way to our station right now. It's less than one stop away. I always look at this screen whenever I come down to where the trains are going to come in to see how long I have to wait. Because if it's a really long wait, like sometimes you won't see the trains on this map at all, so it's probably a good idea to find a place to sit. But since this one's about to come, we'll just chill. It'll be here in probably less than a minute. We've had good luck with the subway trains today. I swear, the one day I film it, most of the time I have to wait like 10 minutes for each train. She's exaggerating. I'm not exaggerating. Never more than 3. Maybe 5. This is not true. He could see the screen that I was holding, you know, like the camera. And then he could see you. And then that's what we were filming. And so he was just laughing at that. Alright, gotta tap out. Here it is. Let's tap out. Which way is it? Exit 4? 3. 3? Is that it? Yeah. Exit 3. Oh, and these metro stations are nice because at every single one, there are these lockers that you can use for the day. And it's nice, like, you know, if you went shopping, for example, and you had a bag that you need to carry around the whole day, you wouldn't have to because you could just leave it in there. And they're pretty cheap. They're not too bad. Well, we weren't expecting guests, but come in. Welcome to our humbly small abode. And this is the, uh, this is the garden that we have out here. We have some flowers growing. They're kind of beautiful. This is our fan. I set it up to blow on the laundry. Air conditioning unit. I've got another video where I'm going to do a tour. Okay. All right. Let me just show them one thing. So, Emily, you probably heard this dinging all, all day today throughout the entire video. This one. So this was a toy that Emily won in those, you know, one of those claw machines. And this was another toy that Emily won. Yeah, I don't know. I've had like some great claw machine luck in Korea for some reason. That's the anxious avocado. It's my favorite. The most coveted avocado. We will probably take him with on our trip. Because we don't take a lot of things, but we're going to take that one. And then this is us. This is us back in Beirut. This is before I had nice fashion. In every country I visit, I live for many months at a time in order to get deeper into the culture and get to know how things work in order to give you guys quality information about each place. And so if you support that truthful quality information here on the internet, please support this channel here on Patreon. And if you found this particular video meaningful for you, please don't forget to like this video. And also subscribe for more adventures in Korea because I still do have more videos about Korea coming. Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you in the next one.