Last weekend was a big holiday in Asia- even bigger than Christmas! Most know it as the Chinese New Year. Here in Korea they like to call it the Lunar New Year. We had Monday and Tuesday off of work so we decided to plan a trip somewhere. Instead of allocating a portion of our trip budget to transportation, we decided to stay right here in Seoul and spend 2 nights at 2 different hotels.
The first hotel we stayed at was the Sheraton Hotel at D-Cube City Mall. It was recently built so everything was really new. We left for the hotel mid-day on Sunday.
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| A screen comes down to separate the bathroom for privacy if you want it. |
My favorite part of the Sheraton was the bathroom. We only have a shower in our apartment, so I was finally able to take some baths!
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| View from our room |
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| Screen Golf |
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In the D-Cube Mall looking down. Shortly after this photo a security guard
came rushing over and said "No Photos!" |
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The biggest complaint we had with the Sheraton was that we were approached by an employee of the Sheraton while in the pool who didn't speak any English so she had to call someone on her cell phone and hand us the phone in the pool. The person on the phone told us that we must wear swim caps to be in the pool. Everyone in Korea wears swim caps at the public and gym pools- it's a must. But come on, Sheraton is an international brand....they shouldn't expect that of their international customers. Furthermore, nothing was posted on the pool rules about wearing a swim cap. When we transferred to the Hyatt Regency, there were lots of people in the pool without swim caps. Sheraton needs to get that memo.
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| The outside of the mall |
The next day we left for the Hyatt but we stopped on the way at our favorite breakfast place in Korea- Butterfinger Pancakes.
The Hyatt was definitely a luxury hotel. Everything looked really nice and classy. We stayed on the club floor and even got upgraded, thanks to Taylor's dad's Platinum membership. He and his dad share the same name, so we were able to use the membership and get the extra perks. The club lounge was really nice- hors d'oeuvres, cocktail hour, snacks and drinks all day, and breakfast the next morning.
My husband also treated me to a pregnancy massage at the Hyatt Spa. The massage was really nice...until later that night. I felt completely relaxed for a long time after the masssage, HOWEVER, I broke out in a rash all over my body. I guess my skin didn't like the special rose hip lotion they used which ironically was specially selected for pregnant women. Almost a week later, I still have a few rough patches on my skin leftover from the rash. :(
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| Lobby at the Hyatt |
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| Checking out the spa packages |
We also went ice skating on what I think was probably the coldest day of the entire winter so far!
Don't worry- I held onto Taylor the whole time and didn't fall. :)
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Korea has some weird quirks about exercise. Look at #2-
Please shower and exercise lightly before entering...what?? |
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| The view from our room at the Hyatt |
Overall, we had a great weekend! And that could possibly be our last getaway for awhile.
