📝 To-do & upcoming days

Everything that isn't today. Plan, book, cross off.

🔥 Urgent bookings

• [ ] DMZ / JSA tour for Sun Apr 19 — passport info must be submitted ~3 days prior. Try Koridoor or VIPTravel. JSA has been on/off since July 2023 — if unavailable, fallback to standard DMZ.
• [ ] Seoul Apr 18–21 (3 nights) — Airbnb or serviced apartment, central. See Accommodation.
• [ ] Busan Apr 21–24 (3 nights) — Haeundae, Gwangalli, or Nampo. See Accommodation.
• [ ] Seoul Apr 25–29 (4 nights) — near Seoul Station for easy ICN access. See Accommodation.
• [ ] KTX Seoul → Busan for Tue Apr 21 — book early on Korail or Klook for reserved seats.
• [ ] KTX Busan → Seoul for return.
• [ ] ARTE Museum Busan — reserve on Klook (the teamLab-style immersive).
• [ ] LCK match — check schedule at lolesports.com, book tickets if a home game is during the window.
• [ ] Balwoo Gongyang lunch — reserve via balwoo.or.kr if going.

🗓️ Upcoming days

Thu, Apr 16

• 10:00 — Huwon (Secret Garden) tour at Changdeokgung (booked)
• Post-tour: Bukchon if not done yet, or Gyeongbokgung + changing-of-guards (10:00 / 14:00) + Tosokchon
• Afternoon/evening: Hongdae (gaming, PC bangs, claw machines) or Dongdaemun DDP

Fri, Apr 17 🛁 Dragon Hill Spa overnight

• Daytime open — candidates: Lotte World Tower / Seoul Sky (555m), Gangnam (Coex Aquarium + Starfield library), Dongdaemun DDP, or rest + late-afternoon wander.
• Evening: head to Dragon Hill Spa 드래곤힐스파 in Yongsan (40-712 Hangang-daero, near Yongsan Station Line 1). 7-floor 24h jjimjilbang.
  • Entry ~₩15,000 day / ₩18,000 overnight · uniform shirt/shorts provided
  • Co-ed sauna floors (clay ball, salt, ice) · gendered nude bath floors · communal sleep mats
  • Bring: 1 change of clothes each, flip-flops, book/phone charger
• Sat Apr 18 morning: shower out, taxi back to Myeongdong to pack up for 11:00 checkout from Hithere City

Sat, Apr 18

• Check out Hithere City Myeongdong by 11:00
• Move to next Seoul stay (TBD)
• Weekend ideas: robot demos at KAIST / SKT / Naver, Seoul Forest, Hannam

Sun, Apr 19 ⚠️

• DMZ / JSA tour (needs advance booking — see urgent list above)

Mon, Apr 20

• Open day. Candidates: Daejeon day trip (KAIST, Sungsim-dang bakery) or Suwon fortress half-day + Seoul evening.

Tue, Apr 21 🚄

• KTX Seoul → Busan (~2h40, ₩60,000pp)
• 3 nights Busan (stay TBD)

Wed–Thu, Apr 22–23

• Busan: ARTE Museum, Gamcheon, Haeundae, Lotte Giants baseball (check schedule)

Fri, Apr 24 (optional: Gyeongju overnight)

• Busan → Gyeongju day trip or overnight in a hanok. See Gyeongju.

Sat, Apr 25

• KTX back to Seoul
• 4 nights Seoul (stay TBD)

Sun–Tue, Apr 26–28

• Final Seoul stretch: catch-up list, jjimjilbang overnight (Dragon Hill Spa in Yongsan), last meals, shopping, Incheon Chinatown half-day if time.

Wed, Apr 29 ✈️

• 06:00 — leave Seoul for ICN (allow 2h30 for AREX or KAL Bus 6015)
• 12:20 — LH713 ICN → FRA
• 20:45 — LH5740 FRA → ZRH
• 21:50 — land Zurich

✅ Pre-trip checklist (reference)

• [x] K-ETA verified for Swiss passport
• [x] Naver Map, Kakao T, Papago installed
• [x] eSIM purchased
• [x] Flights booked (YBRHJU + ZICGB5)
• [x] Hithere City Myeongdong booked (Apr 15–18)
• [x] Secret Garden tour Apr 16 10:00 (booked)

💭 Wishlist (nice-to-have)

• [ ] One Michelin dinner (Mingles, Jungsik, Balwoo Gongyang)
• [ ] One jjimjilbang overnight (Dragon Hill Spa)
• [ ] KBO game (Lotte Giants in Busan ideal — Sajik Stadium)
• [ ] teamLab-style immersive (ARTE Museum Busan)
• [ ] Robot café / SKT T Factory in Seoul
• [ ] VR zone (SKT T Factory, YongPyong)
• [ ] PC bang session in Hongdae
• [ ] Board-game café or claw machine arcade
• [ ] Hanok stay for one night (Jeonju or Gyeongju)