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Kpop, Korean Food, and Gangwon-Do

A little over a year ago, I was on a bus to Eastern Korea.

I had never been to Gangwon-do, and only knew that that is where the winter Olympics would be held in 2018.
My friend was visiting Korea and wanted to see at least ONE kpop performance while she was here, so my best friend and I found free tickets to a concert about 3 hours outside of Seoul.
We took the bus through fields of golden rice (the rice changes colors in fall and its gorgeous) and stopped at a rest stop to get AMAZING cheese and sweet potato ddeokbokki.

Eventually, we made it to the ski resort where the concert was being held.

It was a great show!

We saw tons of groups including BTS, SHINee, GOT7, EXID, VIXX, CLC and more!
I'm so glad my friend got to see all these groups and I'm extra glad that I was able to experience how great Gangwon-do is :)
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We should have a Vingle Fam Field trip lol
TAKE ME
아니... ㅋㅋㅋ jk
Lucky! And it was free?! I'm jealous 😒 Glad y'all had fun doh ❤️❤️
Yeah! There are a lot of free ticket opportunities for foreigners in Korea :D I screamed extra loud for everyone who was there in spirit haha!
Well I'd like to think k was there in spirit so I thank you for the extra help 😁😁❤️
So close to the stage too ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
Free ticket! so lucky!!!!
@MonAnnahiX that sounds awesome! I want to join
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