The Korea Times

Captivatin­g landscape around Some Sevit

- By Sidra Riaz Sidra Riaz is a PhD candidate and researcher at Sogang University.

My happiest memory in Seoul was a visit to Some Sevit. I decided to attend an internatio­nal dessert fair there on a very beautiful evening of August that was heldfor the fourth time in Korea.

Some Sevit is a manmade island that floats in the Han River and is located at the southern end of Banpo Bridge. It is a first-ever cluster of artificial islands comprised of three flower-themed islets, namely Sovit, Chavit, and Gavit that have different functions.

Firstly, I received my entrance ticket in the form of a wristband from the English counter and directly went to the dessert fair hall that was on the third floor.

Inside the hall, there were many stalls of local and internatio­nal dessert, food and beverage brands. Outside, the food was on display with their stall names, thus making the task easier to find a stall of your choice.

The hall was very crowded because it was the last day of the fair.

As I love close-up photograph­y of food and everything pretty, I tried taking close-up shots of the food items displayed at the stalls. The desserts were super cute in addition to being delicious.

Most of the stalls offered free samples. I really enjoyed sampling because I could taste delicious cookies, cakes, brownies and jams before buying them. I took some shots while sampling the delectable jams and cookies.

As soon as the fair ended, I came out on the deck of Some Sevit. The sunset view was amazing and the cool evening breeze was mesmerizin­g. I took a sunset shot from my ordinary DSLR lens, but the result was amazing as the view was so enchanting.

I walked around the deck and took evening shots of the islands. The stunning lighting made the view more beautiful. I took several shots under different lights.

My evening ended while watching a wonderful Korean fire dance performanc­e. I made a video of the performanc­e and uploaded it on YouTube. From the fair, I bought desserts, air fragrances and handmade soaps as souvenirs for my family.

 ??  ?? This is the eighth in a series of contributi­ons about Seoul’s charms as seen from foreigners’ points of view. — ED. Sidra Riaz
This is the eighth in a series of contributi­ons about Seoul’s charms as seen from foreigners’ points of view. — ED. Sidra Riaz

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