Saturday!! Seoul Day!! I think I will make it an official holiday. Jaime and I headed to Itaewon around 4pm after spending quite some time on the internet trying to figure out the best club to head to. It was a toss up between Itaewon and Hongdae. Next weekend I think we will venture into Hongdae. Itaewon was awesome. There were so many foreigners and it was nice to be able to speak English and be totally understood again! It is a good thing we decided against going to Seoul on Friday night as well; even after all our preparation for Saturday’s journey, we still got somewhat lost. Well, maybe that was the bus driver’s intenion. I don’t know if it is rude to converse on public transit in Korea, but it seems that Jaime and I were the only two carrying on a conversation. Our voices were met with some disdain in the form of nasty glares and at one stop the bus driver turned around and nodded, pointing to the door. Now, we had shown him a piece of paper with our stop written on it, but we are both sure that stop was not it. We were meant to get off at a University, and we got off in front of a gas station. Ah well, we got to see more of the area and met a wonderful lady at Dunkin Donuts, who through the help of Vickie via my cell phone, pointed us in the right direction. She even called us a cab and escorted us across the street. What service! A four minute taxi drive later we were on the main road in Itaewon. We bargained a little and both ended up buying really cute purses and I scored a sweet pair of sandals. We met Vickie and decided to grab some pre bar food and beer in this pub, Seoul Pub. It was filled wi
th Europeans, and some rather obnoxious folk, but it was delightful all the same. The bar featured unisex washrooms, which was questionable, but we made it through just fine. After a few bevies at the pub, we headed to Helios to dance the night away. The best thing about Seoul is there are lockers in each club that cost about a dollar each. How convenient. Especially since I was toting around a large bag and my old purse. Before we made it to our final destination, we were lured into an underground club who was offering one free drink per person. Sold! We even ended up going there once more before calling it a night because the staff was so nice. Or maybe it was because we wanted a change of scenery and the music just sounded that good. Maybe a little bit of both. We ran into these guys on the street who were sporting bunny ears, so naturally we stopped for a photo op, and stole their ears for ourselves. What a great night. We got a cab home, and argued (well, Vickie negotiated in Korean) with the d
river for a good price, but I am pretty sure that Jaime and I ended up paying too much in the end since Vickie had to get out first. Regardless, very awesome night.
The next day I awoke and decided to just chill and read my book, Eat Pray Love. I highly recommend this read. I am about midway through and I cannot say enough good things about it. I won’t even attempt to, since it’s one of those books you should just read for yourself. Jaime, Angela and I then did our E-Mart run, and decided to never again go there on a weekend. It is packed, and what’s more it is full of crying children. We get our fill of whining through the week, and we decided that the weekend should be a no children zone. It’s a tossup though, since on the weekend E- Mart has free food samples. We might just have to suck it up for the sake of free food. On the way out, we stopped for Baskin Robbins (Chocolate mousse in a waffle cone, mmmm) and we were on our way. That night we had Pam and Rich over for dinner and what was meant to be “learn Korean” night. We pretty much did everything but review Hangul. We watched some “Part of our Heritage” commercials (we are loyal Canadians!!), a lot of Celebrty Jeopardy, discussed whether the moon landing actually happened (I maintain a firm no) and discussed politics, religion and books. Quite a great night. We plan to learn Korean someday, I swear.
th Europeans, and some rather obnoxious folk, but it was delightful all the same. The bar featured unisex washrooms, which was questionable, but we made it through just fine. After a few bevies at the pub, we headed to Helios to dance the night away. The best thing about Seoul is there are lockers in each club that cost about a dollar each. How convenient. Especially since I was toting around a large bag and my old purse. Before we made it to our final destination, we were lured into an underground club who was offering one free drink per person. Sold! We even ended up going there once more before calling it a night because the staff was so nice. Or maybe it was because we wanted a change of scenery and the music just sounded that good. Maybe a little bit of both. We ran into these guys on the street who were sporting bunny ears, so naturally we stopped for a photo op, and stole their ears for ourselves. What a great night. We got a cab home, and argued (well, Vickie negotiated in Korean) with the d
river for a good price, but I am pretty sure that Jaime and I ended up paying too much in the end since Vickie had to get out first. Regardless, very awesome night.The next day I awoke and decided to just chill and read my book, Eat Pray Love. I highly recommend this read. I am about midway through and I cannot say enough good things about it. I won’t even attempt to, since it’s one of those books you should just read for yourself. Jaime, Angela and I then did our E-Mart run, and decided to never again go there on a weekend. It is packed, and what’s more it is full of crying children. We get our fill of whining through the week, and we decided that the weekend should be a no children zone. It’s a tossup though, since on the weekend E- Mart has free food samples. We might just have to suck it up for the sake of free food. On the way out, we stopped for Baskin Robbins (Chocolate mousse in a waffle cone, mmmm) and we were on our way. That night we had Pam and Rich over for dinner and what was meant to be “learn Korean” night. We pretty much did everything but review Hangul. We watched some “Part of our Heritage” commercials (we are loyal Canadians!!), a lot of Celebrty Jeopardy, discussed whether the moon landing actually happened (I maintain a firm no) and discussed politics, religion and books. Quite a great night. We plan to learn Korean someday, I swear.
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