A nation in Mourning (Seoul day 2)
We had intended on getting up early in the morning and taking the subway to the main square in Seoul, to join the 170,000 screaming Koreans soccer fans. Intended. Of course we ended up watching a highly dissappointing game between Korea and Switzerland from the comfort of our rock hard bed. There were some highly questionable calls in the game – so much so that the boys in my Monday class were asking me how to say “bribe” – but, in the end, you can’t win if you don’t score, right?
We finally rose at 10am, grabbed some delicious coffee and headed off with MiSung and Sung O for lunch.
The table we ate off of, was brought out, already fully dressed with egg, seafood dishes, chicken, salads and other classic Korean fare, after we sat down. Shortly after eating, a traditional Korean dance, concert and vocal set were performed… all as part of the lunch. It was really entertaining. Check the link to Flickr on the right.
From there, we took the subway and headed to the “Foreigners quadrant” – Itaewan (
37°32'4.00"N 126°59'30.82"E) for some shopping, but after realizing that the prices were inflated to gouge foreigners, we quickly jumped back on the subway and headed to Dongdamun (37°34'6.45"N 127°0'30.44"E) – aka Stephanie’s heaven on earth. There were already piles of “Red devil” shirts on sale – 2 for $3, and only a fraction of the previous week’s visible fans were out and about. I bargained my way to two short sleeve dress shirts and a money clip using the golden phrase: “Gaka Jeusayo” or “I want a deal!”
14 hours of shopping later, Steph allowed us all to have some dinner before MiSung and Sung O headed home. It seems like we fought over who paid at each meal! Those sweet Koreans!
Later that night, we met up with our good friend Mark Freeman and his charming friend Mandy for a night of drinks and laughs. Mandy introduced us to this mean drink called Beck-sejo (translated to 100 seju?) which means that if you drink it for 100 years, you will have the health of a 50 year old... or something like that. To make the drink, you mix normal soju with a wine that is made with "medicinal herbs". I’m still not sure how we got home…
We finally rose at 10am, grabbed some delicious coffee and headed off with MiSung and Sung O for lunch.
The table we ate off of, was brought out, already fully dressed with egg, seafood dishes, chicken, salads and other classic Korean fare, after we sat down. Shortly after eating, a traditional Korean dance, concert and vocal set were performed… all as part of the lunch. It was really entertaining. Check the link to Flickr on the right.From there, we took the subway and headed to the “Foreigners quadrant” – Itaewan (
37°32'4.00"N 126°59'30.82"E) for some shopping, but after realizing that the prices were inflated to gouge foreigners, we quickly jumped back on the subway and headed to Dongdamun (37°34'6.45"N 127°0'30.44"E) – aka Stephanie’s heaven on earth. There were already piles of “Red devil” shirts on sale – 2 for $3, and only a fraction of the previous week’s visible fans were out and about. I bargained my way to two short sleeve dress shirts and a money clip using the golden phrase: “Gaka Jeusayo” or “I want a deal!”14 hours of shopping later, Steph allowed us all to have some dinner before MiSung and Sung O headed home. It seems like we fought over who paid at each meal! Those sweet Koreans!
Later that night, we met up with our good friend Mark Freeman and his charming friend Mandy for a night of drinks and laughs. Mandy introduced us to this mean drink called Beck-sejo (translated to 100 seju?) which means that if you drink it for 100 years, you will have the health of a 50 year old... or something like that. To make the drink, you mix normal soju with a wine that is made with "medicinal herbs". I’m still not sure how we got home…
posted by Brent at 7:03 p.m.
3 Comments:
Sounds like you two had fun. Debbie was quite upset that she missed our live msn chat yesterday. I told her we're meeting you about 8 months earlier than November and she said whatever is good.
Jeffer.. awesome! Will be so good to see you guys! Hi to da Debber!
Hello? Where is the shopping post showing every single item that was purchased, with a description, pricing, and dynamic html zoom?
I notice that Brent said what HE bought, but has not said what Stephanie bought after a paltry 14 hours of shopping.
Can't wait to finally get to Seoul!
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