Inspiration and Exploration: April 2013

Monday, April 22, 2013

Seoul Shennagians

Joseph and I had a great weekend with Ray and Chien.
We ate and drank our way through a few different districts and met some hippies. Korean hippies are weird but no less endearing than western hippies.

We began our day at 8:00am or more accurately about 8:30 with delicious coffee at Casa de la Reed. Senior Joseph made us coffee to help kick start our day. Thanks honey!
We packed the rest of our junk for a weekend of fun and off to the bus terminal for tickets. While waiting for our bus we hopped across the street and had some breakfast before our 2 hour bus ride (or I get sick--apparently I have age to thank for that). We saw Florida grapefruit and tried to buy one but they were only for a smoothie...AGH! We just wanted it halved in a bowl. Boo.

We met Ray and Chien in a neighborhood that is primarily Chinese and Taiwanese. Chien took us to a Chinese restaurant for lamb leg! YAY! Joseph and I love lamb and we have only had it one other time since we have been in Korea.

best. time. ever.

the restaurant owners on the right and random friends on the left sharing what Koreans do best

Next, we all walked around the neighborhood in the open market streets and sampled what this delicious neighborhood had to offer and picked up a few things for later.

just read it.

yummy street food: dumplings with *beef* (hopefully)

for you, dad

duck eggs. HUGE!

After that, we headed toward another neighborhood near a university and saw hippies, fun signs and lots of people waiting in line.

Time to eat again and we could not pass up a Taco place called: KrissKo.

boys with their matching hats

The Korean says "mut" haha

Korean hippies!

Joseph and I stayed the night in a real hotel and then the next morning met up with Chien to go to the bus terminal and have lunch.

We found a Dean and Deluca that absolutely made my day so we had to do a bit of shopping. Honestly, I started jumping up and down and everything. Joseph and Chien stayed with me but also went and did their own shopping. Then we said good bye to Chien and got on our bus.

"drool"

It is funny how quiet the trains and buses are here. Coughing and snoring are the occasional sounds you hear in addition to cans or bottles being opened.

Thanks Ray and Chien for a fabulous weekend! We will be up again to bother you. :-)

Soccer Game!

A few of us from work went to a soccer game Wednesday night to break up our tiring work week.

Had. A. Blast.

We had the entire stadium to ourselves basically and we asked to sit in another section--Tiffany scored us those! So we sat in the front row. Apparently it was the season opener.

It works the same way as the baseball games here: you can bring in food and whatever. We will do that next time for sure.

We had our pictures taken with the cheerleaders (do they look old to you?), the mascot and I somehow scored us free tickets for another game from an older guy who we think is the owner of the team. Super friendly guy. A camera was dropped on the field and a really nice guy picked it up for our group.

OH! We also had our photos professionally taken while we were there. Seeing as we were only a handful of foreigners there this must be the reason we were photographed: check them out and this one too. If the link doesn't work (not sure how long it will), scroll to the bottom. I saved them then put them in last.

Also, photos of dragons, horses and chickens...coming soon. From Krystal, Tiffany and myself before the game.