Seoul
Hello everybody. Some people have been wondering, How was Seoul? Seoul was crazy. Being from lil ol' Arkansas, I have never seen that many people in one place. There were people selling anything you could think of from places all over the world. Do you want a pair of Mickey Mouse socks, Itaewon. Do you want sports jerseys, Itaewon. Do you want giraffe, elephant or just about any other animal carving from places like Nigeria, Tanzania, and other exotic places, Itaewon. The "salepeople" are relentless also. They would just follow us around the stores and ask us if we wanted to buy something. We were asked if we wanted to buy a very nice jewelry box about 10 times. BY THE SAME WOMAN!!! I answered her politely in English and Korean, but she stayed on us till we left. Itaewon is the main tourist part of Seoul, and I am pretty sure everybody there spoke English. I met people from about 15 different countries, and sadly enough, the Americans/Canadians were the least friendly. I ate 3 Subway sandwiches, and drank some Dr.Pepper. The biscuit I had at KFC was out of this world good. Its funny how you realize the convenience of things like that in America when you are not around them. Ate Outback Steakhouse for Christmas lunch. MMM-MMM. Always tastes better when you haven't eaten food like that in 7 months. (I don't really care much for Outback when I lived in the US.) I opted to not buy a Leather coat, but I am pretty sure I could have gotten one for less than $100. Probably $75 if I really wanted to push him on the price. I instead bought a regular winter coat for 10bucks at a dept store in Masan. Hey can't beat the price, and it is still quite warm. Unfortunately, it seemed all the custom tailoring was with Korean fabrics, which isn't quite what I wanted. Think highly flammable material that isn't soft, and is a little shiny. Hopefully I can find a place that makes real shirts and suits before I go back home. The Nutcracker was amazing also. It was easy to understand, even with Korean dancers. LOL. Matt I can't believe you asked me that. The weather was amazing also considering how far north it is. Didn't even need a jacket during the day, and the sun shined all weekend. The clubs and bars were crazy packed, and we were told by a few (friendly)local English teachers that it wasn't even a busy night. The hotel was great also. I think we got off pretty cheap at 50bucks a night for each of us, considering our location and the quality of the hotel. To sum it up, was Seoul fun, yes, but only in little bits. I am glad I was only there for 3 days/2 nights. I thinkthat is plenty of Seoul for me. There is NO WAY I could ever live there. The subways were packed door to door, and there were just way too many people. Am I glad I went, yes. If you are ever in Korea, then you just have to visit Seoul at least once. It is one of the international hubs of the world.Ben
posted by viperinkorea @ 2:02 PM
2 Comments:
Sounds like you had a great time and finally got out and about. Guess you will just appreciate home cooking a heck of a lot more. You certainly will not find salespeople like that around here but that sounds like it was taking it a bit too far. Americans are probably considered easy targets.
Been trying to send you a message for sometime, I'm just to slow on this type of computer work. We just got back from s. Carolina, had great time. Ron had airplane worked on with guys from his Beechcraft club members. and I stayed with one of the wifes, we walked in the woods did a little shopping but not much. I love hearing from you so keep up the work on giving us the up dates.
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