Monday, May 28, 2007 - Seoul
Went to the Korean Traditional Hanok Village within the Seoul city area. Spent the whole morning there just taking our time going from one area to the other and sitting under the shade of a tree and just enjoying the spectacular view. It is so convenient to get to this place because the subway station exit is just a few yards from the entrance.
For lunch we went to the University belt in Sinchon and Ehwa Women's University. Stumbled into this local place that offers Korean noodle soup. No one could speak English but we dared to try their fare. The server gave us what he thought we'd like - kimchi noodle soup with spam and hotdog! Ha, ha, ha.... Both Peter and I thought just because we spoke English we didn't like to try local stuff. Anyway, the soup was cooked on the table, saimin noodles added when the broth boiled, lots of side dishes were served with the food (sometimes about 6 different sides in bowls). The spam and hotdog turned out to be really, really delicious! And because he thought that we were disappointed he gave us free soda. This experience was indeed something to remember because we were the only non-locals who didn't speak any Korean word.
Tip: Learn the word for "Thank You", "Good Morning/Good Evening/Good Day", and the best phrase to know, "That was a good meal." This latter phrase I learned well, "an-joo chal mogo summnida!" It made the server's day, I think!
After lunch we went to COEX (Convention Center and Trade Center area), a huge mall where food courts offering mostly Korean food abound.
Later we went back to Dongdaemun to sit near the Cheonggyechun water way which was transformed into a long walkway with stairs and benches to sit on. About an hour later we returned to the hostel to rest after such a long day out of doors.
Our hostel mates: Tim (American), Jeff (American), Paul (Australian) and Stu (British), along with the proprietess were drinking and talking story in the small kitchen right in front of our bedroom door. We joined in the conversations and the picture taking. Tim is all red in the face, drunk and ready to drop before his early morning flight out to Israel - he's on an RTW tour for 6 weeks. As of this writing, they just begun another round of drinks!
Went to the Korean Traditional Hanok Village within the Seoul city area. Spent the whole morning there just taking our time going from one area to the other and sitting under the shade of a tree and just enjoying the spectacular view. It is so convenient to get to this place because the subway station exit is just a few yards from the entrance.
For lunch we went to the University belt in Sinchon and Ehwa Women's University. Stumbled into this local place that offers Korean noodle soup. No one could speak English but we dared to try their fare. The server gave us what he thought we'd like - kimchi noodle soup with spam and hotdog! Ha, ha, ha.... Both Peter and I thought just because we spoke English we didn't like to try local stuff. Anyway, the soup was cooked on the table, saimin noodles added when the broth boiled, lots of side dishes were served with the food (sometimes about 6 different sides in bowls). The spam and hotdog turned out to be really, really delicious! And because he thought that we were disappointed he gave us free soda. This experience was indeed something to remember because we were the only non-locals who didn't speak any Korean word.
Tip: Learn the word for "Thank You", "Good Morning/Good Evening/Good Day", and the best phrase to know, "That was a good meal." This latter phrase I learned well, "an-joo chal mogo summnida!" It made the server's day, I think!
After lunch we went to COEX (Convention Center and Trade Center area), a huge mall where food courts offering mostly Korean food abound.
Later we went back to Dongdaemun to sit near the Cheonggyechun water way which was transformed into a long walkway with stairs and benches to sit on. About an hour later we returned to the hostel to rest after such a long day out of doors.
Our hostel mates: Tim (American), Jeff (American), Paul (Australian) and Stu (British), along with the proprietess were drinking and talking story in the small kitchen right in front of our bedroom door. We joined in the conversations and the picture taking. Tim is all red in the face, drunk and ready to drop before his early morning flight out to Israel - he's on an RTW tour for 6 weeks. As of this writing, they just begun another round of drinks!
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