Tuesday evening, May 29, 2007 - Seoul
The weather changed this morning. We woke up late because of our late night conversations with our fellow hostellers. Clouds covered the entire city and slight rain drizzled over us on our way to Myeongdong.
Myeongdong was pretty busy with side street vendors selling clothes, bags and other stuff. It was not ideal to go shopping at this time because most of the products were covered in plastic to protect them from rain. So we went to Insadong to get my souvenir Korean rice bowl with cover. Returned to the hostel just before evening and took a much deserved nap. It kind of caught with us after days of sleeping late and waking up early.
What is really interesting and amazing is that just when we left Kyoto the weather was predicted to be rainy. Same thing happened in Tokyo and now in Seoul! We have been blessed with good weather during our visits to these three countries. We hope that this will continue to be our reality throughout this trip.
Tomorrow we leave early in the morning to catch the Airport Limousine bus to Incheon Airport. This hostel is truly has the best location because it's so near the subway and the bus stops and, now we find out, quite near to catch the Airport bus. How fortunate and how wonderful!
During our 5 day visit here we had the culinary experience to try Korean food. On day 1 we try the Samgyeobsal (three-layered fat) grilled right in front of us. On day 2 we had the Samgyetang (chicken stuffed with rice in ginseng broth) and Dolsot Bibimbap (rice with assorted veggies served on a hot bowl). On day 3 we had Bulgogi (strips of marinated beef cooked on a hot plate). On day 4 we had what they call the Military Soup (the one with spam and hotdog with saimin noodles cooked in kimchi broth). On day 5 we had Galbi (huge beef rib about 3 inches wide and about 13-15 inches long, one per person, grilled on the table).
As with all the dishes served in the restaurants the meal is accompanied by 4-5 or more bowls of sides (about 3 are kimchi veggies with/out meat). The chopsticks and soup spoon are made of stainless steel and are flat not rounded. It took us awhile to get used to it but we managed. Cold water is also served to keep us cool while eating spicy food.
One time Peter felt his head sweat after eating the kimchi soup. It WAS hot!!! I was surprised myself that I managed to eat and enjoy the dish - am not quite a fan of too spicy food.
Anyway, our whole visit here was indeed a wonderful surprise and an enjoyable experience. Our new friends here at the hostel has made our stay very comfortable and fun. We will definitely miss them and hope to see them again in our future hostelling trips.
So this will probably be my last post from Seoul. Anyeong Haseyo!
The weather changed this morning. We woke up late because of our late night conversations with our fellow hostellers. Clouds covered the entire city and slight rain drizzled over us on our way to Myeongdong.
Myeongdong was pretty busy with side street vendors selling clothes, bags and other stuff. It was not ideal to go shopping at this time because most of the products were covered in plastic to protect them from rain. So we went to Insadong to get my souvenir Korean rice bowl with cover. Returned to the hostel just before evening and took a much deserved nap. It kind of caught with us after days of sleeping late and waking up early.
What is really interesting and amazing is that just when we left Kyoto the weather was predicted to be rainy. Same thing happened in Tokyo and now in Seoul! We have been blessed with good weather during our visits to these three countries. We hope that this will continue to be our reality throughout this trip.
Tomorrow we leave early in the morning to catch the Airport Limousine bus to Incheon Airport. This hostel is truly has the best location because it's so near the subway and the bus stops and, now we find out, quite near to catch the Airport bus. How fortunate and how wonderful!
During our 5 day visit here we had the culinary experience to try Korean food. On day 1 we try the Samgyeobsal (three-layered fat) grilled right in front of us. On day 2 we had the Samgyetang (chicken stuffed with rice in ginseng broth) and Dolsot Bibimbap (rice with assorted veggies served on a hot bowl). On day 3 we had Bulgogi (strips of marinated beef cooked on a hot plate). On day 4 we had what they call the Military Soup (the one with spam and hotdog with saimin noodles cooked in kimchi broth). On day 5 we had Galbi (huge beef rib about 3 inches wide and about 13-15 inches long, one per person, grilled on the table).
As with all the dishes served in the restaurants the meal is accompanied by 4-5 or more bowls of sides (about 3 are kimchi veggies with/out meat). The chopsticks and soup spoon are made of stainless steel and are flat not rounded. It took us awhile to get used to it but we managed. Cold water is also served to keep us cool while eating spicy food.
One time Peter felt his head sweat after eating the kimchi soup. It WAS hot!!! I was surprised myself that I managed to eat and enjoy the dish - am not quite a fan of too spicy food.
Anyway, our whole visit here was indeed a wonderful surprise and an enjoyable experience. Our new friends here at the hostel has made our stay very comfortable and fun. We will definitely miss them and hope to see them again in our future hostelling trips.
So this will probably be my last post from Seoul. Anyeong Haseyo!
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