Right now C.N. Blue (or Code Name Blue) is a big hit in Korea, you hear this song everywhere, and it is so catchy! I love the video too, it shows you exactly what all the boy's in our classes haircuts look like!
Warning, you will have this song stuck in your head after listening! Beware!
Here is their hit, I'm a loner!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pUfHnWRsRA&feature=related
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Six months
Today is the official six months here. And with that comes six months to go! This is our halfway point. The time is only getting shorter now. We had planned to accomplish so many things by now… many of which were travel plans…many of which had to be placed aside due to school, weather and sickness… but what better way to ensure a great last six months than to make a public promise about all the things that need to be accomplished and enjoyed.
It is very easy to get stuck in a rut, and do what is comfortable and easy… but that is also a good way to miss a lot of opportunities in a far away country that you will probably not get a chance to visit again. That being said here is a short check list of sorts to help remind us Why we came here and what we want to do!
1. Travel – that was the most basic and exciting reason we came to Korea, and we have not been nearly everywhere we wanted to go. We fully intend to see more of Korea, (Whitney I SWEAR we are going to make it to Deagu to visit you), as well as plan a big trip to China…we just found out that this summer we will get ten consecutive days off work, so there will be no better time to make a big “see Asia” trip than that. China is HUGE so we hope we can see a good chunk of it during that time… it will also be fun to plan what we want to do and see, so if anyone has any ideas let me know! We were thinking it would be cool to take a train to the Great Wall, and we know we want to visit some bigger cities too! It will be fun to document not only the trip but the process to get there as well!
2. School – Can’t deny that our school is the reason we are here. We have some schedule changes coming up and Grace has given us a real chance to do some creative teaching. We are coming up with a new curriculum for our advanced students to challenge them and also get them interested in things going on in our world today. Maybe we will even tackle trying to teach them about the American Health Changes about to take place, see what they think! I am really excited about this new lesson plan… it will be a lot of work, but we will get to have a real say in what we teach! Very cool! I will keep everyone updated as we try to find a Korean newspaper in English……
3. Try new foods. – Now this is not always an easy task, because half the time we go to a true hole in the wall Korean restaurant, we usually have no clue what to order or what they even sell. We stick to the main circuit of restaurants that we know we like or we pick out simple foods at the store that remind us of home that I can cook in a microwave oven (or on a burner) With summer coming up (soon hopefully) that will also change what foods I cook to a lighter cooler fare than what I usually make (hearty warm stuff since it has been so cold) Mexican night will still be a favorite in our books, but new menus can be refreshing. It is hard to find things you like and not eat them till you get sick of them (because I have not had rice in a week and it really has not been long enough!) So I vow to find at least one new restaurant to try each month!
4. Mindset – Things have been very hard at times…there have been times when both Joseph and I wanted to throw in the towel and hop a plane home…. (thankfully not at the same time or we may have actually done it) We have so many talks about how culture is really intrinsic to how you live daily life. It really becomes a part of you and to be out of your element for a long time really puts everything in perspective. Korea is not bad by any means, simply different from my own way. However, “different” can put you on edge and make things that normally would not bother you become a huge burden. And those burdens can weigh heavy on your heart and mind. We miss home a lot. We miss family a lot…. We miss friends a lot… we miss SOUR CREAM!!!!! But at the end of the day we usually end up talking about something funny that happened in class, or something cool coming up for the teachers and things in general that make everyday more interesting and unique than it would be in Raleigh. I am glad Joseph and I are not quitters, because in the end this ultimately will be a positive experience, and one I plan to look back on fondly. Nothing is perfect, but you can always make the best of things when you have a positive attitude. So I will promise to always look on the bright side.
And now for a Top ten list of things that have changed in six months….. (please bear in mind I am not David Letterman or his staff of writers so this may not be funny at all!)
1.) I now walk into a convenience store and the Korean for “Hello” and “Thank you” come naturally .
2.) Slowly we have picked up on more vocabulary and can tell when the kids are talking about us! HAHA score 1 for teacher!
3.) I was honked at by a car for being in his way on the sidewalk.
4.) I clean more often, because the smaller the place you live in, the harder it is to get away from the mess!
5. We only have 2 forks, but several sets of chopsticks.
6. I eat fermented cabbage with red pepper every week (almost every day)
7. We can walk anywhere in the city we want to go in about 30 minutes.
8. Quiznos has become “special dinner” food.
9. We get really excited when English movies come to the Island, and super bummed that they only stay for a week.
10. I find myself staring at White people, just because I don’t see them that often.
And a top ten list of things that are always the same no matter what country you live in…
1. The guy above you in the apartment will inevitably decided to do laundry at 2am on Wednesday night when you want to wake up and talk to your parents early on Thursday.
2. Kids think anyone over the age of 25 is old ( ohhh goodness when did that happen?) a seven year old actually gasped when I told her how old I was. (wait till may when I turn 26, Emily)
3. Teacher’s see students eating potato chips in class even though the kid thinks they are being super sneaky by putting one chip in at a time and sucking on it so it doesn’t crunch.
4. Chinese food is cheap and AWESOME!
5. People talk on cell phones all the time.
6. Everyone LOVES Friday!
7. They Show CSI on television daily (in no particular order though) I can thank Dani for letting me chill at her house once a week!
8.Grocery stores, Movie theatres, and restaurants are PACKED on weekends
9. Hamburgers are easily accessible.
10. Kids still say the “darndest” things. Especially when English is not their first language.
So on that note, happy six months to us, and we will see you all soon
It is very easy to get stuck in a rut, and do what is comfortable and easy… but that is also a good way to miss a lot of opportunities in a far away country that you will probably not get a chance to visit again. That being said here is a short check list of sorts to help remind us Why we came here and what we want to do!
1. Travel – that was the most basic and exciting reason we came to Korea, and we have not been nearly everywhere we wanted to go. We fully intend to see more of Korea, (Whitney I SWEAR we are going to make it to Deagu to visit you), as well as plan a big trip to China…we just found out that this summer we will get ten consecutive days off work, so there will be no better time to make a big “see Asia” trip than that. China is HUGE so we hope we can see a good chunk of it during that time… it will also be fun to plan what we want to do and see, so if anyone has any ideas let me know! We were thinking it would be cool to take a train to the Great Wall, and we know we want to visit some bigger cities too! It will be fun to document not only the trip but the process to get there as well!
2. School – Can’t deny that our school is the reason we are here. We have some schedule changes coming up and Grace has given us a real chance to do some creative teaching. We are coming up with a new curriculum for our advanced students to challenge them and also get them interested in things going on in our world today. Maybe we will even tackle trying to teach them about the American Health Changes about to take place, see what they think! I am really excited about this new lesson plan… it will be a lot of work, but we will get to have a real say in what we teach! Very cool! I will keep everyone updated as we try to find a Korean newspaper in English……
3. Try new foods. – Now this is not always an easy task, because half the time we go to a true hole in the wall Korean restaurant, we usually have no clue what to order or what they even sell. We stick to the main circuit of restaurants that we know we like or we pick out simple foods at the store that remind us of home that I can cook in a microwave oven (or on a burner) With summer coming up (soon hopefully) that will also change what foods I cook to a lighter cooler fare than what I usually make (hearty warm stuff since it has been so cold) Mexican night will still be a favorite in our books, but new menus can be refreshing. It is hard to find things you like and not eat them till you get sick of them (because I have not had rice in a week and it really has not been long enough!) So I vow to find at least one new restaurant to try each month!
4. Mindset – Things have been very hard at times…there have been times when both Joseph and I wanted to throw in the towel and hop a plane home…. (thankfully not at the same time or we may have actually done it) We have so many talks about how culture is really intrinsic to how you live daily life. It really becomes a part of you and to be out of your element for a long time really puts everything in perspective. Korea is not bad by any means, simply different from my own way. However, “different” can put you on edge and make things that normally would not bother you become a huge burden. And those burdens can weigh heavy on your heart and mind. We miss home a lot. We miss family a lot…. We miss friends a lot… we miss SOUR CREAM!!!!! But at the end of the day we usually end up talking about something funny that happened in class, or something cool coming up for the teachers and things in general that make everyday more interesting and unique than it would be in Raleigh. I am glad Joseph and I are not quitters, because in the end this ultimately will be a positive experience, and one I plan to look back on fondly. Nothing is perfect, but you can always make the best of things when you have a positive attitude. So I will promise to always look on the bright side.
And now for a Top ten list of things that have changed in six months….. (please bear in mind I am not David Letterman or his staff of writers so this may not be funny at all!)
1.) I now walk into a convenience store and the Korean for “Hello” and “Thank you” come naturally .
2.) Slowly we have picked up on more vocabulary and can tell when the kids are talking about us! HAHA score 1 for teacher!
3.) I was honked at by a car for being in his way on the sidewalk.
4.) I clean more often, because the smaller the place you live in, the harder it is to get away from the mess!
5. We only have 2 forks, but several sets of chopsticks.
6. I eat fermented cabbage with red pepper every week (almost every day)
7. We can walk anywhere in the city we want to go in about 30 minutes.
8. Quiznos has become “special dinner” food.
9. We get really excited when English movies come to the Island, and super bummed that they only stay for a week.
10. I find myself staring at White people, just because I don’t see them that often.
And a top ten list of things that are always the same no matter what country you live in…
1. The guy above you in the apartment will inevitably decided to do laundry at 2am on Wednesday night when you want to wake up and talk to your parents early on Thursday.
2. Kids think anyone over the age of 25 is old ( ohhh goodness when did that happen?) a seven year old actually gasped when I told her how old I was. (wait till may when I turn 26, Emily)
3. Teacher’s see students eating potato chips in class even though the kid thinks they are being super sneaky by putting one chip in at a time and sucking on it so it doesn’t crunch.
4. Chinese food is cheap and AWESOME!
5. People talk on cell phones all the time.
6. Everyone LOVES Friday!
7. They Show CSI on television daily (in no particular order though) I can thank Dani for letting me chill at her house once a week!
8.Grocery stores, Movie theatres, and restaurants are PACKED on weekends
9. Hamburgers are easily accessible.
10. Kids still say the “darndest” things. Especially when English is not their first language.
So on that note, happy six months to us, and we will see you all soon
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Dinner out and a Hike!
With our busy schedules and all the preparing we had to do to get ready to go to Seoul, I had so many pictures, and totally forgot to post many of them! So from two different occasions, here are some of the many pictures I took!
We went out to dinner with our good friend Dani to a place that had been renovated since the last time we went, and it was, thankfully, much improved! We thought it was more of a bar type place, but they changed the menu and had a really awesome selection! It was a bit more like a Koreanized Applebees! So here are some of the things we ordered, and some we didn't mean too!
Apparently with every meal you now get an appetizer which in our case this particular night consisted of a fried egg, with corn and cheese... none of us ordered it, so either they had extra eggs in the back, or this comes when you order a meal! It was actually quite good, and inspired me to go buy some eggs for the apt. It was a bit difficult to eat with chopsticks, so our waiter saw us struggling and brought us a fork!
We also ordered sweet and sour pork, which was definitely Koreanized, because it was neither sweet or sour, it was SPICY!!! Darn you Korea! It did come with a cute salad on the side that had mango dressing on it which was actually really good.
And Joseph's pick was a four glass sampler of flavored beers (there were only three of us, so we split all of them) The flavors were Apple, Orange, Berry and Lemon lime....very interesting. Joseph liked the citrus ones, and Dani and I went for the apple and berry so it ended up being a good choice for our table.
Now these pictures come from a hiking trip in January (sorry I know it is march.)
They will soon be building a bridge from Busan to Geoje, and this is part of the new road that will be going up to accommodate all the new traffic that will soon be heading our way, it was almost dark out so the pictures are a bit dark too!
I love how you can just stumble upon a cool construction site. It was January, so it is totally a frozen waterfall they uncovered when they began the digging for the new tunnel.
A view from the top!
This is the view of the part of the city we live in, it doesn't look so bad from up there.
And of course the view of the Samsung Docks. Our boss said we will soon be taking a tour of the plant, which will be really exciting, hopefully I will remember to bring my camera for that experience too!
I love how you can just stumble upon a cool construction site. It was January, so it is totally a frozen waterfall they uncovered when they began the digging for the new tunnel.
A view from the top!
This is the view of the part of the city we live in, it doesn't look so bad from up there.
And of course the view of the Samsung Docks. Our boss said we will soon be taking a tour of the plant, which will be really exciting, hopefully I will remember to bring my camera for that experience too!
Well that is it for now, if I can find more pictures to post I will be on it, but for the time being it is still a bit too cold for more adventures. But you can bet as soon as spring gets here we will be seeing a lot more of the country!
Seollal New Year Gift Sets!
I am running way behind on Blog posts, but I had these pictures from back before we went to Seoul. The whole reason we had off to go to Seoul was for the Solar New year ( which also happened to fall on Valentines day!) The Koreans all give extravagant gifts for this holiday (as it is much like the Lunar New Year) Our Boss Grace gave us these cool gift sets.
For Me, since all women cook in korea, (ahem) I got a set of cooking oil as well as seaweed.... Not sure what to do with the seaweed as we are not big consumers of it, but she was very thoughtful to pick out something not so spicy so we could try to enjoy it! The cooking oil I will totally use!
The two big boxes on the sides contained big packages of flat seaweed. Four in each so 8 total...
For the men, they typically give beauty products.... I guess they saw how pretty Joseph is, and decided he can't get that way just naturally ( she gave Manager Daniel the same gift pack!)
It came with two lotions (which I use) face cream ( which I use), Happy time body lather (which I use) Chapstick ( which I use) Soap ( We do share that) and korean toothpaste ( which Joseph claimed as his own, and I can only "borrow" if I run out of colgate!) So I cleaned up pretty well! (har har har)
She also very kindly gave us quite a bit of cash, which was very handy for our trip to Seoul (basically enough to cover our bus fare for both of us, to and from Seoul, with some extra).... So, needless to say, we had a very wonderful Solar New Year... and will be quite sad not to have three days off work when we get back to the states next year!
Only slightly sad we didn't get a spam gift set! ( we see those all over the place) Maybe on the next holiday.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Snow Day!
It has not snowed in Geoje in 10 years... but it snowed wednesday, and we had the day off work... Very exciting.
Here is the picture I took out our widow.... we got off work for this... Kinda makes people in Boone a bit jealous! This little amount of snow was all it took to shut down the island! HAHAHAHA.
It was not even really sticking to the roads... wow... they had NO clue what to do with all this white stuff!
Now I don't mind a day off work now and then, but I sure could use some spring weather!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Apparently there are tall Korean men!
Sunday we were very luck to be invited to head out on a road trip (or should I say bus trip) to Changwon with our friends Dani and Malcolm to go see a Korean Basketball game.
Since we are without a television and will be sleeping during the vast majority of the March Madness basketball games back home, we were determined to set out on this adventure and see some Korean B-ball.
Since we are without a television and will be sleeping during the vast majority of the March Madness basketball games back home, we were determined to set out on this adventure and see some Korean B-ball.
We took an early bus to Masan and then took a cab to Changwon for the event. We stopped first at a big mall called City 7 for some coffee and bookstore browsing
This mall was huge, and was the mall that we had set out looking for at one time but was not found… It was really neat, an indoor/outdoor mall… it consisted of three domes with a few covered walkways and TONS of stores… this was much more impressive than the Coex mall in Seoul. This one too had a Huge bookstore as well as some clothing outlets. ( we will be going back!) We stopped in the Dunkin Doughnuts and had some coffee and waited for Malcolm’s friends Megan and Nick to come by.
Once they arrived (and we had a chance to take pictures with the large number of white tigers all around the mall outside)
We walked over to the basketball Stadium, which was next to a soccer stadium/ baseball stadium and one other indoor field. We got our tickets early ( as well as a few extra for some other people who would soon be joining us.)
The stadium was incredible, and out front was a very large paved area where you could rent roller skates, bikes and scooters to ride around on. With all the kids having a great time it was a bit difficult to make it to the ticket widow but we eventually did. ( Also got a picture of a Huge Robot thing riding a unicycle… no idea why!)
Dani and Malcolm
After getting our FANTASTIC seats ( really close to the floor) we walked back towards the MacDonalds and Quiznos for lunch. The others met us there, and we all chilled for a bit and had lunch.
With not too much time before the game was to start we walked back over and took up our seats right next to the court… we could see everything, even the sweat on the players.
Each team is allowed to have two foreign players on the team… Wow who would have suspected each team would have two Huge black players in addition to all the Koreans.
The Two teams playing were the Changwon “Sakers” ( pronounced like Lakers but with an S) and the Ulsan Pheobus, wow. We were in Changwon so we pulled for the Sakers (home court too, we just followed the masses)
They gave you really cool fan like signs, that you could beat on your hand to keep the beat with all the cheers ( which they did the entire game).
The view from our awesome seats!
Tall Koreans warming up for the game!
Korean Men can Jump!
The Mascot, some eagle thing.... he was funny though, and had lots of break dancing moves!
They also had a bunch of cheerleaders and special announcements ( none of which we could understand, but apparently quite a few people donated quite a bit of money, so that is nice.)
Someone was having a birthday too, which is why the cheerleaders have hats on!
The Fan!
I was particularly entertained by the Cheerleader's HUGE socks... I mean some of these girls were tiny, but why huge socks? Are cankles coming back in style?
Me and the boy enjoying the game!
The Half time show was my favorite, they had a Tae Kwon Do school do the performance, and they were AWESOME… huge age range of students, but they were all perfect… It was really cool to watch them do back flips and stunts and staged fighting.
The movement was set to music and so much fun to watch.
The game was really exciting, as the points stayed very close until the very end. The other team from Ulsan ended up winning, which was sad since we had been pulling for the Sakers the whole time… Oh well, we still had a great time, and got a cool fan/sign souvenir.
They rush the court in Korea too!
Final Score... so tragic, it had been so close until the last four minutes!
After the game we still had a three hour ride home ahead of us, so we headed toward the Changwon bus station…The trip would not be without a few hang-ups… we missed the next bus to Tong Yeong by 1 minute, it was literally pulling away as we walked into the station (bummer) so we bought tickets for the next bus (in one hour) and went to get dinner at the Bibimbap stand in the bus station… it was actually pretty good.
Malcolm saw the bus pull up, so we made one last trip to the bathroom, and that must have been the most popular destination, because by the time we all got out there the bus was filled, and people were going to have to stand for the two and a half hour ride if they wanted to get to Tong Yeong…. Which we did, but not that bad…( but there was not even enough standing room for all four of us even if we HAD to take that bus)
So since we had wasted an hour, because Korean sell more tickets than they have seats, they just sell random amounts of tickets and you have to wait, so things can get terribly backed up and you can still miss your bus even if you buy your ticket in advance. we were quite angry, we went to get a refund for our tickets, so we grabbed a cab back to Masan, and took a bus from there, which ended up leaving quite soon after we arrived, and even better it took us straight to the Gohyeon bus station instead of us having to transfer busses at Tong Yeong.
We were cramped in the back of the bus, but we finally made it home.
Despite the bus fiasco, we had a fantastic time, and are now looking forward to the baseball game this summer were invited to.
After All that we came back to school on Monday ready to teach, and I found out from one of my students that apparently Joseph, Dani and I were all on tv here in Geoje... My student asked me if I was the one taking pictures of the game, because she saw someone who looked like me during the game... Pretty cool! I guess we are famous now!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Seoul - Day 3
We started the day with the search for dos tacos. We were sure after finding directions on Google that we would be sure to find Mexican food in Seoul. We have not had true Mexican food since we got here, and considering that we wanted to have our going away dinner at “on the border” our favorite restaurant of all time, it seemed necessary that we find one such Mexican hot spot before our journey was over. Seoul is the most westernized of any place in Korea, so if there was Mexican food to be had, we would certainly find it here.
Is that an Aquarium or Lunch.... HAHA, it was the lunch special at the restaurant... King Crab, only 100,000 won...but at least it fed two people....
Is that an Aquarium or Lunch.... HAHA, it was the lunch special at the restaurant... King Crab, only 100,000 won...but at least it fed two people....
Streets of Seoul
Wavy Building
The Directions were to get off at a particular subway station, walk straight until you saw a Tour le Jous bakery, and turn left down the alleyway next to it and it would be just before you reached the end of the street on your right…. Sounded legit to me.
We found the correct subway exit (after many pictures, and many “ why did we walk, we should have taken the subway!” comments) and made our way straight…. We passed four bakeries… and not one of them was the correct name. So we walked down every alley way on the street (yes, desperation does come to mind) but alas, we were fruitless in our searches… So we decided to chalk it up to the fact that Koreans don’t label streets properly, so obviously they cannot give directions properly either. ( Seriously they give intersecting streets the same name, and don’t name other streets, and are in awe of the fact that foreigners new to the area get lost…. More Klogic coming at you! )
So we retreated back to the subway station, and decided to go to the Coex Mall. The Biggest mall in Korea! We got off the subway, and didn’t have to search far, the subway station opened up right at the mouth of the mall, we walked in maybe 20 feet and were surrounded by a Coldstone creamery, Pizza Hut, TGI Fridays, and most importantly Sbarro… yeah we both dove into two huge pieces of cheese pizza. It tasted almost identical to the American version so we were still mexicanless, but at least not starving.
Wavy Building
The Directions were to get off at a particular subway station, walk straight until you saw a Tour le Jous bakery, and turn left down the alleyway next to it and it would be just before you reached the end of the street on your right…. Sounded legit to me.
We found the correct subway exit (after many pictures, and many “ why did we walk, we should have taken the subway!” comments) and made our way straight…. We passed four bakeries… and not one of them was the correct name. So we walked down every alley way on the street (yes, desperation does come to mind) but alas, we were fruitless in our searches… So we decided to chalk it up to the fact that Koreans don’t label streets properly, so obviously they cannot give directions properly either. ( Seriously they give intersecting streets the same name, and don’t name other streets, and are in awe of the fact that foreigners new to the area get lost…. More Klogic coming at you! )
So we retreated back to the subway station, and decided to go to the Coex Mall. The Biggest mall in Korea! We got off the subway, and didn’t have to search far, the subway station opened up right at the mouth of the mall, we walked in maybe 20 feet and were surrounded by a Coldstone creamery, Pizza Hut, TGI Fridays, and most importantly Sbarro… yeah we both dove into two huge pieces of cheese pizza. It tasted almost identical to the American version so we were still mexicanless, but at least not starving.
You can see my money purse and a 5,000 won note next to the pizza at the bottom.
The mall was pretty nice, but not as big as I had hoped. In fact, it was not that large, it made Crabtree look like the Mall of America…. But it did have a bookstore called Bandy and Luni’s which was where we spent the vast majority of our time.
The mall was pretty nice, but not as big as I had hoped. In fact, it was not that large, it made Crabtree look like the Mall of America…. But it did have a bookstore called Bandy and Luni’s which was where we spent the vast majority of our time.
Cliff's notes for Korean!
Yeah Literature!
Haha, store that sold really ugly clothes.... which is not what the name would suggest!
. Also, there was a Sanrio store, which I popped into because I wanted to buy our co-worker jenny something since she was so diligent to take a call for us at 6:55am on a Saturday! I picked out a nice set of pens (red, blue and black…all the right colors needed for grading tests!) and scrambled out of there, it was so crowded!
They also had an arcade where you could play, Roka roka Satan... fun times.
And play this nifty fireman game... Yes, you spray people with a virtual hose... hilarious.
We walked did a few more laps of the place and realized there was a hallway we had not traveled, we decided it might lead to the Casino, which we would most likely not go too, but it would be fun to see a Korean Casino. We walked and walked and realized this must be the way to the second food court, but unfortunately it was all Korean restaurants, and we didn’t want to break with our trend of only western food for our holiday! (since there are no western chains except Pizza hut on our island!) Finally we got back to part of the main mall, but it was a part we had not explored… we saw a Hagen Daz ice cream store, and decided that we would have dessert there after we found a suitable place to have dinner. Joseph wanted to see the flavors, so we ambled over and much to our surprise we saw the most lovely sight on the whole trip. I kid you not, right across the hallway at the end of the row was none other than an On the Border Restaurant!.... Can I get a Hallelujah!!! I think we literally stopped, dropped our jaws and started hugging each other. It was like getting to see our families or having a vision of the Virgin Mary! So exciting.
Yeah Literature!
Haha, store that sold really ugly clothes.... which is not what the name would suggest!
. Also, there was a Sanrio store, which I popped into because I wanted to buy our co-worker jenny something since she was so diligent to take a call for us at 6:55am on a Saturday! I picked out a nice set of pens (red, blue and black…all the right colors needed for grading tests!) and scrambled out of there, it was so crowded!
They also had an arcade where you could play, Roka roka Satan... fun times.
And play this nifty fireman game... Yes, you spray people with a virtual hose... hilarious.
We walked did a few more laps of the place and realized there was a hallway we had not traveled, we decided it might lead to the Casino, which we would most likely not go too, but it would be fun to see a Korean Casino. We walked and walked and realized this must be the way to the second food court, but unfortunately it was all Korean restaurants, and we didn’t want to break with our trend of only western food for our holiday! (since there are no western chains except Pizza hut on our island!) Finally we got back to part of the main mall, but it was a part we had not explored… we saw a Hagen Daz ice cream store, and decided that we would have dessert there after we found a suitable place to have dinner. Joseph wanted to see the flavors, so we ambled over and much to our surprise we saw the most lovely sight on the whole trip. I kid you not, right across the hallway at the end of the row was none other than an On the Border Restaurant!.... Can I get a Hallelujah!!! I think we literally stopped, dropped our jaws and started hugging each other. It was like getting to see our families or having a vision of the Virgin Mary! So exciting.
Our table buzzer! We only had to wait about 15 minutes.
Me and some of the decor.
Joseph, shoving his face with tortilla chips!
I was so excited... it looked the same, smelled the same, and tasted the same! Fantastic.
Omg, they had sour cream, and it was delicious.
We were so stuffed after dinner that we decided to forgo the Hagen Daz in lieu of walking around the bookstore more, which turned into a few more hours…. So by the time we walked out we decided it was necessary to stop in the Coldstone creamery for some cheesecake ice cream with blueberries! ( so delicious)
Me and some of the decor.
Joseph, shoving his face with tortilla chips!
I was so excited... it looked the same, smelled the same, and tasted the same! Fantastic.
Omg, they had sour cream, and it was delicious.
We were so stuffed after dinner that we decided to forgo the Hagen Daz in lieu of walking around the bookstore more, which turned into a few more hours…. So by the time we walked out we decided it was necessary to stop in the Coldstone creamery for some cheesecake ice cream with blueberries! ( so delicious)
We hopped on the subway and headed back to the hotel to pack and get ready for our bus ride home the next day.
Overall Seoul was fantastic, and we saw so many other things we wanted to do so a return trip is going to be a must.
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