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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