Last Day In Korea

Sunday in Korea was our last full day. It was also yesterday, which is now a world away, so my memory may not serve me (and therefore you) as sufficiently as I might like. And no pics anymore for a while anyway -- no more luxury of Rachel's intermittent internet in the comfort of her own apartment.

So Rachel and I met up with her friend for an awesome lunch of Bibimbap, Kimbop (sushi rolls with lotsa stuff including processed cheddar cheese slices!!??!?!?) Tasted fantastic!

Then we went back to meet Yen at Rachel's place. Yen was diligently recovering from her illness so we could hit Seoul for a second go, hopefully more successful. And that it was. We went to the traditional tourist strip of Incedong where they have all sorts of cool Korean trinkets and musicians and even a titanium white trio playing tuba/sax/electric guitar renditions of the beatles. Rachel bought a cool flute and got free lessons from the super nice Korean guy selling them.

We saw a huge palace. Nice.

Then after much deliberation for a place to go for dinner, we landed in some strange back alley around many shady corners and got seated for dinner in what I think was the restaurant overflow -- perhaps the owners' living room? Nobody else to be seen, but a pile of laundry in the next room. Beautiful furniture and decorations though. Anyway, we didn't really even order -- I think it was a set menu -- but stuff just kept coming. It was fantastic!!!! We had all sorts of dishes and varieties of Kimchi!

There were at least 15-20 dishes! When stuff slowed down, we were all starting to fade. Since we were sitting on the floor half of us were lying down when the waiter wasn't in sight. (For the Zippers out there, for the record, it wasn't me.) Anyway, it slowed down and we tried our best to finish as much as possible. Then we found out that this was the warm up!

They cleared all the dishes from the table and out came the traditional Korean appetisers! And then the main course of fish and Kimchi stew! Unbelievable! It was all a buffet eating club could ever hope and dream of. When the ordeal was over, we all paid our 10000 WAN (approx $10 US) and rolled on out of there. Once again... fantastic.

We quickly hit the subway and did our best to stay awake until our return to Uijeongbu. And when we did, it was packing and preparation for the morning early rise for the flight to Beijing!