Day 2
I went to Hongdae day two of my trip to Seoul. For those of
you who don’t know what a hongdae is, it is the place where all the hip, club
hoppers go at night to live their lives. But, excuse my bad grammar, I ain’t ‘bout
that life. So when I say I went to Hongdae, is say it with jazz hands and
sarcastic smileJ. Basically
unimpressed.
Anywho…
I woke up at 3 am and skyped my sis Wednesday. She wanted me
to show her the apartment I am staying in, so I gave her the sit down tour: 1
foot in front of me is the apartment door, 2 feet left is the kitchen/ laundry
room, and 3 feet is the bathroom. These are all very accurate measurements, I swear…
I walked around Jongno- gu, where I was staying, until I stumbled
upon the actual place that I was supposed to be going. I, of course had a
concrete plan that morning and directions, but again, maps only do so much for
me. In fact, lots of people pointed me DIRECTLY to where I need to go, but I somehow
still got lost. So I went to Cheongye stream, a place that used to be a dump
but the government made it into a very pretty stream. It supposedly REALLY
pretty in the summer and spring, so, of course it was lack luster that day. It was pretty, but no sun that day You
will notice a pattern of disappointment on this day, so don’t be too hopeful
(like I was).
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| me, all happy on my way to getting lost |
After, I walked around the local shops and shopped a little
and finally gave up and took a cab to Gyenbok castle, and looked around the
outside of the castle because I more of
a “outside of the castles” person. Castles
are pretty and interesting and all, but I was not mystified enough to pay to go
in. I then caught the Seoul tour bus around… Seoul, and I think on that day I was
most happy on that tour bus; no walking no heat, it was heaven.
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| The chips the old lady stuffed in my mouth |
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| On the tour bus |
I sat down on
the top floor of the bus when a trio of little old ladies began to shuffle
their way to the top of the bus, also, and let me tell ya: those were the cutest
little old ladies I have ever seen. When the one who sat beside me found I was
alone on the bus, she proceeded to grandmother me and to feed me some chips and
slap some gum into my hand. We had about as much conversation as ones can have
with the language barrier. I did appreciate that lady because she helped me
with my stops and gave me some company.
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| There are a lot of Makeup stores |
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| Korean Graffiti |
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| Umm I am glad the are celebarting safe sex |
Next was Hongdae and the pursuit of Simon and Martina! I
explored Hongdae with blind eyes because I had no Idea it was Hongdae until I walked
into Zara (!) and asked “Hongdae odisoyo?” and the cashier made big waving
motions indicating that it was where we were. I walked out of the store (with a
new purse (that I don’t need)) and off to Eat your Kimchi. Now In hindsight,
EYK is maybe 10 mins away, but it took about 45 mins to find it, with google
maps and another cab break. But when I did, it felt like the rays of the sun
had emerg
Add captioned from the hazy mist of Seoul and I had found every heaven opened and
angels were singing. It was magical. Until I walked up to the third floor and
it was locked. EYK is on the
4
th floor….
That was all I did that day, and I am not sure how my heart
took all of the disappointment.
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| Big Bang socks |
Maybe I should call this blog The Days of Disappointments
And for the people h want to kno about the fashion of Korea
stay tuned or my findings in the next post, and don't worry, I have a steady source of WiFi now, so it wont take ( that) long for the rest of my posts
More Pics!
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| for the Korean ferry incident |
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| People watching |
