M2

(Kyle Speaking) This past Friday (10/17), both Nick and I were escorted for a night on the town by two great locals. A fellow teacher at Nick's school (Hwyang Elementary) named Daewoo had been really looking forward to showing us his version of the Hongik University area in Seoul. So after some dinner with some of the boys from Morning of Owl at an awesome restaurant in Suwon, we hopped into Seungju's car with Daewoo and took off for Seoul. I was a little confused about why we were driving there considering the subway was available and I knew that we would be drinking but I went along with my new #1 rule when hanging out with the locals and that is to never ask questions.

Here is a photo from steady-hand Nick of us looking for parking in Hongik. If you refer to an earlier post about our first trip to Hongik, you'll see a picture of a car driving through a small alley filled with people accompanied with my negative commentary towards it. That was us this go around. Seungju is driving and Daewoo is in the front seat.


Daewoo began to lead us to a bar but Nick and I steered that decision in a different and more consumer friendly direction. We were kicking it on a small little park bench in no time.


The boys seemed anxious to get into this one club called M2 so we headed on in. M2 is a rather large electronic club that bumps. Loving techno beats, Nick and I were down but we had not yet completed our pre-game activities. Needless to say, at first things seemed pretty intense.


The great thing about going out in Korea is the fact that you can roll in and out of the club or bar of your choice. Drinks were expensive in M2 but we avoided the expense by leaving the club for the closest convenience mart. Upon reaching the GS25, we were able to share a few bottles of soju (around a dollar per bottle) and strike up good conversation with some British folk. Then when we had had enough of that, we went back in the club. Good deal I'd have to say.



So the night went really well but then it came down to us getting back to Suwon. All regular homeroom teachers need to work every other Saturday, so Daewoo had to be back. Nick and I were sitting on a corner when all of a sudden Seungju comes rolling up with a middle aged Korean man. We ended up walking back to the car and that Korean man drove us all the way home, which is around a 45 minute drive. Apparently, the deal is that for a little bit more than a taxi ride, you can hire a sober man to drive your car to any destination of your choice.