After a long night of being out and about in Seoul, Jojo and I summoned the courage to leave the shoebox (Jojo's office style apartment that is in similar size to a shoebox) and brave the cold.
Before we could really get going, we had to get our daily (if not hourly) fix of Kimchi. So, we stopped by a local Gimbab Chongu to fuel up. If you ever come to Korea and want to know how to eat out inexpensively all the time, just remember Gimbab Chongu and Gimbab Nara. These are two chain restaurants that are extremely cheap, located everywhere, and open 24 hours a day. They are also always a good fallback place because they don't serve anything all too gnarly. So if you don't know all that much Korean you will still be safe. For instance, you won't walk in and mistakenly end up getting served a ton of octopus or chicken's feet.
Jojo wanted McDonald's.
Jojo and I then hopped on the extremely efficient subway system and headed for City Hall. There, amongst numerous skyscraping office buildings and neon billboards, we discovered a rather large park that contained several traditional korean structures. Above is a photo of Jojo getting his classic tourist pose on in front of a statue of the man who created Hangul (the Korean language).
I wish I could explain in greater detail what all of the pictures above were of or even of what I saw that day but......during our Saturday outting, I soon came to the realization that I am really horrible with the whole tourist thing. The cultural exchanges that occur at everyday places, with the everyday people are far more intriguing, educational, and enjoyful. So, for all you Korean history buffs out there; if you are looking for a plethora of photographs containing ancient buildings, then this blog is probably not going to be the spot....my apologies.
Before we could really get going, we had to get our daily (if not hourly) fix of Kimchi. So, we stopped by a local Gimbab Chongu to fuel up. If you ever come to Korea and want to know how to eat out inexpensively all the time, just remember Gimbab Chongu and Gimbab Nara. These are two chain restaurants that are extremely cheap, located everywhere, and open 24 hours a day. They are also always a good fallback place because they don't serve anything all too gnarly. So if you don't know all that much Korean you will still be safe. For instance, you won't walk in and mistakenly end up getting served a ton of octopus or chicken's feet. 
Jojo wanted McDonald's.
Jojo and I then hopped on the extremely efficient subway system and headed for City Hall. There, amongst numerous skyscraping office buildings and neon billboards, we discovered a rather large park that contained several traditional korean structures. Above is a photo of Jojo getting his classic tourist pose on in front of a statue of the man who created Hangul (the Korean language).
I wish I could explain in greater detail what all of the pictures above were of or even of what I saw that day but......during our Saturday outting, I soon came to the realization that I am really horrible with the whole tourist thing. The cultural exchanges that occur at everyday places, with the everyday people are far more intriguing, educational, and enjoyful. So, for all you Korean history buffs out there; if you are looking for a plethora of photographs containing ancient buildings, then this blog is probably not going to be the spot....my apologies.
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