The Gang Travels to Seoul: Round 1

Unfortunately, now that I finally got around to the Seoul post, I can't remember enough to make a worthwhile story. I'll just include some tidbits and pictures, which we all know is what you really like to see anyway, right?

-Stayed with some friends from Wilmington, who have been in Seoul since late February and were nice enough to house us for the weekend.

-It's amazing how much English everyone speaks. I hardly used any Korean over the weekend.

-The city is extremely massive, and takes more than an hour by metro (which, by the way, is wonderfully set up) to get from east to west.

-We had Indian food for lunch one day, and during our meal our hosts thought it a wonderful idea to make us do a "Disco Jump". It was a ton of fun, but this close (imagine my index and thumb finger as close together without touching as possible) to being a lot less fun. I don't want to imagine Indian food improperly digested. Yeah...too far. Sorry.

-Saturday night was a ton of fun. After doing some shopping and site seeing all day, we wanted some delicious food and soju. Half a pig and x number of soju bottles later, we made our way through part of the city to go to some bars. Everywhere is packed. Every street, every shop, every bar, every bathroom, every cab, everywhere. It was chaotic and it was awesome. Late at night I met a nice taco vendor that made one hell of a spicy taco, particularly because I told him to lay the hot sauce on thick. I love spicy food, says I. Why am I so dumb and hungry at 2 in the morning? Anyway, aside from losing my friends and half my taste buds, Seoul: Round 1 was a success.

Disco Jump

Indian

People tried driving through this! Note Steve and RJ at bottom right