Seoul, March 19 & 20
Our last real day in Seoul, so we hit the traditional shopping area for souveniers-- Insadong. Found plenty of beautiful paper, prints, pottery. Of course we bought a bit too much, but we needs it! Really! The only downside was lunch. We were pressured into a restaurant by one of the waiters. The pics outside showed a huge spread of side dishes and reasonable prices. So we were less than pleased to find a very expensive menu, and received a measly 4 side dishes. Lame. After that, we stuck to the tasty street stalls.
More shopping around-- went to COEX, a huge mall. Found a Uniqlo shop, but the selection was the same as in Japan. All in all, a day full of window shopping, and gawking at new things. We desperately searched for my ginger cookies, but could only find unglazed cookies. I fell in love with beauty chain called Skin Food that had tons of fun lotions, masks, etc. I'm hoping they go international very soon.
We had to be up early the next day to head to the airport. On the bus, we saw so many things that looked fun, but of course it was too late. But I've noticed things always seem more exciting by the speed of the bus or train. Once you're on foot, you see it's just like where you were.
posted by Marlene n Aaron @ 7:42 PM
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So sorry to hear it wasn't what you hoped! I wonder- where was your hotel? Maybe we had it lucky; cause there was soo much with in walking distance of our hotel, and we were with 2 picky eaters, so we always walked into at least 3 or 4 restaurants before sticking with something. At the time I was a bit embarrassed (asking to see the menu, how much things were...) but the up side was that we weren't disappointed by the service or food. Except when we had Italian the last day...
No worries-- I really think that we just didn't have enough time. And that we needed some strong advice from a native. Funny how sometimes those picky eaters are a boon.
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