The first week has gone by really fast and has been busy running all around Seoul. I have met many friends including a freshman from my high school and camp counselors from Korean camp. Despite the hot weather Korea is experiencing now, I find it refreshing that the subways are air conditioned and refreshing to step into after walking around outside for a long period of time.
I have now met my cousin, twice now, and have had a good visit each time. The first time (6-16) we met at Gangnam and had lunch and then I was able to see her tiny apartment and then show her Namdaemun Market. The second meeting (6-20) was at Myeong-dong where we went to 명동교자, a really good restaurant for noodles and dumplings, where we had a good dinner of 만두 (dumpling) and 갈국수 (beef noodle soup). After a filling dinner we walked around Myeong-dong window shopping and then buying a few things.
On Friday (6-17) I met a freshman from my high school, we arrived on the same day but on different flights, hers arriving just two hours earlier than mine. We met at Samseong subway station at 현대백화점 (Hyundai Department Store). We had a cup of coffee together and I was able to see her sister and meet her mother as well. We then had lunch in the food court of Hyundai Department Store. I had 돈까스 (pork cutlets) and 우동 (noodle soup). After lunch we wondered around COEX and looked in various shops. At three Lisa had to leave and so I went to 잠실(Jamsil) Lotte where I walked around 롯데백화점 (Lotte Deparetment Store) and Lotte Mart. I bought a few more clothes and then headed home.
Tuseday (6-19), I met some counselors from the Korean camp that I have been attending for the last six years. I met 윤정 (Yun-jeong) and 은지 (Eun-ji), and we went to 인사동 (Insadong) where we had 불고기 (BBQ marinated beef). It was a really good dinner and after we walked around Insadong and the surrounding area. We walked past 청화대 (The Blue House), the equivelent of the White House in the US), where we noticed that it was actually really quite and wished we couls live near it because of all of the police security and quite environment. We walked past 경복궁 (Gyeong-buk gung) palace, which is famous for being the home of the king in ancient Korean times. I found it a coincidence of how close the palace is to where the president lives.^^ At around nine we parted ways and I headed back home.
More to come soon (hopefully pictures too)...
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