Sunday, October 7, 2012

Amanda's Last Full Day

We had a nice relaxing morning. When we went to breakfast, we started chatting with a man in his 50's or 60's. Then he was joined by his wife. Shortly after, his son arrived and we realized that they were on the JSA tour with us!! We sat and talked with them for about an hour!

We decided to go to Olympic Park for our last day. As always, we have this strange luck of being at the right place at the right time to see different events or activities going on. There was a 'festival' of sorts going on at Olympic Park, where non-profit organizations had booths set up and were showing what they did, giving out info, etc. We walked through most of the park, saw many of the Olympic buildings (only the handball stadium was open, the rest were locked), and 2 museums.

Around 3 we headed to Han River Park, and stopped at a Lotte Department Store to find dinner. We tried to go on a river cruise, but from the X the lady made with her hands, there were no more tickets by some chance so we could not go. I think we were too late and there were no more boats. So, we just sat by the river and people watched.

We headed back to our guesthouse, regrouped and walked to Myeongdong to try and find a BBQ place to have dinner. We found one and tried to order just 1 plate of meat to grill, but our waiter told us we had to order 2, but it would be cheaper. So we did that. The place was pretty busy and it took them quite awhile to get all the side dishes to us. When we went to pay, it was more expensive than what we were expecting, and the owner guy didn't understand us. A nice young couple waiting in line to pay asked what was going on and translated for us. They told us that the server probably had made a mistake, so we had to pay the larger sum. Then we returned and Amanda and I both packed/organized our bags.

In front of the entrance to Olympic Park

Gymnastics Hall was closed

I remember being boosted up here and sitting for a picture when I was 9 years old

Amanda experiencing grilling at Korean BBQ

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