A Journey for my Seoul: Next Leg of the trip

This morning we went to volunteer with the babies again. They are so cute-I wanted to take them all home with me. I also was able to meet my social worker and thank her for all of her help in contacting Kyunghee University for my program.

After helping with the babies, we went to the Gangnam Finance Center to find lunch-and got Omurice, which is rice under an omelet with a sauce and other options served along with it. After lunch, we started our long, strenuous, treacherous, and difficult trip across town to Myeongdong (another area in Seoul, near the downtown). It took a little over an hour to get our bags through a few subway stops and find the new guesthouse. Amanda muscled up and took both my suitcase and hers up about 20-30 steps before 2 gentlemen stepped in to 1. grab mine and 2. assist her with hers for about 10 steps.

We found the guesthouse and settled in a bit before venturing out into Seoul. While the room is very cute, the bathroom will be an adjustment. We have quite a spacious room with a bunk bed, tv, and fridge. The bathroom...has a toilet and a giant "sink"...the basin of the "sink" is actually a tub, so the faucets just open up to the basin.

We took the subway to Insadong and walked through there (it's an "cultural arts" area with many traditional/cultural/artsy souvenirs available). We both found some good gifts and items for ourselves. :) We also did the street food thing-waffles good, chicken kebab....maybe not so good. Then on to Namsan Tower for beautiful city night view. There was a huuuuuge line for the cable car up. It took about 40 minutes to get on the car, but in the 3 other times I had been to Namsan, I had never seen such lines! (And considering 2 of them were in summertime, I was very surprised. However, tomorrow is a (another....) holiday so maybe people are out celebrating because they don't have to work tomorrow.) Just as we were about to leave for the cable car, we heard some drumming music and turned around--there was a 'light show' being projected onto the pole/post part of the tower, which was pretty cool. Then, it was time to head back for the night. Sweet dreams, friends!