I had a really fun weekend of sightseeing! On Saturday, Caitlin and I went back to the spot we tried to last weekend before she was re-routed to the hospital. It is called Bukchon Hanok Village which we thought would be some sort of area where you go to see how Koreans lived years ago. There would be old homes and information and people dressed in old costumes. But, it's actually a neighbourhood where people still live. It's a collection of houses and buildings with signs on them that say: Quiet! People live here.
Old roofs
Wall art of a map of the area. We both agreed that if this was
in Canada/USA it would be vandalized by now.
We loved exploring the area, but it was HOT. So hot that when trying to take photos they came out blurry. The area has many art museums and galleries. We went into the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art knowing there would be air conditioning. It has some interesting exhibits. I wish I had taken a photo, but we walked into one gallery that had a sign saying it might be offensive to children. And then you look up and there are 6 photos of Korean women peeing standing up.
Here is some of the art I managed to capture!
This black and white was called 1960 which we think is a depiction
of the uprising that happened here.
After the museum we went for lunch at a delicious Indian restaurant called Om that had inscribed on the door: Customer is God. The decor was so lovely and the food delicious! Then we headed home for a nap and met up later with Kenneth for his first Korean BBQ experience. It wasn't as good as the last one I had, but still tasty. This place has action figures all of the walls so we are calling it Spiderman Beef because we don't know what the actual name of the restaurant is!
On Sunday we went to an event called Brunch and Baseball. The brunch part did not work out as planned. We got there at 2:00 thinking that would be enough time before we had to leave at 4:00. Knowing it would be busy, but it doesn't take long to cook eggs. Well - we were wrong. No one came to take our order so I went up to place our food and drink order which was 6 items in total. After half an hour our drinks didn't come so I went to the bar to get them. They brought 2 instead of 3 and 10 mins later I went up to get the 3rd. After an hour I went up again to ask if our food was coming. I was assured that yes, it was. At an hour and a half we were a bit worried because the whole restaurant was leaving soon to go to the game and we hadn't received our food. Again. I was told it's busy, it's coming. Then I spoke to the waitress who took our order that basically said no, it won't be coming. I told her we aren't paying for our mimosa's and we left. It was a bummer because I love breakfast and I've eaten there before with no problems. This place runs events all the time, so they should know how to run a kitchen when it's busy. Note to self: The corner table in the back is the forgotten table!
We had fun at the baseball game. It was all 3 of our first experiences with Korean baseball. Let me tell you - it is an event! There is a lot of food set up outside which you can bring in, so we grabbed some chicken, pizza, and beer for a good time. Both teams have a cheer song for each player. The songs and dance moves are insane! (I tried to post video of it but it keeps stalling. I'll post video on Facebook of the songs!)
Altogether an eventful weekend! Thanks to those who have sent me packages of items I can't get here or are so expensive here! It's so appreciated!
Love, Alli
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