Today was a rather satisfying and insanely fun day. I met a couple of people at noon today to go see the Yeouido Cherry Blossom festival and we were acted very touristy by taking a billion pictures. For lunch, we decided to have a picnic by the park so we stopped by this busy kimbap restaurant and let me tell you, they make the most unique kimbap. I got the cheese kimbap and it was something like purple bean rice, veggies, ham, and cheese rolled into a good 2-3 inch diameter roll. I'm not gonna lie, it was really yummy and filling so I'm going back to that stand for sure. My cheese kimbap XD
The 3/4 of the group I went with posing in front of some mosiac mural:
The cherry blossoms!
Cat's french lover and his friend (Sasha and Meti) tagged along after we ate. They're both french breakers (bboys) and they're really really good. Like, they train with Hong10 and are part of the team representing France in the World Championships or something like that. good. Pics of park + their random craziness:
In front of King Sejong. We fail at taking timed pictures lol:
A rock path that tests the health of your feet. There are rocks that jut out of the cement at different heights and if you can walk all the way across it, you have good feet. Ahjumma's really like to do this, look at this lady go!
I thought this made them look like they were on the jacket of some indie rock band album:
Here is a part of the wall filled with condolance notes from the citizens regarding the naval ship sinking a couple of weeks ago:
In the front of the part, there's this huge pavement area filled with about a dozen basketball courts and in the middle, there are a bunch of people rollerblading and biking. Every couple love to ride tandems here.
Yeouido is an island district (comparable to Manhattan) of Seoul and it's Seoul's main business and investment banking district. Big buildings/businesses such KBS, MBC, the 63 building, the National Assembly building, LG, Korean Exchange Center, etc are all housed here
We rented a basketball for about $3/hr and were playing horse for a while until a bunch of Koreans from across the pavement invited us to play 5 vs.5 with them. Foreigners vs. Koreans lol. They weren't extremely good but I'm really bad so they seemed good in comparison lol
It was really fun playing with them. It was the first time I played basketball here and it was sooooo tiring, but in a good way :P We parted ways afterwards and then a couple of us went to Dongdaemun to shop. We saw some comedians perform songs to advertise ramen and they were really entertaining :D
I noticed some odd fashion trends and behavior. Aside from the fact that guys have man purses, men here are definitely more feminine in some respects. 1: they cross their legs. There was a guy at the basketball court who sat on the bench with his legs crossed in a very girlie way the entire time. They also like to primp themselves and fix there hair. Here's a guy with a compact and a rattailed comb and he was combing/fixing his hair for a good 3-4 minutes. Sometimes I want to scream at them, "YOUR HIAIR LOOKS THE SAME AS 5 MINS AGO!" Metrosexual men sometime baffle me
This dude just draws attention for obvious reasons. Seriously, Cheetah Print?
Random: condoms sold in vending machines. Look at the cute packaging lol:
That's all for today! I'm heading off to museums tomorrow. Woohoo?
