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We spent last weekend in Seoul, capital of (South) Korea. Thanks to friends Christina and Brian for showing us around!
The trip consisted mainly of eating, shopping, eating again, drinking, eating dessert, and shopping again. We both like Korean food, but Ash is a little more fanatic about it, so that combined with the shopping meant that she was left with a more favorable opinion of Seoul than I was. But the weather was great, and I wasn’t complaining about the ridiculous over-consumption. Also, it was my first time out of China in awhile and it’s nice to feel like you can eat raw fruit and drink tap water without fear.
We took a red-eye out of Pudong on Friday night. Despite the late flight and fact that I left straight from work, getting there on time was a disaster. Mostly our own fault, but we ended up sprinting through the massive Pudong airport just in time to board. We did notice, however, that we’re getting a little better at frantically communicating in Chinese. Things like “We have to go where?!?!? How do we get there??? Do we have time???”
We got to our hotel around 1 AM and immediately headed out to shop. You read that correctly. One of the “perks” of our hotel being near a major shopping district called Dongdaemun is that the malls all stay open until about 5 AM. It was surreal seeing how busy the malls were with mostly young people shopping as if it was the middle of the day. (more…)