After waiting for a few hours at the wrong gate at the very Starwars-shaped Incheon International Airport, (sorry Fanta) we finally found Fanta and subwayed our way into the core of Seoul. Coming up from the subway station into the middle of Seoul was a lot like burrowing from one side of earth and then just popping up in the bustling brights light of Seoul's city center on the other side of the globe. The look and excitement on Fantas face when walking up those stairs is priceless.
After ditching her luggage at a cheap-ass love motel we wandered the small alleyways of Insadong before sitting down for Fanta's first Korean meal.
After chowing down on hot Korean dishes and a few bottles of soju we taxied down to hundred-year-old Dongdaemoon (East Gate) to check out the all-night-long market. The streets were packed with stalls and what seemed like tens of thousands of eager bargain-hunters. After hours of elbow-to-elbow shopping late into the night (mainly for earings and scarfs!), and at the point of all most dropping from shopping, we hauled our tired bodies into a street stall where we indulged in Korean street food.
The fried-battered-seafood-pizza-like-thing was amazing, the pan fired chicken thing a bit greasy, but as we hailed a cab half cut off the other bottle of soju we ordered we were definitely ready to call it a night...
and that was just Fanta's first few hours in Korea.
2 comments:
First few hours were some of the best!!! But the whole trip was the best THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I am so grateful and so lucky to have had the experience I did... I love Korea :) I couldn't have gone there and had the time I did without you guys!! :D
Thanks Aunty Fanty!
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