Seoul alone part 3, 2.7.2012

HI~!
Yes I'm back in Finland now but I still have to write down all the days don't I?

So, this day was on of the best days in South Korea! First I met with my finnish friend. I went to a place that is near her university but I can't remember the name of it, kkkk. I had made plans to go eat dinner first and then just hang around in a cafe. Both of us carved for japanes food so we went to search for a japanese restaurant. We found a few and ended up in a place where I could eat ramen. <3 Oh, how I missed real ramen. The place was nice and the food was absolutely good (or maybe I was too hungry to even notice the taste..). Anyway, we ate in peace and just talked about different things. Nothing interesting there. And after that we just went to a cafe to talk some more. :D I don't know what to write about it so I'll just skip that part.
It was time for my adventures again when I had to find my way back to the hostel. It was quiet easy actually. I got already used to the system and if you have the subway map on your phone it's really easy. So I made my way back to the hostel and got ready for the next meeting.
I met with my old friend whom I had met back in Finland. I hadn't met in 3-4 years at all! I was afraid that it would be awkward but oh how wrong I was! We were like best friends and she is so sweet so my worries were for nothing. We met in City Hall and walked from there to Itaewon (if I remember correctly). We went to eat in a korean restaurant and shopped for some souvenirs for my friends. We had so much fun and I hope I can meet her again when I go back to Korea.

And that was my quick update. ^^

~Choko

My first day in Seoul alone 30.6

Today Maiju had to go back to Finland. We WOKE UP at 6am and took a bus to the airport. I went with her to make sure that she woulnd't miss her flight again. There was no problems with her tickets or anything so she made it safetly to the plane. ^^ And then the fun part for me began; how to get back to Hongdae with the subway. Well I just started to search for the subway. I had no idea where it was but I just followed the subway signs. kkkkk. At first I went to the wrong ticket machine but after looking around I found the right ones behind my back. In the subway station I met an amrican soldier who was lost (?)and asked me for the way to Seoul. So I told him how to get there. In the subway he started to talk to me and we decided to have breakfast together. We went to an solder base (no idea if that's the right name). At the gates I had to give my ID and passport to them and they wrote down some information. After I got my passport back (I had to leave my drivers licence there) we made our way in the rain to a hotel (yes there was a hotel in side the walls). The whole place looked like a small town inside a big city with taxis, hotel, houses.. At the hotel I was able to eat western style food and FRUITS and real orange juice. I was soooooo happy! I hadn't eaten fruits for 3 weeks. So we ate our food and then we decided to go to see a movie. We took a taxi and went to a shopping mall (I can't remember the name). The movie theater was upstairs. We choose to see the new Spiderman movie but of course we choose the wrong ticket machine and it broke when it was supposed to print our tickets. When we went to the counter to ask they started to speak korean to my new friend (because he looks asian) but he doesn't understand it at all so it was me who spoke (well tried to speak) with them. But in the end we got our tickets and went to see the movie. I think it was pretty good. I don't normally like that kind of movie but it was good. After the movie we went to a book store because I wanted to buy a korean study book for myself. Sadly my fever started to rise again and I decided to go back to my hostel to sleep. We made plans to meet again in the evening to have late dinner.
So we met again in the evening but all the restaurants were closed already. We just hanged around Sincheon and went to buy croistants and bread from Paris Baguette (hope I wrote it right).

And that's all for that day.
What, this update isn't late.. ehehe...

Choko

Seoul alone part 2 1.7

Hmm, I really want to write about this day because it's a day that I don't want to forget. ^^
Actually I didn't do much in the morning, I woke up quiet late and just did my morning routines. When I was ready I went to Kyobo book store in Gwanghwamun. I just walked around there and bought Korean study books for me and Maiju. I found some Japanese magazines but I didn't buy any. I might go back later to buy one. :D From Kyobo I went back to Hongdae. I had to meet my friend in the evening and didn't have anything to wear so I went to shop for new clothes. I found a really cute dress that I wanted to buy but it might have been a bit too much so I ended up buying a shirt.
I didn't want to be late from our meeting so I left early. But of course the curse, that when I'm earlier in the meeting place than supposed then the other one is late, hadn't forgotten me so I had to wait for my friend (date?). And why does the wifi hate me? Anyway, we went to eat to this italian restaurant and it was a really... romantic place. The food was good, and even though my friend kept saying that it's expensive it was the normal price in Finland. So I was fine with it. From the restaurant we walked to Han river and just hanged around there. We listened to some live music and played in a fountain...

Hmm, yes, it was a really good day. ^^  Now you can go to youtube and listen to Yirumas song The Moment. Somehow it is like the mood when I was with my friend.
(mwahahah I skipped one day again :P)

~ Choko <3