So, we slept in this AM. This place had cereal and chips downstairs; I grabbed a small amount for Taz and I for breakfast and we had the juice that was provided-orange! Later, I had a protein bar and the rest of the fried chicken from yesterday. The veggies were some sort of radish and it was delicious! The girl that Taz had met on her initial flight, Zoe came around 11. We are going to tour together! We checked out of our hotel, but left the bags there as always. We checked R Hotel, which was 80,000 won for the night and if we wanted a themed room, it was 100,000 won. We said we may come back.
We proceeded to Namdaemun Market to find a Dobak and Taz's shirt. Taz was able to find a cute pair of socks for a dollar. I found a store that I thought may make Dobaks, but he said "no" and wrote some name in Korean for me and pointed in the direction of the entrance; as in go that way and you will find it. We continued forward. My feet were still killing me and I wanted arch supports and thankfully found some in this market.... I non-verbally showed the lady with my hands what I needed and she understood. She had a variety! I picked one and it works wonders... wohooo!!! It is the little things for me.
Instead of lunch we had a snack, fish ball/cake with kimchi inside.
We followed Zoe's phone GPS to the Shrine. Zoe also put in the name of the place the guy gave me in her GPS and nothing came up....so we continued to the shrine. We got to the shrine just in time for the show to start. It was beautiful and I got to rest my feet. Taz and I got hats and modeled with them and then she gave hers to a Belgian kid who was also touring the country. We did origami for an hour. It was of the Kings and Queens attire. They gave us instruction for the queens, to do on our own. We did the kings together. For the first 30 minutes we had an English Speaker. For the last 30 minutes, we had a Korean only speaker but he showed us what he meant.
We then walked towards N. Seoul Tower. But first we had to get linner (lunch and dinner) and we finally found it! I had Spicy chicken and it was really SPICY!!!! YUM!!!!!!!! To get here we had to pass jewelry and hardware/car stores....no dobaks. I thought this was creative-ladies enjoy jewelry and then men don't get bored because their shops are down the street.
I was so happy after eating. I was not going to go anywhere until food was in my tummy. We decided to hike to the cable cars for the N.Seoul Tower. That took us about 40 minutes. The wait was 70 minutes so I sat down and studied until the line moved. Even though they said 70 minutes, I think it went faster.
The view from the top was beautiful. People buy locks or leave their phone covers to show that they have been there. Yet again Taz and I lost each other. I retraced steps- no Taz nor Zoe. I just went back to the locks. Finally, we found each other. We decided to not go up the tower-too expensive. But we got gorgeous night views of the city and saw the light show. Upon leaving I realized I had lost my round ticket. The lady at the ticket booth stated to just go in and explain it to the guy up there at the gate. The guy up there took some time to understand that we were all together and he finally let me through. We were again the last ones to get on.
We were all fairly tired after this and parted ways. We decided to stay at Oscar tonight. They had comfy beds, a Jacuzzi and just a nice overall atmosphere. Taz got our luggage- I took pictures and relaxed. We rested a bit and then walked the market that Oscar was in. Taz had the free ice cream that our hotel gave. It was for free! It was just out there and we could help ourselves to it whenever we wanted. We found a place that served Bulgogi. Taz had Soju (Korean alcohol) and most of the veggies. I had Bulgogi and all it came with and Kimchi. I couldn't finish it, but it was heaven. We toured around and returned to our hotel. I enjoyed my Jacuzzi but I cut myself with the shaver. I am a clutz! aaarrgggg, time for bed.
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