So far the break seems to have gotten of to a good start. We have been engaging in good mixture of relaxing, fun, chill and non-stressful activities. I got a good ride in on Saturday before going out to meet with friends that evening. We also had a chance to walk around the neighborhood a bit more and take mental stock of the restaurants and shops. There are an abundance of coffee shops which is good. The earliest doesn't open until 8 AM, not so good. It was a great day to walk around the hood as 70% of the shops were closed and most of the residents were out of the city visiting relatives. We could meander along taking our time to notice all the things you miss when there are hordes of people, cyclists, rollerbladers, baby-strollers, motos and any number of other wheeled contraptions whizzing about as you navigate the sidewalks.
Saturday night I met some buddies for a night out on the town. We met up at Jeongja station and hopped a bus into the city. 40 minutes later we were there, almost where we wanted to be. A short taxi ride and we had arrived at our destination, which to be honest was not anywhere specifically. We were in an area called Sinchon which was more or less our generic destination. We took stock of the wants of the group and decided to for Mexican food.
A short walk ensued and, with bubbling enthusiasm we arrived at a Mexican food restaurant. Then someone threw us a curve ball. It was closed for the holiday. Ooohhhhh. Not to fret, we moved on to Korean food. Our trusty guide BH took us to a great little dive he knew of. It was cheap, tasty and the service was great. Here is a pic of our dinning local.
After filling our bellies we hopped from bar to bar for a couple hours. We mostly stuck to bars that had massive libraries of vinyl records behind the bar from which patrons could request songs. It was really cool to see and even cooler to here great songs being played off vinyl. Here are a couple of such establishments.
Notice the little slips of paper on which you scribble your request.
Check out the LP's lining the wall behind the bar.
We nicknamed this guy the Asian John Belushi, or AJB.
Ahhh, nothing like a Lowenbrau.
Classic.
Sunday J, Q and I hopped in a taxi, then in a bus and went into the city to visit with our friends Stu, Sheree and their two daughters. We walked around sightseeing and spent a couple hours just shooting the breeze. It was great to see them and catch up. They are great people and we are excited to have the opportunity to hang out with them again. Here are some pics from our outing.
Today has been a lazy day. We took a walk this morning down by the river near our apartment. I'll post some photos in a bit.
The only thing we have planned is to check out the Indian food restaurant in our neighborhood later with our upstairs neighbors the Longbothoms. I am crossing my fingers that it is open.
Adios,
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