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Thursday, March 31, 2016

Last Day in Korea...

Gyongbokgung Palace
Namdaemun
Myeongdong

I was too pooped last night to post this so I'm a day late on this one...we didn't have a mission today so we decided on Gyongbokgung Palace.  Yah, we had to do at least one educational thing on this trip!  It was a perfect day to go on a tour...

Started off with breakfast at a little 24 hour noodle place near our hotel.  This is Randy's meal, around $5.  That musubi was delicious!
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Here's mine, $4.  His was hot, mines was cold.  Tasted like a somen soup, the broth tastes just like the dashi
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We got lucky!  It was some kind of cultural day so admission was free!
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There were free walking tours so we joined in...we lasted about half an hour...I know, so bad yah?  We broke off and went back to Namdaemun so Randy could look for sunglasses and I could get a snack :)
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While he was looking at glasses I saw a vendor selling these for 700won (about 65 cents).  It was good!  It was a Korean pancake type texture with a mandoo like filling.
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If you go by Gate 2, you'll see a line outside like this
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The line moves pretty fast, they are cooking another pancake type thingy with a chap chae filling! Yum!  It was only 1000 won!
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Note to self...wait until the darn thing cools off before taking a bite!  The darn thing burned my tongue.  
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It was big enough for us to share...
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Walking around Insadong...
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I thought this Seoul mural was so cute!
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It was time for dinner and we wanted to try fried chicken.  Sooooo didn't disappoint!!
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Since we had an early dinner, we went back to the room to rest a little.  By 8:00 we were ready to head out again.  We checked out Myeong Dong, a crazy shopping street with a ton of street food!  Too bad we were still full from dinner so we only tasted a couple of things :(
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hehehe, yup, had to try it!  It was 3000 won.  DELISHHHH!
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We were gonna try this potato chip thing but decided against it
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I did see a dude grilling this tako though, it looked really good.  I couldn't resist
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This is after he added mayo, bonito flakes and some kind of sauce....it was really good! I think it was 3000 won
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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

The Day I've Been Waiting For!!!

Namdaemun Market
Bau House Cafe
Thanks Nature Cafe

I've been waiting for this day ever since we started researching stuff to do in Korea...We started off the day at Namdaemun Market, it's almost like Ameyoko in Tokyo
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These were 2 for about a dollar USD.  
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How anyone can find anything in this place is a mystery to me...
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After the market we had an early lunch of Bibimbap.  It was yummy!
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I'm not a big kim chee eater but this was one delicious!!
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Then it was off to Bau House Cafe!!!  
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This is a dog sitter/cafe where you can order a few beverages and hang out with some dogs!!  It was the cutest thing ever!!  (Sorry Mick and Mattie!)
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You can buy snacks for the dogs and you'll get all the attention!
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Sorry, I know that was a lot of dogs but I couldn't resist...
In case you're wondering how to get there, 
Take the subway to HAPJEONG STATION, exit 5
Walk behind the station then take the first left.  You will see this sign:
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Bau House will be almost immediately on your right.  I think they open at 1:30
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After Bau House we went to another cafe, Thanks Nature Cafe!
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SHEEP!!  Yes!  Sheep!  So, so, so, so cute!!  If you want to go here you should go to their Facebook page and message them to see if the sheep will be there when you want to go.  I guess they're not there everyday?? Who knows?
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What was so cool about this place was it was only one subway stop away from Bau House!!
Take the subway to HONGIK UNIVERSITY STATION (Line 2), Exit 9
Walk to the big intersection and turn left, you will see a slight hill.
Walk towards the university's main gate, the cafe will be on your left hand side
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For both of these places they ask that you purchase something from their menu to be able to sit with the animals.  This was my tea that I ordered.  Cute yah!
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We walked around a bit more and now I'm totally exhausted.  We went for a quick dinner near our hotel and it was cheap and delicious!!  This whole meal cost us around $17 USD
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Good night!  See you tomorrow!!!