Korea!

K, I was going to do a highlights of Korea thing, but decided my parents would want more details than that, so I wrote a long-ass description of the trip. I will break it in two, but it is long, so don’t read it if you don’t want to. I don’t think I would want to! Hehe.

So, Saturday morning I woke up wayyyyy too early (for a Saturday) and caught the train to Narita. About halfway there I met up with Cindy, Tim and Sean, then we met up with Ann and Emily on another train. We got there, checked in with the tour place, then had some lunch before heading off to Seoul! Unfortunately, the damn plane didn’t move until an HOUR after our scheduled departure! BAH! Not amusing. We got to the airport at about 4:30, then met up with our small tour group that took us into the city. It is funny because I listened to more Japanese in Korea than I do in Japan! Hahaha. The tour was meant for Japanese people (I booked it through a Japanese site because it was the cheapest), so the lady talked non-stop for an hour in the bus. Eventually we got to the hotel, which was better than I expected for the price we were paying! It had its ghetto moments, but it was good for the most part. It was also in a great area, as it was very central, so we could get anywhere really easily!

That night we went out for yakiniku (Korean barbecue) and it was very yummy!!! We ate WAY too much, which was the theme of the trip, sadly. After that we were complete losers and went to see X-Men 3, as it doesn’t come out until September in Japan, and I couldn’t wait that long! But it turns out I could have waited longer than that, because the movie SUCKED! It was soooooooooooooo bad! Not cool at all! Hrm.

After that, Cindy and I wandered around Seoul for an hour to burn off some of the dinner, then we slept!

Everyone but Cindy and I were very motivated and got up early for a tour of the North Korean border in the morning, but Cindy and I were too lazy and cheap to do so, so we slept in a bit, then went to a big market. We ended up buying Korean jerseys to cheer on the soccer team in the World Cup, as Koreans are BEYOND CRAZY cheerleaders. The whole country was red for the game, it was crazy! They sold stuff EVERYWHERE, and everyone was covered in jerseys, flags, etc. I can’t even describe it!

After that we got a GOOD (but huge) lunch, then shopped in a more western area, where we both bought a pair of shoes. I bought these cool green and yellow funky Pumas (U of O colors!) that I had been eyeing for like six months….it’s a much easier decision to buy something when on vacation ;) We also bought a DVD set of Rain (a Korean popstar) in concert…..HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT. Rain is SO FUCKING HOT. He is seriously SEX. ROWR! Sigh.

After that, we met up with the others and went out to dinner part one, hehe. We wanted to watch the Japan vs. Croatia World Cup game that night, so we decided to have a “small” dinner in the evening, and then another “small” dinner late at night while watching the game. Well, of course both meals ended up being huge feasts! Hrm. We got REALLY good street vendor food in the evening, then wandered around Seoul for a while before going to another yakiniku place for some beers, TOO MUCH FREAKING FOOD, and the game. It was fun, tho. We were very vocal, and the people kept laughing at us while we yelled at the TV, hehe. Stupid Japan should have won!

To be continued...