After a good night sleep, we headed out for another day exploring Seoul!
We started off with some delicious coffee and a vanilla roll at a nearby coffee shop on Teheran-Ro. The vanilla part in the very center had the consistency of butter, but was sweet. It was awesome!
The Seoul Metro takes their pregnancy seats VERY seriously, and you cannot sit there unless you are pregnant (or with a small baby or apparently, if you have a broken leg!)
On this particular day, we ventured out to Hongdae but as you can see, the clouds were ominous.
We stopped at the Line Friends store in Hongdae- maybe our goal was to hit up every Line Friends store in Seoul???
SHOOKY!!!! He's my favorite. So ridiculous.
But even more ridiculous was Natalie's new love of her life, Brachio. We were SO confused though. Here we have cute little dinosaurs that say "Be Kind" and "Dream Forever and Ever" and "Growing Every Day." And there's a little message at the top that says, "A huge hit among Korean young generation!"
And then you see Brachio giving the middle finger saying, "Fuck you too!" What???
Hongdae is a great place to do some shopping! In fact, Natalie got a cute shirt, and I bought a new coat here!
But man... it rained. So we spent a lot of time looking around the shops to stay dry.
And then Nat and I swung into the restaurant that they used for the outer scene location site for the Jangga Group restaurant in Itaewon Class. Itaewon Class is definitely in my top 3 for K-drama's that I've watched so far! It's such a revenge story!
Down with Jangga! Long live Park Sae-yo-ri and Danbam! (More to come about the original Danbam pub from the TV show!)
Even though it was raining, we came across some buskers at the Red Road dance area. Natalie must have spent an hour and a half here watching these girls (and one guy) dance. But it was raining miserably, and I'm short and can't see very well among everyone's umbrellas, so I went elsewhere to find a dry place to have a cold beverage!
And I had to find a bathroom. Many bathrooms in Seoul have signs on the back of the stall door that say this. Do not put used toilet paper in the toilet. Put it in the trash can. You feel like it's real victory when the sign says to just put your toilet paper in the toilet!
Time to warm up from the cold rain. I also got to watch a K-Pop survival show and I watched three old men down several bottles of soju!
Eventually, the busking ended, and I met up with Natalie again for some dinner. Premium Jangin Dakgalbi was an excellent choice for dinner, although it was the site of our most embarrassing moment on our trip. We, as Americans assumed the waiter would just come over and take our order so we spent several minutes trying to flag him down. Then we noticed the four Korean girls next to us whispering to each other before smacking this red call button for us. We were so embarrassed (and said, "Gamsahabnida" MANY times!) To be fair, I didn't even see this when I sat down!
But boy was this Dakgalbi super delicious and worth the embarrassment!
It's got everything I could ever want in a meal (chicken, tteoks, Udon noodles, cabbage, sesame seeds and I think there might have been some sweet potato in there under that cheese), plus a side of rice. YUM!
Finally, we decided to head back to the hotel since we were super tired (and glad we ate when we did because there was a mile long line outside of Premium Jangin Dakgalbi when we left!). On our way out of Hongdae, we spotted this one - they really must love the f-bomb in Seoul! So funny!
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