Korea.....E Dynasty Baby!

Hello! We made it to Korea! We flew the red-eye to Korea on Monday and arrived VERY tired. We found Kim's Guest House...it's a great place to stay for $37/night and we're meeting lots of other travellers. Swedish, Australian, Japanese. We paid for a room and it includes breakfast, free internet, free laundry, and and a shared bathroom.

We net up with Pete at the hospital where he has medical school....yes, he actually is in school! I saw him first and asked Jason if he thought it was him. Jason said "no, he looks too tall", but I knew it was him! Pete walked through the doors in a blazer and nice jeans. Koreans dress nice! Everyone looks very neat and proper. It's very clean here compared to Thailand. We keep comparing to to America..except it's populated with Koreans!

We went to Pete's place and then walked to a buddist temple near by. Then we went to eat at a traditional Korean place....rice and beef in a stone bowl. It was delicious. Then we started drinking!!! We drank traditional rice wine with sausage and this food that reminded us of fruit loops. Then we went to a place called Zen 2 and drank 3 shots of tequilla, each! Then we met up with a friend of Pete's named Jong-Yu and went to sing Karaoke. We were horrible but it was so much fun.



We had to sleep off the alcohol the next morning. We did our laundry and Kim's Guest House and found a market for breakfast. It's really difficult to find your way around here....we don't recognize any of the language or signage.

Jason and I visited the Palace in the city. The flowers are starting to blossom.



Then we met up with Pete and his friend, Rhyo-Jo. We went to a couple traditional Korean neighborhoods and went window shopping. Then we went to a mall with the most expensive brands....gucci, marc jacobs, manolo blanik, yves st. laurent, etc. It was awesome! Rhyo-Jo asked us what a good name would be for her if she studied in the U.S.A. I told her that Emma and Chloe were popular right now...she can choose from anything! She was really cute, but Pete is trying to choose which girl to date....I guess we will meet another girl tomorrow. You know Pete!!!!



Then we went to eat at a Korean fast food place and had lots of yummy food. I wonder if there are more Korean places in America that we just don't notice.

Then we went to a discount mall and bought me a pair of "skinny" jeans and a shirt for the clubs. We went back to Pete's studio apartment and split a bottle of rice wine and then went to a great fried chicken place for some beer and chicken. What a great night! We're really enjoying Korea so far. These are some pictures of Pete's apartment. He pays $850 per month....real estate is expensive is Seoul.