You've set the tone. We expect more! <g>
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Dec 2, 2013, at 1:11 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Three for one today, but then again, it was my first evening in Seoul!
>
> I arrived at my posh hotel in the Gangnam district around 7 p.m. local time,
> after a comfortable 11-hour flight from Rome during which I was able to sleep
> what amounted to an almost normal night. So I was certainly not going to
> relax in the hotel. No, I had studies the Lonely Planet guidebook on the
> plane, and equipped with a subway map, I set out to find the Kwangjang street
> market--quite far from the hotel, but it seemed worth it and I had very much
> enjoyed these street markets and the food when I was in Taiwan 2 years ago.
> So I hoped to find something similar here.
>
> First, a snap from the subway, of a couple that could just as well have been
> on the Barcelona metro:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2944006386&k=k8p2M8g&lb=1&s=O
>
> Then I reached the market and walked around admiring all the amazing foods.
> These guys flagged me down and insisted that I sit down and have a few drinks
> with them, as well as some uden-type pasta (but shaped as rectangles) in a
> delicious spicy broth. The guy on the left was celebrating his 46th birthday.
> Their English was extremely basis, and my Korean is non-existent, but we
> managed just fine:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2944006642&k=WrkwZmK&lb=1&s=O
>
> After saying goodbye to my newfound friends, I sat down at this lady's stall
> to have a kind of pancake stuffed with all manner of goodness and served with
> some spice veggies on the side. Together with a large beer, the meal set me
> back the grand sum of 7 Euro or so, and I could have had more if I had found
> more space in my stomach. The lady was very proud of having appeared in a
> travel magazine:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2944006854&k=Kw65hNc&lb=1&s=O
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