Whew, we are pooped! Never have I walked so much. We lazy Americans, who drive our car 5 minutes to Wal-Mart don't walk like this! We took the Seoul City Tour bus this morning. If you are about to visit Korea, it is a good deal. It was 28000 won(about 25bucks) for the three of us and it lasted about 2 hours. We saw tons of sights from the air conditioned bus. You can get off and on at stops. We then shopped at Kyobo bookstore--HUGE-- and bought a Korean-American children's book for Dillon and a Pororo video for Hudson, which is the Korean version of Barney(a penguin). His omma told us that he loves Pororo. We ate in the food court there. Abby had a hamburger and Mike and I had bulgogi and rice, wonderful! Then we walked 5000 miles following the kindest stranger ever. He went way out of his way to be our personal escort and show us where Namdaemun Market was. I tried to pay him, but he refused. We browsed the market and stared at the odd foods. If you watch Bizarre Foods, you'll recognize items. We did eat dumplings in a tiny mom and pop style Korean cafe. It was a big meal for 6dollars.
Abby is doing amazing! She still gets a bit irritated with all the attention. She has recieved 2 gifts from shop owners and many pats on the head. It is funny, but she is so dark compared to the women here. I guess growing up in suburban Texas lends you to being out in the sun and tan. She is also very tall. The elderly Korean women are near her height. She is very metropolitan and has had to help her pitiful old parents more than once when we didn't understand how to do things :)
Another tip if you are coming here soon: bring a small fan for your room at the guesthouse. You don't need it for air, you need white noise. A city of 12 million people is very loud. Where we live, you don't have much noise at night. Our little fan has been great.
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