Adventures in South Korea: My Eating Holiday

Over the past five days, Korea has been celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year called "Seollal". Technically the holiday was Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, but I'm going to count the weekend as well. So, we've had a wonderful rest from school... before the big rush of new teachers, classes, tests, graduation, etc. My first Seollal was spent with past SLP teachers and a friend from Texas. We stayed in traditional Korean hanoks and went to the Lunar New Year Festival at Gyeongbokgung palace in Seoul. My second Seollal was used to extend my time at home in America. For this Seollal, I decided to save some money by sticking it out here until my dad comes to Korea and we go to Japan together. Luckily, some other co-workers were hanging out here as well. I got lots of school work, trip planning, shopping, and other errands done during the days. At night, it was time to go out and feast on amazing food. Also, Daniel is leaving next week, so we had to make sure we were getting some good grub in before he goes.

"Chimaek", chicken and beer at one of our favorite joints. The chicken warrants this much excitement, it's sooo good.

Kat and I went shopping in Myeongdong. We bought loads of cute stuff ;)

Kat trying 'egg bread'. She said it tasted like heaven. I've gotta try it next. Also, look how perfect she is...

Bingsu blues...

Don't let our expressions fool you... we freaking love this stuff.

Night out in Hongdae. First up, dinner.

Five cheese top secret recipe dukgalbi. It was phenomenal. It had cereal on top of it!
We were the only foreigners in the restaurant and we had to wait like 45 minutes to get in.
So, we knew it was going to be good.

Kat is a pro at making 'somik' (beer and soju mixed together). It's a particularly dangerous combination.

Live music and DJ afterwards? Yes, please. So much fun.
We danced the night away. I'm not joking... we didn't leave till 5 AM.

Kat and I's new bff, Alex! She is snazzy.

Now to refill our tummies after a night of dancing...

We made some new friends. You can't see them... but, they helped us order, cook our food, and refill our water cups. After they finished and paid, they left, but then one came back and asked for my number. Haha.