Crown Itaewon Hotel Seoul

... and she was amused with our effort to speak Korean to her.
We underestimated the time to get to Michael's after he got off of class and didn't meet him in time to have dinner because he left without us. A mobile phone would have come in handy.
Maritza and I ended up walking around the downtown city center area where they both live and ate there. We were craving meat and saw a Korean grilling station restaurant so we decided to give it a try. Apparently, we can't ...

... up, a big smile on my face, and water streaming from my eyes.  It was the most exhilarating roller-coaster I had ever been on!  After this roller-coaster, we went to the opposite side of the park to ride two smaller rides, but they really sucked!  There was only one roller-coaster and none of the other rides sounded fun.  But, the T Express made my day in the park.  There was also a safari you could go on and other rides for smaller children, but Kori ...

... dress, holding the umbrella
over her boyfriend as he tried to help because he spoke some English.
They called the hostel, I thought, and it seemed that they got it all
figured out, so again we were on our way. After about 10 more minutes,
I realized the cab driver still had no clue. We stopped in at a Best
Western and he had me get out to explain it to them, since of course
that is the logical thing to do...huh? They pointed us ...

... 2002), I lived in a 고시완 (goshiwon). Imagine a closet without windows. A bed to the right. A bed that was half covered by a plank that acted as a desk. On top of this plank was a small TV and a cupboard that acted as as a warddrobe. If you moved the chair from under the plank "desk", it took up half of the floor that was left to move around it. When the door was closed and the lights were off, it was ...

... pouvant aller jusqu'à 70-80h (c'est-à-dire pas de week-ends) !

De Seoul nous n'étions pas qu'à quelques dizaines de kms de la frontiere militaire avec la Corée du Nord. Une partie peut se visiter (uniquement en tour organisé avec guide). Une surface de 2 kms de part et d'autre de la frontiere est démilitarisée (appelée DMZ, demilitarized zone) et est truffée de mines afin d'éviter tout incident pouvant relancer les hostilités entre les 2 pays. Bien entendu ...

... to dwell on, but I couldn't get over how reasonable the snack prices were at the zoo. In the states, a stupid bag of chips is $20!!! Well, here I bought a corn dog, pineapple slushy, and cotton candy all for a grand total of $5!!!! Yeah! By the end of the day, we were super exhausted. We spent 80 cents to take the train back to the subway. The day was awesome. Great weather, great park, great friends and of course..........cherry blossoms!

... I think people might start to make fun of me! It has been a lot colder here! All of a sudden this week I had to start with my double layers again! I have a feeling that the weather just sucks all year here.........Winter: freaking freezing; Spring: toxic pollution from China comes over in windy gusts called "Yellow Dust"; Summer: unbelievably humid with sudden down pours that require rain boots; and Fall: umm...okay, apparently this is the only nice season.....so ...

... We took the subway to City Hall where thousands of people were gathered...and it was bloody freezing! So we nipped into a convenience store to get some beer and soju, and before we knew it we were all dancing in the main square to a wide range of music! My overriding memory from that is seeing some policemen dancing to MC Hammer...very bizarre! It's probably best if I don't mention the rendition of the David Brent dance that Hew and me attempted... It was a ...

... hold my toiletries because I get ready there instead of in the bathroom. The bathroom floor is always wet because it is also the shower and laundry room. The shower is probably the worst part. It is basically just a shower head on a hose that sits above the sink. The water isn't very warm after about 10:30am. I also had a dirty old toilet seat, so I bought a new one. I spent about 3 hours ...

... was a bunch of people crawling in between rows of chairs trying to escape without attracting the preacher's attention. I decided this little atheist had had enough and joined them.

Having successfully escaped, I noticed that my watch was dead. My watch tells me everything. The day, date, time, when to get up... etc. Without it I am a nervous wreck. Although not metallic, it is very shiny and I am quite attached to the wee thing. I rarely get stressed when travelling. I like the ...