This week we have been spending most of our time at school getting ready for class to start on the 13th. Our class rosters posess the names of our future students from all over the world and we are getting very excited! We have found some time in the evenings to roam around Seoul. We went on a bread run to Paris Baguette last night. It is good to have a bakery so close by with bread that is so F-Style and Fresh:
Food shopping in Korea is never boring.
Nor is traveling via subway. Here is a Korean woman, exemplifying what is a pretty standard fashion trend at current; strappy high heels with anything. It has been very hot here this week; the subway wind is very refreshing.
We walked over to beautiful Insadong, a long cobblestone street with cultural Korean items, including calligraphy shops and traditional dress shops. There are many foreigners and a lot of tourist traps, but the winding side streets are peaceful and charming. Here are kimchi pots lining the stairs. Various vegetables and chili paste are placed in them and left to ferment outside until they are sufficiently pickled. There are many different kinds of kimchi, with cabbage being most common.
Seoul is a very modern city with sleek, new architecture. However, much of the old still stands.
While in the Insadong vicinity, we went to Kyobo, the largest bookstore in Korea. While we were there, we ate dinner at the Korean "fast food" establishment inside. Abby enjoyed some vegetable Kimbap (bap is rice; kim is seaweed). 10 pieces and some kimchi was the equivalent of $3 U.S. dollars.
Ryan had noodle (Udon) soup, accompanied by the ubiquitous kimchi.
This week we have been spending most of our time at school getting ready for class to start on the 13th. Our class rosters posess the names of our future students from all over the world and we are getting very excited! We have found some time in the evenings to roam around Seoul. We went on a bread run to Paris Baguette last night. It is good to have a bakery so close by with bread that is so F-Style and Fresh:
Food shopping in Korea is never boring.
Nor is traveling via subway. Here is a Korean woman, exemplifying what is a pretty standard fashion trend at current; strappy high heels with anything. It has been very hot here this week; the subway wind is very refreshing.
We walked over to beautiful Insadong, a long cobblestone street with cultural Korean items, including calligraphy shops and traditional dress shops. There are many foreigners and a lot of tourist traps, but the winding side streets are peaceful and charming. Here are kimchi pots lining the stairs. Various vegetables and chili paste are placed in them and left to ferment outside until they are sufficiently pickled. There are many different kinds of kimchi, with cabbage being most common.
Seoul is a very modern city with sleek, new architecture. However, much of the old still stands.
While in the Insadong vicinity, we went to Kyobo, the largest bookstore in Korea. While we were there, we ate dinner at the Korean "fast food" establishment inside. Abby enjoyed some vegetable Kimbap (bap is rice; kim is seaweed). 10 pieces and some kimchi was the equivalent of $3 U.S. dollars.
Ryan had noodle (Udon) soup, accompanied by the ubiquitous kimchi.
2 comments:
Oh, that bread label made me laugh so hard! Perhaps it's just because it's nearly midnight, but how enjoyable it must be to sit down to eat with such fine amusement. Ab, are you teetering around on any of those K-style heels yet? CHUB
What a great posting! The colorful pictures and commentary are very enjoyable. Thanks so much for letting us share your experiences with you this way!
I didn't know that was how kimchi was made. Guess we don't need to clean out the refrigerator after all.
By the way, how the Olympics are being received there?
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