Weekly Update

Since I am slowly settled in Seoul I decided to just write weekly updates unless I go on trips.

On the Friday evening I asked Jamie if he wanted to go out for drinks luckily he said yes so we went to a small Korean restaurant. He ordered and after a few minutes we had a huge plate in front of us full with crab, shrimps, squid and innards from various fish. I was really suspicous if I could eat it since I never eat such things but it turns out its really delicious (and hot). As usual many beers were involved as well and after our meal we just strolled around and he showed me some other small restaurants close to our hostel. We couldn’t find a good bar to end our night so we returned to our home and just drank there.

On Saturday I had no plans so I tried to contact Joe if he wants to go to a bar but he told me he had to stay at the university because his professor said so. I just thought well thats it with our friendship, he wont contact me again. So I just went to the city on the look for some record stores. I found two. The first was in a basement and really well organized and the second on the second floor but really messy I almost couldn’t find anything nevertheless I bought 4 records. I have no idea how I to bring them back to Switzerland. But thats a problem for another day.

On Sunday evening Lena was celebrating her birthday which was on Monday so I joined the girls with drinks and we had a great night singing and dancing.

On Tuesday I visited the Coex Mall. Its according to Wikipedia the biggest underground mall in the world. Apart from a cool library it was like every other mall. So after a lunch break I quickly left again. I visited another temple which was located next to the mall. I liked it much more.

The next day I had another meeting with the help of meeff. She couldn’t speak that well English so she sent me to the station she left from so we met an hour later than first agreed. She was really nervous but laughing all the time. We went to a restaurant close to the city hall (near were I live) it was really busy when we arrived. We ordered pig feet. Again I was surprised by the good taste. Because of the noise around us we barley spoke but it never felt awkward. When we left (she paid) was a long queue waiting to get into the restaurant. Koreans like to wait in queues (in front of restaurants or at the bus stop. the record so far 100 m at a bus stop). After that she wasn’t that nervous anymore and we were able to speak more she was really funny so we went to a bar ordered some food and beer. Like the last time we went to the arcade but this time we were shooting. We were both really good at least after I showed her how to do it. Then we went to a karaoke place and finally there were English songs so we were both singing really loud and terrible but we had a lot of fun. I also found my go to karaoke song with Dancing Queen.

On Thursday I cooked risotto at the hostel for everyone. I turned out quit good despite not having all the right ingredients. In the evening I joined a hiking group. I prepared for a serious night hike. Turns out this hike was around an hour but only because they were all so slow. I didn’t find new friends but thats no miss I think. In the evening I was chatting with some people and set some dates to meet them plus Joe returned and asked me for a meeting. I also finally started to learn Korean writing with the help of Jamie.