Shopping in Seoul

Today was a shopping excursion!

After some much needed sleep we got up in the (late) morning and headed out to do a massive shopping tour of Seoul. Since it was going to be so much shopping, Nick decided to stay home. He enjoys going out and doing things, but shopping with some girls isn't really that high on his list, haha. One of the teachers from school came with us too. She's only been in Korea around a month and she was excited to see the sights.

First stop was Insadong, one of my personal favorite places in the city. We scoped out the tea houses, the ceramics, the antiques and the Korean traditional wares. The girls picked up some postcards and we all snacked on delicious fried pancakes that are filled with brown sugar, maple syrup, and peanuts. We also grabbed some bread dumplings that are a browned bun stuffed with meat, onions, and glass noodles. We enjoyed both street treats immensely.


After a few hours roaming the streets of Insadong we popped onto the subway and went to Dongdaemun. There we saw shoe alley and the numerous merchants selling sporting goods, clothing, random appliances, and much much more. We also went into the large fashion tower Doota to scope out the expensive and somewhat ridiculous fashions the South Koreans covet so much. We bought some french fry-covered corn dogs and smothered them in ketchup. Then it was time to move on to the next neighborhood for more shopping.


After that it was off to Myeung-dong, which is one of the largest shopping areas in Seoul. Pedestrian streets stuffed to the max with carts and throngs of people surging into and out of the plethora of stores. We couldn't even get into the new H&M because there was a line to get into the building! We bought some clothes and eyed sunglasses, purses, jewelry and more. Finally though, all the walking caught up with us and we decided to exhaustedly call it quits and head back home.


It was so much fun to have a girls' day full of shopping and roaming around. We took a well-deserved nap and then went out with Nick for bulgolgi and egg souffle. We ordered thick cut slices of bacon to barbecue up and ate lots of kimchi salad and delicious garlic cloves. It was delicious.