A day in Gangnam

Initially, our plan for today was for Youngsun and I to go to Namdaemun to exchange something that I bought last week but she ended up having promised two little girls from church that she teaches that she would take them out to get their new study books. So, instead, we invited Eunbae to go along with us and the five of us took a trip to Gangnam, Seoul. It was either Gangnam or Suwon and since neither Eunbae nor I had ever been there, we decided on Gangnam.

I slept until 11:30 this morning since I didn't get to bed until 3:30 am due to the fact that I was at a pc room until 2:30 playing Sudden Attack. hehe

Around 12:30, Eunbae came by to pick me up and we all met at Youngsun's house before driving back into Osan to catch the bus right around the corner from my building. At the next bus stop before the nonstop drive, my boss and her husband both got on the bus and Mr. Sim(her husband) sat in the seat across the aisle from mine allowing us to chat a little on the way.

When we finally got to Gangnam 50 minutes later, we are all starving. I still hadn't eaten lunch or breakfast and by the time we walked to the restaurant, it was nearly 3:00. The crowds were really bad, too. I've never seen so many people in my life. I thought a lot of people crossed at interesections in NYC but in Gangnam, Seoul, it looks like the whole population of Hampstead is crossing.

After lunch at an Italian restaurant, we went to a Kyobo Bookstore to get the books that the girls needed. After a very long time there, we finally finished and went to Coffee Bean for some dessert. I had a large frozen caramel latte....so good. We ended up getting back to Osan around 8:00.

Though it doesn't sound like we did a whole lot of fun stuff, it was really a blast because of the company. We Eunbae and I each had to hold one of the girls hands to make sure they didn't get lost and my partner stuck with me the rest of the day and I taught her some American stuff, like stealing people's noses. It was so much fun playing and talking, and all in Korean. It's so different from my relationships with my students.

Of course, it was also fun being with Youngsun and Eunbae, even though Eunbae kept repeatedly stealing my cell phone or other random articles that I happened to turn my head away from for a second. lol And Youngsun and I had a good time of conversation on the way home on the bus. All in all, it was a really fun day. Anyway, here's some pics from today. You'll need to start on the 37th picture for the stuff from today.