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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 2/12/2013: first Seoul impressions
From: curtisbliss at yahoo.com (CB)
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 10:30:13 -0800 (PST)
References: <87F08FC6-174C-4134-8D9C-9CA0BC040992@frozenlight.eu>

Get out to Jongno! ?I used to live near Jongno Sam Ga. ?That historic part 
of Seoul is worth checking out too, if only for the constrast to Gangnam! 
?:-)

Curt



On Monday, December 2, 2013 12:22 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
frozenlight.eu> wrote:
 
Three for one today, but then again, it was my first evening in Seoul!

I arrived at my posh hotel in the Gangnam district around 7 p.m. local time, 
after a comfortable 11-hour flight from Rome during which I was able to 
sleep what amounted to an almost normal night. So I was certainly not going 
to relax in the hotel. No, I had studies the Lonely Planet guidebook on the 
plane, and equipped with a subway map, I set out to find the Kwangjang 
street market--quite far from the hotel, but it seemed worth it and I had 
very much enjoyed these street markets and the food when I was in Taiwan 2 
years ago. So I hoped to find something similar here.

First, a snap from the subway, of a couple that could just as well have been 
on the Barcelona metro:
http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2944006386&k=k8p2M8g&lb=1&s=O

Then I reached the market and walked around admiring all the amazing foods. 
These guys flagged me down and insisted that I sit down and have a few 
drinks with them, as well as some uden-type pasta (but shaped as rectangles) 
in a delicious spicy broth. The guy on the left was celebrating his 46th 
birthday. Their English was extremely basis, and my Korean is non-existent, 
but we managed just fine:
http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2944006642&k=WrkwZmK&lb=1&s=O

After saying goodbye to my newfound friends, I sat down at this lady's stall 
to have a kind of pancake stuffed with all manner of goodness and served 
with some spice veggies on the side. Together with a large beer, the meal 
set me back the grand sum of 7 Euro or so, and I could have had more if I 
had found more space in my stomach. The lady was very proud of having 
appeared in a travel magazine:
http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2944006854&k=Kw65hNc&lb=1&s=O

A very promising first evening in Seoul.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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