2nd weekend in Seoul!

Apologies for the late of reply to comments! >.< I’ve read them and will definitely reply soon. Been out most of the time and by the time I get back home, I’ll  be super tired.

I realised that I’ve started calling my dorms ‘home’. It feels so natural to do so and like I’ve said earlier, I’m settled in 😀 Personally, I don’t like to be away from my own bed and usually find it hard to sleepover at friends’ homes or camps. But I guess I’m just too happy to be in Seoul.

I’ve even gotten used to taking the subway for a few stops and walked to transfer trains numerous times. Which in the beginning I find a chore. I’m used to the uneven roads here and the number of sleep slopes and staircases here.

Yesterday was the first wet day in Seoul! Too bad it happened on the first Friday since lessons started! Since Friday was our free day. ): It was depressing to stay in the dorms since morning and lament at the downpour outside.

My friend and I decided to be adventurous(?) and explore less well known areas in Seoul. To put it simply, we simply close our eyes and jab at the subway map. And just go to whichever station our finger landed on – unless it was somewhere too close to school or somewhere we’ve been before.

Our first stop was 옥수 and the first thing we noticed on the map there was the large number of embassies there! It looked like there was only private land and embassies. There was a walkway to Mt Namsan but it wasn’t the weather for any hiking.  But as we walked on further, we found this small neighbourhood which is not really seen in the more famous parts of Seoul. Life there seems to move more slowly and you can see the storekeepers chatting away and the restaurant owners having lunch in their own shops.

We chose to have lunch at a really authentic looking place (hahaha actually they are all authentic right) and decided to have 갈비찜. The 아주머니 was really patient with us and my fail Korean. I realised I like sitting on the floor for meals 😀 Apparently, most foreigners (except for the Japanese) hated it.

(haha this post was actually written yesterday. I’m too lazy to continue writing it. so yup xD)