Great people and superb atmosphere there - I think I must go and see
for myself some day ....
Have fun Nathan
Amities
Philippe
Le 2 déc. 13 à 19:11, Nathan Wajsman a écrit :
> 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
>
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