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Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 2/12/2013: first Seoul impressions

Subject: Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 2/12/2013: first Seoul impressions
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 17:53:55 -0500
You've set the tone. We expect more! <g>

--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal

On Dec 2, 2013, at 1:11 PM, Nathan Wajsman 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

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