Itaewon and Yongsan

I (Tyler) somehow lucked out and got to write the entry about two short ventures we took in mid-July. The first was to an area of Seoul called Itaewon, and the second, a trip to my own personal paradise called Yongsan which is know as the electronics market in Korea. Itaewon is foreigner-ville, which is nice if you need bigger -sized clothing, Taco Bell, or a true Christmas dinner at one of the American-style diners when December rolls around. Itaewon is also know for its custom-made suits which were pretty tempting. Jen and I did some shopping, since we both were getting tired of wearing the same few articles of clothing to work every day. We grabbed some dinner at a Kraze Burger, which was exciting for me, since Korean food was still very new and daunting for me. We headed home around 8pm, but we’ll definitely be back to this area of the city, as it is also know for its nightlife and live music venues.

Yongsan was bliss. Cameras, laptops, external hard drives stacked so high they could kill someone of a breeze blew in. Jen was a good sport to put in a few hours with me oogling at things. We are both still waiting on our first paycheck so we refrained from buying anything. We stumbled onto a mariachi band outside of the electronics market, which was super sweet. The Koreans gathered around looked a little puzzled, while the few foreigners in the crowd were the only ones tapping toes and bobbing heads. We tried to catch the movie Inception at the Imax theater nearby but missed the start time by about 15 mins. For me no previews means no deal. We headed back to our ‘hood and caught the movie here. Two thumbs way up! Tyler + Leo = Love