Some eateries

Seoul is, of course, full of places to eat. There are many nook-like diners along the side streets. As one might guess would be the case in any cosmopolitan city, US franchises have invaded. There were lots of examples; because our friend Dan is a regular in the store in C’ville, one of the invaders we were tickled to see was Smoothy King (note the no parking sign in front of the car that parked in front of the shop just as I took the photo).

However, we spent our meal times at various other places. Here’s a little run-down, in chronological order, on some of the places where we ate.

Ordering food

Food’s been a challenge so far. Koreans have a unique cuisine that I’m learning rapidly, but being a foreigner with no coach, it’s pretty much discovery learning. Last year, Li-yu was so good in helping us that we’re pretty spoiled. Still, we press onward. We will not, I am sure, go hungry.

What’s been challenging? Here are some notes.

Jagalchi Market

The Jagalchi Market in Pusan is an enormous open-air fish market that is fascinating. Pat and I walked through the neighborhood surrounding it and part of the market itself on Friday the 15th. I failed to pull the camera out of the bag, though, so I don’t have any personal photos. I’ve included here references to a couple that are used in travel promotions.

We are away

To make the early flight from IAD (Dulles airport outside Washington, DC), Pat got us a reservation at a neighboring hotel. (I’ll omit the name and details to keep from saying anything bad, though it wasn’t bad…but it was one of the properties in one of the groups of a company affiliated with one of the US religions). We chose it for a variety of reasons, but the foremost was convenience. Our plan was to arrive at the hotel in the late afternoon, snag dinner, and then sleep before arriving at IAD by 6:30 AM Wed the 13th.