(Classy airplane wine. Complimentary!)
I made it safely into Seoul and managed to find an ATM too! I'm still getting used to won-- one dollar is 1,016 won, give or take, so I've offered people 10 times what I owed them twice now, since I'm convinced that 10,000 won is about 1 dollar. I tried to pay for my 4,000 won soup with 40,000 won and the nice lady was like "yeah, no, little girl." Also while putting my new currency in my wallet I took out the 1,000 yen in there. Some dude saw it and just kept saying "Watashi" at me, which is "I/me" in Japanese. Needless to say I got out of there fast.
Now I am currently ensconced in my hostel, which is in Hongdae, the artsy/college-y/hip district in Seoul. Walking through the neighborhood was pretty neat and I ventured out for some dinner at a place that had an English menu. Here is my dinner, spicy seafood ramyun (ramen).
Eating with metal chopsticks is a lot harder than it looks, since these were slightly flattened. (FYI I do know how to use chopsticks). I then headed to the nearby convenience store, to get some more to eat since my ramen was a little too spicy. I also had the dumb idea of picking up eye makeup remover even though I don't speak or read Korean. So, that was a basic fail. I did however pick up: SNACKS! Got some dried squid, which was delicious if a bit sweeter than the kind I'm used to (I'm a snob) and THIS
... Which was my guilty pleasure in Japan. It's like the ice cream version of taiyaki-- waffle outside, vanilla ice cream and red bean. Red bean is delicious, if an acquired taste. Here I am pigging out on this.
I also got mystery tea that tastes like bread. My guess was terrible, I was hoping for oolong.
And now I might be going out with some new hostel friends!
Byeee