Sunday was one of the best days I think Ive had in Korea. Tess and I decided to meet up and go to a historical Korean palace area in downtown Seoul. We took the subway there and on the walk from the subway station we stumbled upon a park with tons of people in it. There was people playing games (Asian variants of chess and checkers), singing karaoke and dancing. As we got looking around we started to mention how they all looked older - we later found out that seniors came to this park every Sunday. The old people were so nice though and they wanted us to dance with them and were so happy that we were there. I would never have expected to have so much fun there but it was really a good time.
Korean seniors playing Badu
Tess dancing with hooker grandma
We did manage to make it to the palace area which was also pretty nice. Not for the palace itself because it was a little bit lacking but for the surroundings. You never really see any foliage in Korea but on the walk to the palace we had nice trees all around us. There was also a little pond with ducks swimming in it that was sort of nice too. During this walk we stumbled upon a man selling traditional Korean hats. The Koreans weren't buying them but I did and I wore it around all day. The Koreans loved it...."Ohhhhhhhhh berry gooda!"
I have no use for baseball caps anymore....
Tess and I in the park
The whole experience felt quite foreign which was nice because I usually find Korea not to be foreign enough for me. Sure there are lots of Koreans everywhere and the language is different but for the most part I never feel like anything is too bizarre.
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