Saturday, December 8th,
2012 – Sunday, December 9th, 2012
Since I loved visiting the Christmas lights so much and
getting into the holiday spirit, and Casey was yet to see them; I returned to Nampo
for a second time on Saturday with her.
I was also really craving the same spicy, cheesy, chicken, rice meal I
had with Scott and Terri the weekend before. I can see why the chicken chain DACK GAL BI is one of Scott’s
favourites and will probably become one of mine too!
Casey and I met around 3pm and took the metro to Nampo
together. We explored many of the
same places from the weekend before but this time I walked along the Jagalchi fish
markets. There were thousands and
thousands of fish in one place.
The air smelled of the sea and it would be seafood paradise for some people. For me it was just
fascinating seeing so many fish and squid, octopus, seaweed, sardines, whale
etc. in one place. I was curious
how they could sell so much of the same thing while still keeping it
fresh. Casey was explaining that
Americans were cracking down on the fishing of whales (they sometimes even eat
dolphin) in Korea but since these foods are such a part of Korean culture, they
decreased their own fishing and just started importing more from Japan.
Almost anything you need you can find in one of these markets
in Nampo. They even have little
candy stores with imported chocolate from America. The price of a chocolate bar in the market would be around
800 Won which is about 75 cents Canadian.
It is cheaper to get a chocolate here in Korea from home than it is to
get it at home. Since everything
is a little bit cheaper and there are so many things you can buy, this is the reason
foreigners accumulate so much while living here and need to send it back home.
We had a really fun time exploring the cute stationary
stores, candy stores, sock stores, jewelry and makeup stores. She also encouraged me to have the same
sweet rice cake treat I tried the weekend before with Scott and Terri so we
both bought one. This time it had
sunflower seeds along with other things inside.
The line up to get one was chaotic because apparently they came from a
popular vendor but we both didn’t like them as much with the seeds.
We ate dinner; it was just as good as I remembered! We enjoyed the view of the lights at
night, had fun taking pictures of our ourselves, some adorable Korean kids and even helping a few couples get their picture
taken with the lights. There was a
cute little chorus with Korean children singing and dancing to Korean Christmas
music on stage. Overall, we had a
really nice day!
On Sunday, I met with Elaine and Claire from Ireland in
another large metro station. This
one was a transfer station so there was again, shopping underground. There were small boutiques that had
their own little store. A little
bit more upper class than the underground markets in Nampo. It was also attached to another huge
department store. I am really starting to
notice how much shopping there is in Korea.
We met at the Krispy Kreme in this location for coffee and
doughnuts. I tried the glazed
doughnut with icing on top. Again
wasn’t the same as my memories of Krispy Kreme doughnuts in the US. It was really nice catching up with
them again.
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