Seoul Saturday

Seoul Saturday

Friday midday we caught the noon bus out of Kunsan to Osan. This bus always stops about halfway at one of the rest stops and we always go in and get snacks and use the bathroom. I went in first while Shelby watched Colin and then when I came back he went in. We weren't sitting together on this ride because the bus was packed out and so one of us got to sit with Colin near the front of the bus and the other at the back of the bus alone. I got back on the bus and took over Colin duty and started feeding him his lunchtime fruit while the bus driver came back on the bus, counted the seats and then sat down in the driver's seat. I didn't see Shelby get back on the bus but assumed since the driver counted he wouldn't go anywhere if the headcount was wrong. So when he started to pull out I turned around to scan the back of the bus and didn't see Shelby. About that same time the other people on the bus notice me looking around and the American (we stick out like a sore thumb)guy running towards the bus and they started yelling at the driver to stop. Now Shelby can walk around base and people will recognize him as the guy that almost got left at the rest stop, lol.

When we got to Osan we hung around there for a bit waiting for the bus to take us to Youngsan and did some shopping while we waited. I found two new purses and a cork picture like this I've been wanting to get. We got to Younsan (Army base in center of Seoul) and checked into the hotel and went to Itaewon for some Out.back Steakhouse, yum!

Saturday morning we got up and headed to the Namdaemun Market. We went there back in December but didn't much time to explore so I wanted to go back. I found some more goodies there of course. The market is huge and has a little bit of everything from household things like cooking supplies and home decor to clothing to food and Korean souvenier type things. We saw some funny things at the market as you can see in the pictures. I tried to get pictures of the a couple things but it just didn't work out. One was of the legless man that ties on innertubes around his pant legs/limbs so that he can drag/army crawl himself through the market on his belly pushing a small cart with a radio on it. It plays music and people put money in his basket. I thought it was rude to take a picture so I didn't, but it is definitely something I have never seen before. Next time you want to complain about your life look around and hush! Another thing I tried to get pics of were the motorcycles/mopeds LOADED down with boxes of stuff to deliver. I mean they strap it on to every inch possible and pile it two stories high and ride around like that, it's amazing they can keep balanced!

On the way back to the hotel we passed a woman in full traditional dress standing on the corner. We weren't sure why she was dressed up but she was pretty and so we asked to take her picture. I have seen the dressed in the shops, but not on a person before so that was cool. Colin fell asleep on the walk back when he was up on Shelby's shoulders. He was passed out, drool and all! LOL

For dinner we got reservations at a place called Top Cloud Restaurant. It's on the 33rd floor of this huge awesome building in downtown Seoul. The view at night up there was very nice with all the city lit up for miles. The restaurant was a little fancier than we were expecting based on the concierge info but the food was amazing! A lot of it we had no clue what it was but I had a steak filet that was excellent! When the bill came Shelby asked me if that was the total or a credit card number, lol.

From way up in the restaurant we could see what looked from up there to be little boats floating down the river. We walked over to where it was and it turned out to be paper latern art sculptures that were on pedestals in the river for some kind of art display. They were really cool and I got good pictures of several of them. The riverwalk area was so pretty all lit up and downtown Seoul is beautiful at night.