Well I got up at about 9am on this St.Paddy's Day. I went to meet some friends outside the local department store. We then hoofed it about 20 minutes to the subway station and rode to Seoul.
We got to Seoul and went to the St.Patrick's Day Parade & Festival. I was a little worried about people being drunk in the streets, but it went off without a hitch. It was a really good time. I had a blast. Seoul has a population somewhere in between 12 and 20 million, so it was quite a sight. Afterwards, we got on the subway and rode to Dongdaemun to do a little shopping. Good stuff, real cheap. Well we got there and got off the subway just to run into an anti-American/anti-war protest. It was starting to get out of hand when we were just getting out of there. There were hundreds of police in riot formations at every corner. They were brought to the site in prison buses. Well we milled around for a few minutes and took some pictures, but we got out of there pretty fast. We did a little shopping and then climbed Mt.Numsan to watch the sunset. I'm so out of shape. I was so tired. I'm still tired. The people I went with are all in shape and all of them are pretty beat. It was a good climb, probably about 3,000 feet and that was after a full day of walking through a festival, parade, political protest and narrow-streeted shopping streets. Fun and eventful day, huh? I'm glad I'm off work tomorrow because I'll need it to recover. But after these new experiences, surprises and a great view and sunset, I find that it was all worth it. I took bunches of pics, so I'm gonna try to send a bunch to a "select" few by e-mail. Well, time to rest before the next big day comes. Later.
We got to Seoul and went to the St.Patrick's Day Parade & Festival. I was a little worried about people being drunk in the streets, but it went off without a hitch. It was a really good time. I had a blast. Seoul has a population somewhere in between 12 and 20 million, so it was quite a sight. Afterwards, we got on the subway and rode to Dongdaemun to do a little shopping. Good stuff, real cheap. Well we got there and got off the subway just to run into an anti-American/anti-war protest. It was starting to get out of hand when we were just getting out of there. There were hundreds of police in riot formations at every corner. They were brought to the site in prison buses. Well we milled around for a few minutes and took some pictures, but we got out of there pretty fast. We did a little shopping and then climbed Mt.Numsan to watch the sunset. I'm so out of shape. I was so tired. I'm still tired. The people I went with are all in shape and all of them are pretty beat. It was a good climb, probably about 3,000 feet and that was after a full day of walking through a festival, parade, political protest and narrow-streeted shopping streets. Fun and eventful day, huh? I'm glad I'm off work tomorrow because I'll need it to recover. But after these new experiences, surprises and a great view and sunset, I find that it was all worth it. I took bunches of pics, so I'm gonna try to send a bunch to a "select" few by e-mail. Well, time to rest before the next big day comes. Later.
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