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St. Patrick's Day Parade!!!!
Saturday, was very eventful. I had an early wake-up call because I was heading out to meet up with Shana and some other friends of hers to go to Seoul for the day. I caught the #6 bus, which I know goes to Shana's place, but instead today it decided to end its route at the #6 and #6-1 bus terminal in Song-do, which is where my school is. I started to have a minor panic attack and hypervenilate because I thought I was stranded and I'm without cell phone until I get an ARC. The bus driver and one other man on the bus were yelling at me in Korean, which I didn't undertsand because if I had I would have gotten off the bus sooner. Anyways, I told them I needed to go to Homever in Guwol-dong, so the bus driver put me on the 6-1 parked at the terminal and told that driver where I needed to go. Well, I was suppose to be meeting Shana at 11:15 a.m. and it was now 11:00 a.m. There was no way I was going to make it to her on time because this bus was going back the same way I just came from and of course, I no cell phone to tell Shana I will be late. I got off the bus about 20 minutes later and hailed a taxi and got him to drop me off at Bupyeong station instead. Good thing taxi's are so cheap. It only cost me $8 to get there and it was a good 15 - 20 minute drive.
I met Shana at the McDonalds in the station and we ate some lunch and her friends met us there, Mary Anne, Brianna, Stephanie and Missy, so I met 4 new people Saturday. Brianna and Stephanie are Americans and Missy and Mary Anne are Canadians. Everyone, except Stephanie came with Canadian Connections. Stephanie came with Footprints. After, McDonalds we caught the train to Seoul. We didn't catch one train we caught two. Once we arrived in Seoul we walked to City Hall to check out the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Well, let me tell you, this parade was unlike any other parade I've seen. It was very unorganized and latest, literally, 15 minutes. Young girls were walking around in Halloween costumes, so I think they may have been confused with exactly what St. Patricks Day is.
The best part about the parade was the Korean Hell's Angels. I'm sorry, but Koreans being Hell's Angels like, just doesn't work, I could probably take them. Anyways, I videotaped them, so when it decides to download I will post it. 
After, the parade ended some Koreans who spoke good english took some pictures for us and then wanted pictures with us and one of the guys (the one on the left in the pictures to follow) loved me because I was Irish and they had all lived in Dublin. Imagine that! Missy and I signed a wall in protest of Samsung who caused the spill in the Korean Sea not too long ago and aren't doing their part to make it better. 
We then cruised through Seoul looking for a coffee shop to sit down and rest. Along the way, I was lucky enough to see the changing of the guards at the temple in Seoul, which costs $3 to tour inside. I will be putting that on my list of things to do the next time I'm in Seoul. Well, of course my camera batteries decided to die while the changing of the guards was taking place. I was so pissed, but luckily enough I managed to turn my camera on and off long enough to take a few pictures. Then I qucikly stopped at a convenience (I spelt it right this time family, hooray!) to buy some new batteries. 
The 6 of us walked around for a bit and went to the Shinsegae department store in Seoul to rest and have some coffee. Unfortunately, one of the girls I was with ended up having a seizure while we were there, so we took her too the nurses office in the department store and came back for her in an hour when she felt better. It was really scary, but everything turned out ok and she is fine. 
After that we headed to another part of Seoul called Hongdae, via another train, which was so crowded we took it for two stops and got off and then cabbed it to the area we needed to be in. That cab ride was $3.50 split by three people, $1 each, WOW! We had dinner in Hongdae at Outback Steakhouse and then went to Bar Boom for free drinks from 8-10, yes that's right, free drinks. 
Then we were moving along to another bar called Tin Pan 2 (Tin Pan 1 was across the street) once free drinks ended at Bar Boom, but we didn't stay there long. Hongdae is filled with foreigners and the best part is there is a Canadian bar called the Rocky Mountain Tavern. That is also on my list of things to do next time I'm in Seoul. Maybe, I will be lucky enough to catch a hockey game.
Missy decided to head back into Incheon because she wasn't feeling well and her friend Sam got injured in a stupid drunken episode, so I bussed it back to Incheon with them. 
It was a $3.50 bus ride because it takes 30 minutes. Then I caught a cab from the bus terminal by Shana's house and crashed as soon as I got back. I was so tired and jet lagged still. I'm hoping this doesn't last long because I can't enjoy myself being tired all the time.
Saturday, was very eventful. I had an early wake-up call because I was heading out to meet up with Shana and some other friends of hers to go to Seoul for the day. I caught the #6 bus, which I know goes to Shana's place, but instead today it decided to end its route at the #6 and #6-1 bus terminal in Song-do, which is where my school is. I started to have a minor panic attack and hypervenilate because I thought I was stranded and I'm without cell phone until I get an ARC. The bus driver and one other man on the bus were yelling at me in Korean, which I didn't undertsand because if I had I would have gotten off the bus sooner. Anyways, I told them I needed to go to Homever in Guwol-dong, so the bus driver put me on the 6-1 parked at the terminal and told that driver where I needed to go. Well, I was suppose to be meeting Shana at 11:15 a.m. and it was now 11:00 a.m. There was no way I was going to make it to her on time because this bus was going back the same way I just came from and of course, I no cell phone to tell Shana I will be late. I got off the bus about 20 minutes later and hailed a taxi and got him to drop me off at Bupyeong station instead. Good thing taxi's are so cheap. It only cost me $8 to get there and it was a good 15 - 20 minute drive.
I met Shana at the McDonalds in the station and we ate some lunch and her friends met us there, Mary Anne, Brianna, Stephanie and Missy, so I met 4 new people Saturday. Brianna and Stephanie are Americans and Missy and Mary Anne are Canadians. Everyone, except Stephanie came with Canadian Connections. Stephanie came with Footprints. After, McDonalds we caught the train to Seoul. We didn't catch one train we caught two. Once we arrived in Seoul we walked to City Hall to check out the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Well, let me tell you, this parade was unlike any other parade I've seen. It was very unorganized and latest, literally, 15 minutes. Young girls were walking around in Halloween costumes, so I think they may have been confused with exactly what St. Patricks Day is.
After, the parade ended some Koreans who spoke good english took some pictures for us and then wanted pictures with us and one of the guys (the one on the left in the pictures to follow) loved me because I was Irish and they had all lived in Dublin. Imagine that! Missy and I signed a wall in protest of Samsung who caused the spill in the Korean Sea not too long ago and aren't doing their part to make it better. 
We then cruised through Seoul looking for a coffee shop to sit down and rest. Along the way, I was lucky enough to see the changing of the guards at the temple in Seoul, which costs $3 to tour inside. I will be putting that on my list of things to do the next time I'm in Seoul. Well, of course my camera batteries decided to die while the changing of the guards was taking place. I was so pissed, but luckily enough I managed to turn my camera on and off long enough to take a few pictures. Then I qucikly stopped at a convenience (I spelt it right this time family, hooray!) to buy some new batteries. 
The 6 of us walked around for a bit and went to the Shinsegae department store in Seoul to rest and have some coffee. Unfortunately, one of the girls I was with ended up having a seizure while we were there, so we took her too the nurses office in the department store and came back for her in an hour when she felt better. It was really scary, but everything turned out ok and she is fine. 
After that we headed to another part of Seoul called Hongdae, via another train, which was so crowded we took it for two stops and got off and then cabbed it to the area we needed to be in. That cab ride was $3.50 split by three people, $1 each, WOW! We had dinner in Hongdae at Outback Steakhouse and then went to Bar Boom for free drinks from 8-10, yes that's right, free drinks. 
Then we were moving along to another bar called Tin Pan 2 (Tin Pan 1 was across the street) once free drinks ended at Bar Boom, but we didn't stay there long. Hongdae is filled with foreigners and the best part is there is a Canadian bar called the Rocky Mountain Tavern. That is also on my list of things to do next time I'm in Seoul. Maybe, I will be lucky enough to catch a hockey game.
Missy decided to head back into Incheon because she wasn't feeling well and her friend Sam got injured in a stupid drunken episode, so I bussed it back to Incheon with them. 
It was a $3.50 bus ride because it takes 30 minutes. Then I caught a cab from the bus terminal by Shana's house and crashed as soon as I got back. I was so tired and jet lagged still. I'm hoping this doesn't last long because I can't enjoy myself being tired all the time.
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