DAY #2: SEOUL CHALLENGE!

Friday, July 27, 2012
Seoul
Day #2


Well then... it was day #2. And know what, today we'd do a challenge to go separate ways in exploring Seoul. Starting from the moment we stepped out of hostel, we'd be ALONE. No more Lola, Elin, and Lia, now it was Lola or Elin or Lia. We'd lead our own adventure in this foreign city, just after a very limited time having tried to get used to live in Korea. Umm... do you think we'd succeed?

Okay, maybe everything is just too sudden when you hear this. Maybe you'll think: how did they come up with the idea? What for? Why?

Well, maybe we should flashback to just the night before, before we went to sleep after exploring the super-crowded Myeongdong...

At that night, as girls we are, we were talking and reviewing our experiences for the whole day, our first day. It was very exciting, of course, walking here and there, shopping, local culinary tasting, everything was just FUN. But unfortunately, there was one thing that kept become a problem everytime we should move from one to another place: missing child. Yes, missing child. Went together didn't mean we were always stick to each other while walking around, which became a problem since we always had to be worried everytime there was one member missing, moreover when you were in a place as crowded as Myeongdong. We couldn't contact each other since none of us had Korean number, and we couldn't really rely on Twitter (wifi in Korea mostly supports only Korean mobile carriers like Olleh, U+, etc). And okay, member that mostly and kept missing actually was me :p.

After some discussions, we agreed that probably, the reason why someone kept losing, was because each of us didn't really have similar interest. While I loved shopping so much, the other two didn't. While one of us loved to give a taste on each of the street foods, I didn't (well, I don't really eat). Sometimes we just had to wait for the other to finish her business before we could continue our exploration again. We came to conclusion that that was tiring... and time-wasting.

And so we made this challenge. The rule was just: we have time until 7 PM before meeting up at Handel & Gretel (Super Junior Yesung's cafe), to explore Seoul on our own. And why H&G? Beside the fact that Super Junior craze also hit me (which then made this place became my must-visit-cafe-in-Korea), it was also because we were planning to see the live broadcast of KBS Cool FM "Sukira", in which 2PM would be the guest and also DJs. While I love Super Junior, Lia LOVE 2PM, that was the sole reason of this plan.

So.... START!! (But witness it on the next post #SLAPPED :p)

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at Handel & Gretel. See logo on the window for evidence^^