Dongdaemun

This day was an interesting one lol. BC was busy today, so we were left to fend for ourselves in the Korean wilderness without his translation. Our plan for the day was to go to Dongdaemun, a big shopping area. So we made it there with no problem... but most of the shops were closed on Mondays. We did end up going into one building called Hello APM, and there were many floors filled with all types of different clothes vendors. This area is known for these merchants and haggling is a must. However, we were pretty unsuccessful with that. I asked for the price of a dress but the merchant told me to try it on. So I did, and it was pretty cute... but it was $75!! I said I would pay $30 for it and she looked at me, pushed me in the "changing corner", and yanked down the zipper of the dress lol. No success there. It was pretty similar at some of the other stalls and we were shooed away when we asked for lower prices. We decided to leave and come back another day when things were actually open, so we headed back to the subway to go to Hongdae for a bit. Where we ended up was not Hongdae lol. We took he wrong train and ended up somewhere random, so we just walked around for a bit before heading back to our place near Seoul Station. We had a change of plans and went back to Myeongdong and explored what seemed to be every alley there. Also, we stumbled across a man making this Korean dessert I saw on YouTube. It's pretty much honey and malt boiled together and hardened, and he stretches it into 16,000+ strands and wraps almond or walnut inside it. He wasn't as exciting as the one on YouTube, but it was cool to watch! I bought some because I had to after seeing it lol.

It was getting late so we headed back and met up with BC at our place. Our next activity- NRB! Otherwise known as karaoke lol. Fun stuff, I think we were all close to losing our voices. Then, we wandered around Hongdae for the last time and had some street food for a late night meal. We came across some street performers later, two students playing saxophone and guitar. We chilled and talked to them for a few hours... super late night but it was fun!