In the midst of my delusional state of mind last night, I forgot to add last night that yesterday was our last day with Luna! My parents and I could not stop saying and thinking about how lucky we were that she was our tour guide. She taught us what to order, where to go, and she really made our experience better than anything we could have done ourselves (and trust me, we probably wouldn't be able to do much without her).
The folk village yesterday was probably one of my favorite parts of this trip so far. It was really cool to see how Koreans used to live centuries ago. It was interesting to compare the styles of the homes in Eastern tradition vs. Western tradition. It was also fun to see people dressed up in traditional Korean costume.
One of the funniest things at the folk village was the government building at the jail. At the government building in traditional Korea, the judge would sit above the criminal, and sentence him to punishment. In the courtyard of the building, there were different traditional Korean torture devices.. that were able to be used. We made my dad lie down so that my mom could hit him with a paddle, and a group of Koreans came over and told my dad to sit in a different chair, and they showed him how it was really done. We were all laughing hysterically -- it was hilarious.
My mom's cousin Jeff joined us yesterday for the day at the folk village, and it was so nice to see family in Korea. Seeing him reminded me of home, and showed us just how small the world has become.
Today we had the whole day free. In the morning, we stopped at Cafe Benne for breakfast and then went to a shopping area around the palace we went to on the second day. What normally would take us a 20 minute walk took us 2 hours because my parents read the map wrong.. (thank goodness I was there). We ended up making it to our destination, but still had no idea which direction to go.
We got back to our hotel, rested for a while and then went out shopping for a bit around 6:00pm. The streets get so crazy at night. In the evenings, all the young people (and young couples, *sob*) come out for shopping, fried octopus legs, and more shopping. Evenings here are a completely different world than during the day.
After browsing through the malls, stores, and street vendors, we stopped to eat at a Korean barbecue restaurant. The food was once again superb, and we left with a full belly.
Dinner led to wanting to walk around more after our feast, and we browsed more shops in the Myeongdong area. We came back to the hotel, had a drink in the lounge and came back to our rooms to do some packing.
We are heading to Busan tomorrow and I can't wait!
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