Seoul

We are in South Korea! The rest of our time in Japan was great - loved the farm and had a fun last night in Tokyo. We met some guys from Spain at our hostel and went with them to their friends bar, and then we caught the last subway to Shibuya to go to some party. Turns out there was a $40 cover charge, so we opted out of that and all went back to the hostel to hang out there. One of the guys was really into flaminco dancing and gave me a lesson on the subway - I did not do very well. Japan was sooooo expensive so we were ready to leave in that sense, but its also a little sad to leave somewhere I felt so comfortable. It is very exciting to be somewhere new though! I like being in a new place and having to figure out the public transportation.

Our first night in Seoul we went to dinner with a friend from home, Dobbs, who is here teaching English. We went to a fried chicken and beer place, which is a big thing here I guess. It was nice to see him and hear about Korean life from someone who has been here for a while - I think we are seeing him later in the week as well. When we got back to our hostel we were pretty tired from being on the go all day - but a lot of people were hanging out in our hostel so we decided to be friendly and joined in. We are staying at Backpacker Friends and it is amazing - the people are great (the living is fine... we are staying in a ten person mixed dorm and it is too hot in there at night... but its ok, there is only one other guy in that room with us right now). Dr. Kim is the owner and he is so awesome! Last night hje made us Korean BBQ and it was pretty good. There are also a lot of his friends (I think) here a lot, they might live here, they sleep on the floor of the living room. Its great, they are so nice. Last night we also played a lot of games - including shoulders and "never have I ever" - with koreans, a brazilian and an austrailian - it was awesome, and so funny. Today we went to the war museum and it was really interesting. There was one display/video thing that was sooo funny (and def not supposed to be). The translation and acting was so bad that it made it quite wonderful. Tonight we are hanging out with everyone at the hostel - its nice, we all just sit around a big table on the floor and talk, listen to music and play games. Prob going to bed soon though, sooo tired.