On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Three for one today, but then again, it was my first evening in Seoul!
>
> I arrived at my posh hotel in the Gangnam district around 7 p.m. local
> time, after a comfortable 11-hour flight from Rome during which I was able
> to sleep what amounted to an almost normal night. So I was certainly not
> going to relax in the hotel. No, I had studies the Lonely Planet guidebook
> on the plane, and equipped with a subway map, I set out to find the
> Kwangjang street market--quite far from the hotel, but it seemed worth it
> and I had very much enjoyed these street markets and the food when I was in
> Taiwan 2 years ago. So I hoped to find something similar here.
>
> First, a snap from the subway, of a couple that could just as well have
> been on the Barcelona metro:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2944006386&k=k8p2M8g&lb=1&s=O
>
> Then I reached the market and walked around admiring all the amazing
> foods. These guys flagged me down and insisted that I sit down and have a
> few drinks with them, as well as some uden-type pasta (but shaped as
> rectangles) in a delicious spicy broth. The guy on the left was celebrating
> his 46th birthday. Their English was extremely basis, and my Korean is
> non-existent, but we managed just fine:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2944006642&k=WrkwZmK&lb=1&s=O
>
> After saying goodbye to my newfound friends, I sat down at this lady's
> stall to have a kind of pancake stuffed with all manner of goodness and
> served with some spice veggies on the side. Together with a large beer, the
> meal set me back the grand sum of 7 Euro or so, and I could have had more
> if I had found more space in my stomach. The lady was very proud of having
> appeared in a travel magazine:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2944006854&k=Kw65hNc&lb=1&s=O
>
>
>
Very nice tour as usual, Nathan. I particularly like the last one of the
pancake lady.
--
Paul Braun
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"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Harlan Howard
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