Seoul- Day 2 con't.....
After we ate our pizza, we decided to head to the CoEx Mall . Why not? We have lots of time ! Why don't we walk !??
We have a map ( not the best ) so we decided to go on line for the walking directions to this HUGE mall. So we started to walk South- taking a guess we are going in the right direction. After a few blocks we decided to ask some one if the CoEx Mall was in walking distance. WE asked a young Korean man, and thankfully he spoke English very well. He told us to walk with him and he will take us there...he lives in the area and is going that way anyways ! So we had a great conversation with him on the way to the mall. He told us where to go and what to see if possible. He told us about where he worked, how long they worked, a bit of Korean culture and just what was going on around us. There were taxis, motorbikes, motorpeds, bycycles every where ! On the sidewalk, on the roads, they seem to have the right-of-way at every block. We had to be careful to make sure they saw us before they took off out onto the main road !!!!
We located the McDonalds on the way to the mall , and made a note to stop there on the way back- get this ! They deliver McDonalds food to your home on motorbikes !!!
Our guide took us to the CoEx Mall, which is.... the largest underground shopping mall in Asia, Coex Mall. Here you can find not only shopping, entertainment and fine dining but also a variety of cultural activities. There are about 200 stores with national brands such as WHO.A.U. and Basic House and international brands such as ZARA, Apple and NIKE. Visit the 16-screen multiplex cinema, Megabox, the Aquarium, the Kimchi Museum or just shop ‘til you drop’. Our guide then left us at our destination and we thanked him and off we went !
Once inside this HUGE HUGE underground mall , ( its like YorkDale Mall-but much bigger and smaller stores ) we decided to walk and go with the flow ! We mostly just browsed and checked out the Bandi and Luni's Bookstore. Here we found a couple of Korean books for Kijin including a Hangul/English dictionary. I think we will return to check out more of the mall. We have 2 full more days before we get Kijin.
On the way back....we are now getting reallllllyyy tired of walking but found the MCDonalds ! WE grabbed a coffee, and a bit of a snack !
Now off to bed to rest ! Both of us has not walked this much in a lonnnngggg time !!!
Signing off from Seoul,
Karen and Ed
Thanks for the updates! Sounds like things are going well - we will keep on praying for you all!
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