Half past midnight, Hanyang University, Ansan
The Volcanoes arrived in Seoul at 1930 (Korea time is an hour ahead) and proceeded by coach to the Guest Residences of Hanyang University in Ansan. It’s a dormitory that looks like a good two-star hotel.
Dinner was at one of the many restaurants on campus: Korean barbecue.
The menu was meat, vegetables, meat, meat and meat. “They probably thought they were going to have a quiet night and then we appear,” Justin says.
The meat disappears quickly.
“Can we have more meat over here!” Michael D calls. “Never mind the vegetables, just bring meat!”
“No more meat,” says the waiter.
“I think they’ve run out of cows.”
“We need to find a McDonald’s, I’m starving,” Justin announces.
“Are you full?” Gaz asks. “I’m still hungry.”
While they hunt for meat I go to my room to file my reports. There’s internet in the rooms for about USD8 a day—but the cable is one of those old fat ones that won’t fit in my Mac! Aaaaargh. So at half-past 12 I trudge to the coffee shop across the street, which is closed but has perpetual wi-fi.
I find Patrice sitting in one of the outdoor tables in the dark, working at his laptop as fast as he can because the battery’s about to run out. And that’s how we conclude Day One of the Volcanoes in Korea: typing in the dark.
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May 31st, 2011 at 03:07
Hmm. Looking at the last two pics explains why the store ran out of meat. It truly is wrong to assume that veggies would suffice for this pack.
When I was in Seoul I started looking for a McDonald’s too after two days of feasting on nothing but Korean food. I had a charade with locals before a taxi driver figured it out and said, “Ah! Makdonado!” (Right, I should have known since Western names are adapted in Hangul pretty much the same way in Nihonggo.) Ended up in a McDo at Itaewon where many of the Western shops are.
I would recommend going to pojangmachas where you can feast on meat and seafood all you want, but those are also places where people drink. Probably not good for Volcanoes.
Have a blast! :)
May 31st, 2011 at 15:05
waaahhh!!! sam gyub sal! did they like doenjang jjigae or kimchi jjigae?
May 31st, 2011 at 15:11
justin looks like daniel henney here..haha..must be the kimchi..
May 31st, 2011 at 18:35
Magkakasundo kami sa pagkain…carnivores unite!