On Thursday Ronald and I decided we would go to a spa and swim in a pool or hang out in a jacuzzi if available. First we went to the Happy Day spa, but it turned out that they had renovated the whole top floor where the pool was to a wedding ceremony center. So we left there and walked back to the metro. I bought a pair of cheap hiking shoes from the side of the road, and we were off to the next spa! I knew that Dragon Hill Spa had a common area pool because I had been there with Charis, so we headed there to the Yongsan metro stop. We hung out in the pool for a while then decided to get massages and with that came a free hour in their jacuzzi. Or so we thought. We ended up fighting the guy at the end because he had told us the wrong price, which was way more money. So we made a deal and paid a little bit more than we had wanted to.
After that, it was time to meet Sheena, so we met up with them and went to a bar nearby. We hung out there for about 2 hours and then they decided they should go because they needed to catch the metro back home. So we did the same thing and ended up catching the very last train of the night at 11:30 (lucky!). We were hungry since we hadn't eaten dinner, so we went to a restaurant across the street and had pizza. Then we went home. We watched another movie and fell asleep.
We were going to go to Cafe Cloud on the Donjak bridge to watch the sunset, but after fighting with the guy at DHS, we missed it. So we went back home.
Friday we went out to Hongik University/Hongdae and went to a hookah bar there that Pete knew of. After that we went to another bar around there but decided to leave after that because there were a ton of foreigners there and most of the places there were clubs. Back in Cheonho we went to California bar that had black lights and after one drink decided to go back home and watch a movie. It was about 5 am at this time, so we watched part of a movie and then went to bed around 7 am.
Saturday we had planned to go to Itaewon to see if we could get Ronald a phone (he needs one with emailing capabilities) so we rolled out around 3 pm. Once we got there it turned out there was only one phone place (this had been a recommendation from a language exchange friend of his) and prepaid phones don't have internet. So we walked around for a bit before heading over to Gangnam. We were going to meet Sheena and her husband there at the metro around 8 pm, so we decided to just go there and hang out for a bit. First we went to a Paris Baguette to have a snack and sit for a while and then we went to the Book and Spa cafe again. There we had hot chocolate and then did the Dr. Fish.
After that, it was time to meet Sheena, so we met up with them and went to a bar nearby. We hung out there for about 2 hours and then they decided they should go because they needed to catch the metro back home. So we did the same thing and ended up catching the very last train of the night at 11:30 (lucky!). We were hungry since we hadn't eaten dinner, so we went to a restaurant across the street and had pizza. Then we went home. We watched another movie and fell asleep.
Sunday we went to Yongsan to buy tickets to see Ironman 2 in 4D, but it turned out Ironman 1 was in 4D or Avatar. So we bought tickets to see Avatar in another theater at 3:15. We were going to meet Charis in her neighborhood to go to a spa for a scrubdown, but she woke up pretty sick, so we had about 4 hours to kill. We bought a cable for the TV and looked around for microwaves, but they were all too expensive. Still the cheapest one we've seen was in E-Mart for 59,000 won. We decided to just go to the metro stop where the movie theater was to look around and hang out for a while. It turned out there was a huge Lotte shopping mall so we looked around for shoes for Ronald and then went to try to find the movie theater. The movie theater was in the Times Square mall. It was enormous. Very pretty architecture too. At the bottom of the mall was E-Mart, so we went there to verify the microwave price and we ended up looking at a little wooden floor table. So after the movie we went back and bought that and a couple of floor cushions to have a place to sit and chill on the floor and eat dinner, etc.
The movie was sorta strange. Your chair moved, and sometimes they would blow out flower smells or a thing would hit your feet. It was pretty hot in there, so we were always glad when a windy part was coming.
We went home after that and made mashed potatoes and omelettes for dinner and went to bed. I think I'm getting sick again, so I'm taking lots of vitamin C and I took some sudafed and advil. We shall see...
I get Wednesday off, so we will be going to Cafe Cloud!
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