Maninsan :)

5-7-2011

Today me and Sarah decided to go to a park. Maninsan.. Anyways…I went to Sarah’s to skype with mom in the morning which was nice (cuz I STILL don’t have internet), and we copied down the directions Alicia (another coworker) gave us. We got ready and left together. On the bus we realize…no directions. Sarah and I have interesting/ not so good senses of direction. She is most certainly better than me, but yeah, still both new to this city. So- we went on what we remembered. We took a bus to Daejeon station then found what we were pretty sure was our bus. We got on it and hoped for the best. Several stops and about a half hour to forty min. later we were still on the bus, looking for a place we didn’t know the name of, because that was also written on the paper. That being said…we couldn’t even ask how to get to this place because, we didn’t know…”mann—“something…? The bus was headed towards the mountain, so we were just waiting. We finally found where we were pretty sure looked like a nice park to hang out in and have a pb&j picnic! yay, it was! There were a lot of people there. I thought maybe we had crashed a party or family reunion or something…who knows? We always get strange looks, so even if we had done something wrong, the looks wouldn’t be any different…i don’t think. Anyways, we walked around a couple trails and just sat outside. It was a beautiful day. The way back home was interesting… We took the same bus back to Daejeon station, and looked for our next bus back to our “dong” or neighborhood. Well, we couldn’t find it. We walked up and down this one side of the road 4 times. I think some of the old women selling fruits and herbs probably noticed we were lost because after the first 2 times, they started smiling at us. Well, we got so tired of walking that we just took a cab back. So much for the stupid bus we were looking for, for probably about 40 minutes or so. After getting back I had my first Bi Bim bop..which was really good. It’s rice in a bowl with a bunch of different veggies or something on top of it around the outside such as seaweed, carrots, bean sprouts, etc., then there is a fried egg over top of koju jong (spicey paste). Mmm. Yum. In conclusion of today, Sarah and I decided we really need to learn the Korean han-geoul…it will def. help us.