Last weekend in Bundong

Last Saturday, Leesa and I went to a place called Bundong. It was about an hour and a half from my house on the subway. I'm sure the bus is faster, but I will never take the bus again.

Her neighbourhood is very rich and very nice. She lives in an amazing building with tons of security and has a really nice apartment. We got there just after noon. We dropped off our stuff and then went for a walk around the river and to Central Park. This park was amazing. There were old temples and a traditional korean house. There was a small hill that people could hike up. Halfway up was a cemetery. All the cemetaries have giant mounds, and I guess they are like tombs. We got there just in time to see the sunset. It was beautiful. We finished walking up the hill to find an outdoor gym. There were probably 40 different machines scattered amongst the trees and big spot lights everywhere. Lots of men were working out. But it was in the middle of a forest! We just stood there and watched them for a while because we couldn't beleive the randomness of the whole thing.

We turned around and went back to the main area of the park. It was now dark, and all the bridges around the pond were lit. The lights turned from red to green to purple to orange to blue. One of Michelle's friends, Mark, was with us and is a wicked photographer. He has a sweet DSLR camera, and I was trying to learn as much as I could from him. He passed on a few pieces of information which were quite helpful.

It was now dark and we were hungry. We walked back to Michelle's neighbourhood and had Korean bbq for dinner. Then we hit the soju. Soju is like vodka or sake, but not as strong. It is served cold and consumed in a single shot. One can mix it with juice if they wish, but real Koreans just knock it back. So "when in Rome" Michelle and I knocked back a bottle wth dinner. We went to her apartment after to get changed to go out. We had more soju, but this time we mixed it with aloe juice. Delish. After a few rounds we headed to an irish pub called Dublins. Some guy from Facebook organized this "Bundong Social Club" and planned a pub night, so we went. It turns out that the Bundong Social Club is made up of all the socially inept foreigners. It was totally fun though. Leesa started talking to one guy for a while. He had grey hair and was tall and lean. He had grey "pedophile" eyes. So we called him Stephen Harper.

We lasted a few hours. The walk home was interesting. Some bad decsisions were made, like eating McDonalds. Leesa and I decided to entertain some Koreans in a park. The pictures are not flattering. When we got back to Michelle's, the three of us fell asleep on her double bed. We slept the opposite way with chairs to hold up our feet. It was surprisingly comfortable.

On Sunday, we wandered. I was hurting pretty bad. We saw some kids practicing their dance moves near a mall. They were really good. The weekend came to an end. We got on the subway to get back to the big city. I was exhausted. I can't wait to go back.