Shopping and Soju

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Seoul, Korea - March 4th

My mission for my afternoon break today was to finally get to some hardcore shopping!  My first stop was the Lotte Department Store, where *gasp* they sold Aveda!  I immediately stocked up, as it's not sold in Singapore and my stash was running low.

The next stop was the Duty Free Store, which actually took me a while to find.  The elevators didn't stop on that specific floor for some reason, I went up and down several times before I figured out that I had to go one floor above, and then take the escalator down.  Very secretive.  The place was packed, though, so apparently I was the only one who couldn't figure out the elevator system.  My score for the day was Fendi sunglasses at duty free prices and 50% off.  I bought three.

For the next hour or so, I wandered around trying to find some fun clothing, and wondering where these people shopped.  Black is the uniform for spring, I think...

I then found Zara, which I never seen before and went nuts stocking up on some great Korean fashion.  I found out later, though, that what I had traveled all the way to Korea to buy I could have gotten in Singapore.  They have Zara all over the world, even in the US.  Oh well...

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Later that evening it was out for some Korean BBQ - below is the entire dinner menu.  We chose Meat 2 and Meat 3.

I was elected as the first chef, but was quickly replaced because I apparently wasn't rolling out the meat fast enough.

One of our hosts kindly showed us how to make soju bombs (soju and beer):

This was David's reaction to another drink, which is nameless and potent (soju and wine).  It was at this point I realized it was going to be a long night for one of us...

Thanks again to our great Korean hosts!!!