Sunday...busy--plus: hotels in Yeouido

Today got up later...like 9AM. Did laundry and stuff (excited yet?) and we all took a walk across Yeouido Park to the Teachers' Pension Fund (사립학교교직원연금관리공단/sarip-hakgyo-gyojikwon-yeongeum-kwalligongdan) Building near Yeouido Station. Up on the 20th (top) floor is a little known (it seems) Western buffet restaurant called Seven Springs. The salad bar is pretty stacked (leaning on the carbs, though) and for 12,000 a head (plus 10% VAT) it's a good deal if you're after Western fare. There's another branch in Kangnam, too. I'll have to get more pics from Andrea of the scenery from up there...it's really quite cool; but first, a little Konglish to eat by.


Seven Springs Konglish

And you know my little quirk: I wouldn't want to work in KITC (Korea Investment Trust Company) and have a view of the bathrooms. (Well, you need a telescope to get a good look...) Funny here, it's like they plan the layouts without thinking that another building could go up right next to it.


Seven Springs Peek-a-Boo Bathroom.


Yeouido in all its glory.

After lunch we did inline skating/rollerblading across the river to World Cup Stadium (got to get pics from that as well). Here's one kid...he's low-centred on his training wheels so no matter how fast he pedals he can't get anywhere. We tried to fix his predicament, but he seemed pretty happy the way he was.


Korean boy invents stationary bike...makes millions in health club sales!


Look, I'm so funny!

That night we had Kalbi and went up to the 60th (observation) floor of the 63 (yook-sam) Building and got a look at Seoul at night. If you go up during the day it's 7,000 won a head, but if you go at night there is a little bar there and it costs about 8,000 for a drink...not a bad deal. Lots of people go here for dates, and I like to show people it their first night in Seoul so they can see how big the city really is.

Actually, I should tell you about this hotel I recommended for Andrea and Jess...they were raving about it and I did to. There are three new hotels in Yeouido (all about 1/2 a block from my place) Kobos, the Ben Hur and Hotel M. Kobos was the first and many of my buds stayed there. It was just 60,000 won a night (52USD) but now it's up to 80,000 won. Ben Hur and Hotel M are brand new and have the same prices and all of them have jacuzzi baths, steam showers, big-screen TVs, in-room spring water, free coffee and mini-bar stuff, DVD player, and 24-hour high-speed Internet), but the Ben Hur has 2 advantages: (i) it has many DVDs guests can use and (ii) there is a restaurant near my place (where we had the Kalbi, actually) that has 50% off coupons for Saturday and Sunday nights. What a deal! I've made it a point to stock up on those coupons.