There is no possible way to sum up the experience of this weekend other then that I am truly living life to the full. So many places, so many amazing people, so many photos and so many different feelings that even though I am dead tired I can’t switch off. As many of you know I plan to write a book, a mix of a memoir, travel experiences and realizations about the cultures I have integrated with. I use facebook and this blog as a place to record snippets so that when life has slowed down I can look back and begin the real story. So here is a snippet of the weekend that was had.
Saturday – Met up with one of my favorite couples in Korea. Alex (my pineapple forever from, dare I saw it, freaking America) and Claire (my lovely Scottish lass), a brilliant, well traveled couple that I am able to have a banter with and speak my mind. We enjoyed Italian that was cooked before our eyes and served with a complimentary glass of wine. Brilliant way to start a weekend I must say and as we paid we were able to gorge on real Haribo gummy bears nom nom nom.
Claire and I then traveled up north to join Chelsea who is involved in The Women’s Global Solidarity Action Network. This was a charity event screening of the documentary Red Maria and it was a powerful and moving film.
Extract from the event page on facebook
In Korea, Japan and The Philippines, there are many women with diverse jobs and her stories. Among them, this film focuses on women who are called housewives, sex workers, dispatched workers, migrant workers, comfort women, homeless and so on. The camera tracks them as they go about their everyday lives. These women have never met one another, and their lives look quite different from one another. However, their lives are connected across national borders by the one thing they have in common. That’s their bodies and labor. How can such different forms of labor be linked to the women’s bodies in such a similar way? As we search for answers to this question, we are forced to confront another question: ‘the meaning of labor’ as an ideology that is reproduced in society. https://www.facebook.com/events/370272919729052/
Saturday Night – At 6pm the partying started as I choose to partake in SantaCon, an event where hundreds of Santas drink, sing, party hard and walk around Seoul basically shocking the pants off the locals. Tons of fun was had and I’m sure these photos will explain it all!
Sunday – Another early start and another missed lay in but I tell you it was worth it! An almost to good to describe experience in Yangpyeong about an hour east of Seoul with the K food Crew. Hannah, Sungjin, Noe and myself went on a pilgrimage, as Hannah put it, to try traditional Korean cuisine with a modern twist. Sandang Restaurant set right on a mountain side was a once in a life time experience that bought serenity and calmness to our minds and stomachs! Check it out here http://www.sandang.co.kr/
Here are a few pics, all the relevant info will be in the video that was made today and is currently being edited by the one and only talented Noe. I will post as soon as it is ready.
After a rather sleepy journey back we decided we didn’t want the day to be over just yet so we headed to Apgujeong to seek out Super Dogs that was recently featured on an episode of semipermanent. We were looking forward to the famous hotdogs with real bacon, chili and cheese but blow us down it was closed 😦
We hadn’t walked all that way in the numbing cold for nothing so we found this swanky burger place and ate to our hearts content.
Also came across this gem 🙂
No idea what are why? Oh Korea
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Night xx
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