A New Day, A New Post

Today I woke up bright and early like always without an alarm - sigh. It took me a bit to get going, but I finally put on some music and started to sort things and put them away. Part way through I got to Skype with Yvonne and Mark which was nice :) Afterwards I continued on - until I ran out of hangers! But I did manage to get everything out of my suitcases and put those away and got my flag and pictures up on the wall which made my heart happy. As the day went on, I realized that I really needed to go buy a few things and needed food. Mark and Yvonne wanted me to check out McDonalds to see what interesting things they had there so Jess came over and off we went.

The first stop was the bank and my Canadian card was accepted - hooray! Then we had McDonalds but I'm sad to report they didn't have anything odd or interesting on the menu. The only really different thing they had was bulgogi, but that's just beef anyways. I had a Big Mac which tasted the same as in Canada. I tried a nugget and again, it tasted just the same. What I did find fascinating is that McDonalds delivers!!

 

Afterwards, we checked out the "dollar store" = Daiso, and I got a plant! :) There were two other ones I wanted to get as well and might go back for them. Hopefully I can keep it alive.

 



After we dropped that off back at home, we decided to take the bus to EMart, the other big store similar to Lotte Mart. I think I like EMart better, I'm not sure why. It was my first time on the bus though! I still haven't gotten all of the essentials yet, but got a few, like a Brita filter. Apparently, the water is safe after filtering it through that, which is convenient. I also got a bathroom rug and a wireless router but I don't know how to hook it up. Below is a cute mug I bought and then a funny bowl that my apartment was furnished with.

It's 1am here right now and I'm falling asleep, so here are some more pictures of the day. There is a nice river that connects to the park I'm across from.

Then there is also an underground walkway you can use to 'cross' the street, it seems a bit sketchy but it's been empty every time so I think its okay. Here it is with the sidewalk before and after it:

Next some pictures of a typical street, EMart and the subway station:

I might take the subway tomorrow with Megan to figure it out a bit before all the teachers go on vacation so I can explore during the week. It looks complicated!

Oh I also went and saw Wolverine tonight at the movie theatre with Megan and Chris - that was fun. It made me miss home a bit though since we used to go so much! They usually always play one English movie. Although there are parts where they spoke Japanese in the movie which normally would be subtitled in English but since we are in Korea, they were subtitled in Korean, so might have missed a bit of the plot that way!

I also had an interesting encounter today walking home which may make some of you concerned, but don't be!! The long of the short of it - guy from the bus was following me, eventually came up and struck a conversation, wanted to treat (his word not mine) me if I came to Seoul, I said no thanks and he said have a good day and booked it.

Okay time for bed on that lovely note! <3