After about four days of being lame, I joined my
South African friends from out of town for lunch in downtown Gyeongju. We had a
delicious meal of shared panchan or side dishes, Kimchi Chigae, Bibimbap, and
Bulgogi. We almost even walked out without paying because the money collector
out of us got distracted and put the money in his wallet instead of paying the
lady. That was embarrassing, especially since the girl who was left behind to
decipher their Korean kept saying, “It’s okay,” in Korean and then ran to get
the one person whose Korean was more advanced. Whoops.
After filling our bellies, we rented bikes ( 10,000
won for the afternoon) and headed out on the pathway following the river to the
Bomun Lake resort area. It was a lovely afternoon full of sun soaking and
people watching…especially watching Korea couples wearing matching outfits. One of these days, I will capture a couple on camera. It's very intriguing and apparently fashionable. I asked my co-teacher one day if she would wear matching outfits when she has a boyfriend and she surprised me by saying "yes"...as if there could be any other answer.
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