Monthly Archives: April 2009

A Tough Job

Went to the Noryangjin Fish Market yesterday… got touched by some fishmonger lady with her wet, fishy gloves on my now, wet, fishy jeans.  The place smelled gross, but looked cool.  Saw this old lady selling a single item: Sea Pineapples — one of the the weirdest looking foods on the planet.  No wonder she...

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Korean Universal Studios (Sort of…)

Today we headed down to a “theme park” built around the filming set of a very famous Korean drama series called Daejanggeum (대장금).  I put the theme park in quotes because it was just like Universal Studios Hollywood minus all the fun rides, characters in costumes, overpriced food, and long lines (come to think of...

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