Saturday and Sunday in Seoul

For my last weekend before flying out and leaving Korea: Travis and I went up to Seoul.

We walked around Myeong-dong and Namdaemun looking at the street markets.  I bought myself a white and blue scarf from a street vendor and admired all the food vendors for their.... variety.

This man is the quickest deep fryer of random weird paste on a stick ever.  I think it's O-deng, but I'm not actually sure.

We also went and saw the show "NANTA".  It is a theater performance that became popular here in Korea.  It now has 3 permanent residences in Seoul, a touring company that travels to 40 different countries, and a show in New York.  The pamphlet describes it thusly:

"In NANTA, Knives and other kitchen utensils are transformed into musical instruments in the hands of the performers.  The haunting and heart-stirring music based upon Korean Samulnori rhythms of Jajinmori, Utdari, Puneori, etc. combined with e fife distinctive characters!  Comic explosion!  NANTA still grows every day to become better production, more entertaining performance.  The only and the best entertaining performance with a high energy, easy-watch experience, infectious rhythm and non-verbal humor that cuts across both age and international barriers.  It’s NANTA."

I'd describe it as charades crossed with Jackie Chan crossed with STOMP! I loved it and was really glad I got to see it before I left Korea.  Completely recommend it to anyone who comes up to Seoul. (Or for most of you... travels to Korea in the first place! lol)

 Never be afraid to look a little 'touristy'! lol

 We had some pretty decent seats too!

We did witness a few people dressed up for Halloween which was a bit surprising, most of them were westerners, but a few Koreans did get into the "holiday?" spirit.  Speaking of holiday spirit - Lotte is already in a festive CHRISTMAS spirit!

 Unbelievable.  The building was lit up in red, green, and white.  These trees carried on for the entire block as well.  Hard to believe that it is coming so soon.

Tomorrow I catch my plane to Canada, hopefully all will go well.  Korea has been a blast, I recommend it to anyone - but for me, it's time to go.

Anneyeongasehyeo Korea.  It's been a slice!