New Town

Today after Geoff got off of work, we went to the Katusa Snack Bar (a little Korean Restaurant around the corner from our house). We had a wonderful meal, and then had an adventure into New Town. The picture below is of the market area of New Town. Everything in this area was negotiable. This was the first time in my life when I have been somewhere and the people around me had no clue of what I was saying. The Katusa Snack Bar (where we ate dinner) is a little family owned restaurant that is not only good, but reasonable priced. In the Market of New Town there were all kinds of food vendors like below. As we were looking around, Geoff told me that Korea is undergoing the largest food born illness problem it has ever had. The food at the Katusa Snack Bar did not look like the food in the picture, and smells 10 times better also.
This picture was taken right outside of New Town. To get to New Town you have to walk through the Vil (The Village, but everyone calls it the Vil). The Vil is alot more like a market with steet vendors, bars and alot of trash. I didn't get any good pictures of the Vil, so I will have to do a post on that later. This picture was taken in an area in between the Vil and New Town.
In the market area of New Town there were stores will loads and loads of shoes. If you think back to the early to mid 80's, all young girls wanted were a pair of Jellies. I found them. Loads and loads of them. Just when you think something is out of style, have no fear, just go to a different country and you will meet someone that is a couple of decades behind. I just could not believe that they still sold Jellies.
This is just another picture of New Town. New Town actually has alot of really nice clothing stores. If I have to shop here, that is where I will go. One unique thing I saw were these ligerie stores, (classey ones, simlilar to Victoria Secrets) would sale his and hers matching underwear. They had some on display that was lavender gingham. I am really thinking about surprising Geoff with a pair. I did buy a pair of shoes in the Puma store, and it was something else trying to communicate with the sales ladies. The more I talked the more confused they got. I finally just had to start pointing at things, and hoped that they understood. I am sure that my southern drawl did not help any.
All in all we had a great time. As usual here in Korea it rained on us. We learned our lesson to never leave home without an umbrella. Maybe next week I can get better pictures of the Vil, and all the Juicy girls that work there. Human Trafficking at its finest.