Hello NORTH KOREA

helllllloooooo
this week went by really really fast!!!!
so let me recap it.

monday. mere and my last day in chungju, we go to lunch with erin and isaac and then we set out to go to Little Prince, a coffee shop that isaac and erin raved about. so we get a taxi and the guy firt takes us to Lotte Mart, apparently getting confused, and then calls the coffee shop, drives around for what seems like an hour, and heads out a dirty dusty road that obviously does not have a coffee shop on it.

oh but wait. it does. a beautiful modern coffee shop. that is completely empty of other guest. no kidding because its in the boonies right. it was very pretty, and very creepy at first. some guy ran to our taxi and carried our bags. it was obviously very awkward because we were the only ones on this huge property. he sits us down, gives us a menu, makes our drinks, and comes and talks to us in his cute broken english. and then he sits down next to us. his name is Legend. he pronounces it Regend. it was funny. then he drives us to the bus station. talk about service!!

tuesday we go shopping, again. after cody gets off work we go to Choenon. we get coffee and "dr. fish" where you stick your feet in this bathtub full of disgusting little fish and they eat all the dead skin...its really scary and gross, but pretty cool too. mere didn't really do it cuz she was so scared.

wednesday we go shopping, again again. grr...the clothes are just so cute!!! then cody and brad make me pork cutlets for my last night, i pack and go to bed.

thursday. we wake up at 6:15 to catch the bus at 7. we arrive in Seoul at 8, and get on the subway line. it was verrryyy confusing. then we are supposed to get off exit seven and see the Lotte Hotel. Exit 7...no hotel. we walk around for a minute, but its 920 by this time and we have to be there for the tour at 930. we ask, Lotte Hotel is a block away. but there is NOWAY to cross traffic. so we got a taxi. for a block. pretty ridiculous.

so we're starving right, we check in to the tour and it leaves at 950 sharp. sharp. so we have 20 minutes to find food in Seoul and be back in our seats. at 945 we finally found a Krispy Kreme, and the other end of the hotel. we are literally SPRINTING to catch the bus..but our tummys were satisfied.

so we go to the DMZ and it was SOOOOOOO cool. i mean really really cool. we have pictures of north koreans and we were taking them, and they were spying on us, and we got to see where they sit and talk rationally. this area is "neutral" but not really. there were a ton of rules like no ripped jeans, because the north koreans would use that as propaganda that south koreans are poor. and tennis shoes in case it get dangerous so people can run. there are also land mines all over so we can't leave the group. it wasn't as dangerous as it sounds though. just pretty cool.

so now i'm back, in the hostel. mere and i ate at pizza hut and now we're going to the seoul tower. i'm leaving for home tomorrow, so i'll see you all soon!!!!!