One thing Alejandra wanted to do was try on hanbok, or traditional Korean dresses. We knew there were "hanbok cafes" where you could rent one to wear, but it was expensive, and we didn't want to have a tea party wearing them, like apparently you do at those kind of places. We found at the tourism center in Myungdong, you could sign up to try one on for free for 15 minutes, which is all we wanted anyways. So last Saturday, we got there right when it opened (because time slots fill up fast) and picked out a hanbok:
Alejandra in her hanbok
It's me, with too broad of shoulders to look right in a hanbok, but still having fun!
The best picture of the day
After that, we wandered Myungdong a little, got taro bubble slushies and some brown sugar candy/cookie things that I'd seen on a Korean show I like:
The grandmas who make it press a shape into it as it hardens in about 5 seconds, and the trick is to break off the outside without breaking the shape.
I totally won, by the way. Alejandra broke hers right away. Yep, I'm pretty proud of this.
The saddest Mario in the world...
Often they'll have people in big masks to advertise some place, like a guy in a Garfield mask for a "cat cafe" (that's a real thing, by the way, along with "dog cafes"). Seems like a pretty awful job to me in the summer heat, which is maybe why he's so depressed.
1 comments:
Love the Hanbok that you tried on--such pretty colors. I think that you looked great in it but guess it didn't feel that good on since it didn't fit right huh? You looked good in those colors. Love the picture of you and Alejandra!
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