Since the number 100 is important in Korea (100 days after a child is born, 100 day anniversary, etc.) I have been saving this 100th post for something extra special.
Just kidding. I just never remember/never have anything to write in here. ;)
But! Never fear (mom), the long-awaited journal update is here.
This blog shall be about the adventure Adam and I had during the previous weekend.
It was a holiday weekend in celebration of Seollal; Lunar New Year. Since we had a long weekend (and it was cold) we decided to try out Lotte World, which is the largest indoor amusement park in the world.
The day started off with a rocky start when I led us the wrong direction on the subway (I know, I know...) but I quickly caught my mistake and we turned around at the next stop. A stop later a group of three little kids sat down across from us, with one holding an enormous tub of popcorn. They were all munching away happily and enjoying their holiday weekend when the lady sitting next to Adam loudly said something to them and then snatched the popcorn from the little boy's hands. At first I thought it was his mother or something but I quickly realized that it wasn't! Some lady just stole popcorn from these three little kids! The looks on their faces, the poor things...
The men with the children calmed the boys down but the little girl (also the youngest) didn't understand why her popcorn was gone and kept asking for it and crying. The two boys tried to make her happy and succeeded in making her laugh a few times but she would quickly remember that her popcorn was gone and start crying again. Eventually she had to "take a walk" to calm down. I felt so bad for them.
Meanwhile, I also felt bad for the lady who took the popcorn. She was clearly homeless (and probably very hungry) and probably had mental issues since she was shaking her finger at the popcorn and muttering to it. Thankfully our stop came quickly after that so we were able to get off and transfer.
You never quite know what you're going to get when on a Seoul Subway...
Once we arrived at our destination the day was pretty great! Since it is such a huge holiday weekend we knew that either the place would be relatively dead (for something happening in Seoul, that is) or jammed full. Thankfully it was pretty empty! This meant that we were able to ride on all the rides that our hearts desired! You know me and my love of roller coasters....so that meant ALL of them!
This was Adam's first time riding a roller coaster (he had me eat crab and I had him ride a roller coaster--not exactly a fair trade off but ...) and he did extremely well and took to it quickly! We rode the good rides twice, our favorite ride three times, and a few of the other ones only once. There was even one that went upside down which is always exciting for an indoor amusement park! We only rode that once though since it was so hard on the head.
Adam convinced me to go into the House of Terror or something like that. It lived up to its name. I was terrified throughout the entire thing!! It was fun but I am a little too jumpy in places like that... ;-) (Adam: "You jump on these roller coasters like they're nothing but a little haunted house terrifies you...")
We also rode on this giant loop. It's just this big loop that the cars go around (think the huge swing ship only it keeps swinging until it has enough momentum to continue). All day we would look over to see if it was running and only saw it go around occasionally. The ride was open--it just didn't run very often because no one was on it. This told us that it was either a really lame ride or just terrifying.
After eating dinner (because we're idiots) we decided that now was the time to try out this ride. So, we went and immediately found a seat since there was absolutely no line for it. The moment we sat down I knew this was a bad idea. And poor Adam, he was still getting used to the whole ride thing and I dragged him on this one...
The ride started and it was the scariest 2 minutes of my entire life. At one point the worker asked Adam and I if we were ok on one of the loops around, probably because of the looks on our faces. The moment it stopped I think every one stumbled off as quickly as our dizzy bodies would allow us.
But despite the one awful ride, all in all it was a great day! It was nice to be warm, indoors, and active. We rode rides for 9 hours straight! It was made even better by there not being crazy long rides since everyone was at home or out of town for the holiday. Now I have been to the two main amusement parks in Korea and I almost think I like Lotte World a little better for the sole fact that it's indoors. The rides were just as fun in their own way and there was definitely plenty to see and entertain ourselves with. I don't think it could have been any more perfect of a day. :)
Just kidding. I just never remember/never have anything to write in here. ;)
But! Never fear (mom), the long-awaited journal update is here.
This blog shall be about the adventure Adam and I had during the previous weekend.
It was a holiday weekend in celebration of Seollal; Lunar New Year. Since we had a long weekend (and it was cold) we decided to try out Lotte World, which is the largest indoor amusement park in the world.
The day started off with a rocky start when I led us the wrong direction on the subway (I know, I know...) but I quickly caught my mistake and we turned around at the next stop. A stop later a group of three little kids sat down across from us, with one holding an enormous tub of popcorn. They were all munching away happily and enjoying their holiday weekend when the lady sitting next to Adam loudly said something to them and then snatched the popcorn from the little boy's hands. At first I thought it was his mother or something but I quickly realized that it wasn't! Some lady just stole popcorn from these three little kids! The looks on their faces, the poor things...
The men with the children calmed the boys down but the little girl (also the youngest) didn't understand why her popcorn was gone and kept asking for it and crying. The two boys tried to make her happy and succeeded in making her laugh a few times but she would quickly remember that her popcorn was gone and start crying again. Eventually she had to "take a walk" to calm down. I felt so bad for them.
Meanwhile, I also felt bad for the lady who took the popcorn. She was clearly homeless (and probably very hungry) and probably had mental issues since she was shaking her finger at the popcorn and muttering to it. Thankfully our stop came quickly after that so we were able to get off and transfer.
You never quite know what you're going to get when on a Seoul Subway...
Once we arrived at our destination the day was pretty great! Since it is such a huge holiday weekend we knew that either the place would be relatively dead (for something happening in Seoul, that is) or jammed full. Thankfully it was pretty empty! This meant that we were able to ride on all the rides that our hearts desired! You know me and my love of roller coasters....so that meant ALL of them!
This was Adam's first time riding a roller coaster (he had me eat crab and I had him ride a roller coaster--not exactly a fair trade off but ...) and he did extremely well and took to it quickly! We rode the good rides twice, our favorite ride three times, and a few of the other ones only once. There was even one that went upside down which is always exciting for an indoor amusement park! We only rode that once though since it was so hard on the head.
Adam convinced me to go into the House of Terror or something like that. It lived up to its name. I was terrified throughout the entire thing!! It was fun but I am a little too jumpy in places like that... ;-) (Adam: "You jump on these roller coasters like they're nothing but a little haunted house terrifies you...")
We also rode on this giant loop. It's just this big loop that the cars go around (think the huge swing ship only it keeps swinging until it has enough momentum to continue). All day we would look over to see if it was running and only saw it go around occasionally. The ride was open--it just didn't run very often because no one was on it. This told us that it was either a really lame ride or just terrifying.
After eating dinner (because we're idiots) we decided that now was the time to try out this ride. So, we went and immediately found a seat since there was absolutely no line for it. The moment we sat down I knew this was a bad idea. And poor Adam, he was still getting used to the whole ride thing and I dragged him on this one...
The ride started and it was the scariest 2 minutes of my entire life. At one point the worker asked Adam and I if we were ok on one of the loops around, probably because of the looks on our faces. The moment it stopped I think every one stumbled off as quickly as our dizzy bodies would allow us.
But despite the one awful ride, all in all it was a great day! It was nice to be warm, indoors, and active. We rode rides for 9 hours straight! It was made even better by there not being crazy long rides since everyone was at home or out of town for the holiday. Now I have been to the two main amusement parks in Korea and I almost think I like Lotte World a little better for the sole fact that it's indoors. The rides were just as fun in their own way and there was definitely plenty to see and entertain ourselves with. I don't think it could have been any more perfect of a day. :)
