Going to Myeondong

I think I've written a few times about Myeondong before, but last weekend we went on our first "real" trip to Chuncheon's shopping district. In this neighborhood, there is an underground shopping mall, a few streets lined with a department store and retail stores like Adidas, Kappa, and Fubu, restaurants, a movie theatre and the marketplace. There is even a "Chicken Alley" with about 20 or so restaurants that feature Chuncheon's famous chicken dish Dakgalbi.

The marketplace is quite large and has a wide variety of produce, fish and nick-knacks. We located many a fried item,, including a fantastic donut thingy. Michael was even able to find a yarn shop. Many of the store-owners were quite friendly, encouraging us to come in and look at their merchandise. We were not brave enough to buy any dried squid on a stick, but I am thinking about trying it.

We stopped for lunch at McDonalds, hoping for a little taste of Americana. After eating at Lotteria, Korea's inferior version of McDonalds, we were quite glad to get some "burgers" and some Coke Zero. We are happy to report that McDonalds fries taste just like at home, although Michael says the meat is not quite right. They of course have the Big Mac here, but there is no double cheeseburger or side salad, like in the states. They had items like spicy chicken nuggets, shrimp burgers, and corn salad. The food is just as cheap though. Sadly, the ketchup tasted awful.

It was a pretty fun day and the weather was great - 60 degrees! If the weather cooperates this weekend, we might try to climb a mountain or something. In the meantime, Shutter Island and Daybreakers have made it to Korea, so we will be going to these movies Thursday and Saturday morning. The battery on my camera is dead, so no new pictures until I find the charger - hopefully this weekend.