Saturday, June 20

Saturday got off to a late start due to self-induced illness. It was raining so we decided to do indoor stuff. The Seoul Museum of Cotemporary Art had a specal exhibit celebrating 100 years of Korean comics and cartoons. It was pretty cool to see all of the prewar and wartime era stuff. unfortunately though, all explanations were in Korean. The second part of the exhibit consisted of modern art inspired by comics, including sad, sad robots.


For dinner we had famous cold noodles. Then we sought the mysterious and elusive cat cafe. Chris had been wanting to show me, and see for the first time himself, a PC-bang (PC room). This is like an internet cafe where people can go play computer games or surf the web. Laura looked up directions to the cat cafe there and I got my ass kicked at Starcraft by a Korean kid (something that was actually on my list of things to do in Korea).



Once we knew how to find the cat cafe, we set out. A cat cafe is a place where you pay to have drinks while being surrounded by lazy cats who like to be petted. It was simultaneously intriguing and odd. Afterwards we saw a band playing in the park and ate waffles. There are waffle stands all over Seoul. Everyone pronounces it "wappuhls."



Chris and I wrapped up the night by watching Blood Simple while Laura went to bed. I felt sorry for the boyfriend. To everyone else it was a crime drama. To him it was a horror movie.