Itaewon

While in Seoul, Katie and I visited the famous Itaewon area. Apparently in the past Itaewon had a reputation for being seedy part of town. Today it is popular with tourists because of its numerous clothing and souvenir shops.




Katie drives a hard bargain. She made sure we got a deal on everything we bought.


Where no one knows your name.



For lunch we ate at the Hard Rock Cafe. It was, without a doubt, the best western-style food we've eaten in Korea. Katie had the french dip sandwich and I had the barbecued pork.


The Hard Rock Cafe was also the only place in Korea we saw that was decorated for Halloween. This jack-o-lantern was carved from a Korean pumpkin. They are generally very pale-colored and flat.


We found that when we strayed from the main thoroughfare the scenery quickly changed to the much more gritty Korea that we know and love.


After exploring the side streets, we started to get hungry again... however, after being presented with the traditional offerings, we opted to look for something more suited to our western palates back on the main street.