Pocari Sweat Love

Today I tried Pocari Sweat from a vending machine and I LOVE IT.  According to Wiki, it's a Japanese soft drink, and it's delicious.  Kind of like Gatorade, but better.  I'll have to see if I can find it when I get home.

I'm not sure if I can do a full post tonight, due to the fact that I am beat and kind of losing my ability to think or type clearly, but I can try.

Today's breakfast featured cocoa chex mixed with corn flakes, another odd mix, as well as apple slices and french toast and some other foods, all eaten with chopsticks and a spoon.  I seem to be getting better at chopsticks, except in the cases where it is acceptable to simply spear the food you are trying to eat, and I keep trying to grasp it between two sticks.

Today we had a lecture on Korean Contemporary Issues from a wonderful professor.  Everyone seemed to think he was too longwinded, and he did go past his scheduled time, but he was obviously quite learned on the topics he was speaking about, so I didn't mind the time.

Then was lunch . . . which I honestly don't remember . . .

This was then followed by a trip to Gyeongbokgung Palace, which reminded me a bit of the Forbidden City, but smaller, and more park-like.  I tried to hear the guide, but she was only one guide for somewhere on the order of 40 people, so it kind of got out of hand.  We also later found out it was her very first day as a guide, so I'm sure that had something to do with it.  I felt sorry for her when I heard that, we were a tough group to guide (perhaps that had to do with the fact that we seemed to have all the rowdy guys with us).

We then went to Insadong, a little shopping district, and got dinner at a waffle-and-ice-cream place, that also seemed to enjoy playing Jason Mraz and Maroon 5 for its playlist.  I got a few items, but will not reveal what they are, in case the recipients might be reading this.  =)

Following that, we went to the stream that runs through the center of Seoul, a wonderful river in which we saw ducks and herons and fish and which has waterfalls and rocks and everything built in for fun.

Then we went to a museum about the Korean alphabet and its creator, which was lovely, but I was too tired at this point to really absorb any more information.

I know this post is short and choppy, but my brain won't divulge any more colorful details about what it is I actually did today, I suppose it's reached its "full" point and has shut off all further activity.  I don't know.