Friends, a Fish market, and Future City revisited

Vacation season in Korea is coming to a close. The students return to school next week. Corey and I will have one week to say goodbye to everyone before we head back to school ourselves--in Canada.

We've had some incredible experiences throughout our year here. Here's one last blast of August events to sum up our adventures in Korea!

Corey's co-teacher who previously took us to the National Museum invited us out again. This time we went to Bucheon where we ate a delicious Vietnamese pho dinner with her and her friend Sylvia. After a stroll around the park, we stopped into a pub called Moon Tribe that Sylvia recommended. It was delightfully eclectic. The decor is quirky bits and bobs strung together on little shelves, hung on the walls, and placed all around. Breakfast at Tiffany's plays on a loop on the small TV screen at all times. It was the perfect cozy spot to wait out the storm that started while we were enjoying drinks and conversation inside.

At Moon Tribe

On another rainy day, Corey and I took the subway to Noryangjin Fish Market. We wandered around the neighborhood a bit, but when it got really rainy, we took cover in the extensive covered market. Each stall had aquariums full of ocean life. We wandered around trying to take it all in. Eventually, we chose to purchase a snapper from one of the vendors. They turned it into sashimi before our eyes and then delivered it to the restaurant next door where we ate it with Korean side dishes. 

Laundromat cafe near Noryangjin

We will miss the strange English slogans that are found everywhere here

Fish market

Look at those rows of pendulum lights that just go on and on

Corey and fish

Crabs escaping from their bucket

Our snapper

Snapper's friends

Snapper sashimi

The first bite

We wander around the neighborhood and see interesting sights all the time, but we rarely have a camera. On this particular walk, we got a picture of some gochu (hot red peppers) being dried out in the sun. We walk past a lot of these drying mats on a daily basis in Incheon, but I guess they'll be a bit more rare to see in Ontario. 

We visited Songdo Future City once again. This time we did some boating on the artificial river. It makes for some interesting photos to see the river with huge buildings in the background. 

Corey and paddle

We're in a canoe in the middle of the city

We had sushi for lunch, but I was too hungry to remember to take a picture before we ate it all. This is a recurring problem and the main reason I could never be a food blogger. Anyway, enjoy some more pictures of the neighborhood and the park.

Happy Corey and a fancy drink

Just loved the sign on this restuarant

Rooftop garden on a school, I think

View of Songdo from a hilltop in the park

Down the hill

On the hill

half a chin-up

squash growing in Central Park

In the Squash laneway