Amazing Race Adventure-Shopping to Nanta to Shopping

On Friday the girls wanted to take me and their mom to a new shopping district their babysitter showed them. It was a short metro ride away. The girls had seen Dr. Fish which are the fish you that eat away dead skin and also a digital sticker booth but had run out of money and time to do with the sitter. So we headed back. It seemed like a nice day but we went back up 10 stories to grab umbrellas just in case. That turned out to the best decision ever since it rained all day and super hard. We were soaked even with umbrellas. Anyway back to shopping. Our first stop was a touristy place where Kay and Jen bought hair clips and I bought a few souveniers. While waiting I spotted this fun nose shaping thing you can buy. Next stop was Cold Stone Creamery where the girls got a snack. Then we were on a mission to find the Dr. Fish but on the way we came across the digital stickers. It was all in Korean so it was an adventure. The Youngstroms had done one in Jeju, one of their weekend excursions and wanted to try again. It is a picture booth where you all cram it, but you can use props. This place had hats and wigs. Once you start everything is timed in all Korean. You pick the backgrounds and then the camera starts going off. At the end you can add stuff to the picutres before printing. When finished you have stickers of yourself. We had a blast. For background we did a toilet bowl, Taj mahal, fish bowl, theater, ice cream sundae. I'll be bringing a sticker or two home.

After that we had lunch at Mr. Pizza. We had Korean Beef Pizza. It was good. It was sweet beef with onions and green peppers. While eating I looked at an advertisement which had a map on the back. We were scoping it out when we found our next destination on the map which was the Nanta theater. Instead of going back and riding the bus we decided to meet the group there. After three turn arounds Jen found her bearings and lead us to the theater we were there 35 minutes early which was perfect. Diane was convinced that the Dr. Fish was nearby so we trodged along in the rain looking. She was right and we found it but didn't have enough time to do it. We went back to the theater but our group had not arrived. This was not looking good. Jen grabbed a brochure and sure enough there were three Nanta theaters. Ooops! Jen called Eric and we high tailed it out the door in the pouring rain to find a taxi. This is when it felt like Amazing Race. We finally get to the main street and every taxi is full. Eventually we get one but our driver doesn't have a clue to where it is even with a map and it written in Korean but off we go. He stops and asks three people along the way and we get there but the bus isn't there. Luckily the bus dropped them off at the wrong place so they held the show for us since we were 75% of the theater or maybe even all of it. The show was great. It was a cooking love story/comedy but like Stomp. The plot was they had to prepare a huge menu for a wedding and they had only about an hour to do it. While preparing the food they make music in the kitchen and two chefs have a bit of a romance. It was great.
Time for more shopping. This time we went to Itaewon. This area is near the US Military base so they speak a lot of English and you see Americans. Here Diane picked up her glasses and Jen got some made. It is extremely cheap to have an eye exam and get top quality glasses here. Then Eric picked up his two custom made suits and then ordered a custom made shirt. This is also way cheaper than in the US. We did some shopping. We came home with some t-shirts and the Youngsrtoms bought a new piece of luggage. For dinner we went to a Lonely Planet recommended favorite of the Youngstroms, Thai Orchid. It was delicious Thai food. We metroed home for the night.