Subways, Pork, Portuguese and Tacos

What an exciting second day in Korea it has been. Our roommate Dave has been very kind to us. He took us out for dinner last night as Luke mentioned in his post below and he took us out today to a different area of the city for lunch. This meant riding the subway which was a completely new experience for both me and Luke.

We bought passes for the subway from a 7-Eleven down from our dorm. They're pretty much credit cards that you wave over a sensor to enter the boarding terminal. Every time we used them I felt like a Jedi. We boarded the train and headed deeper into the city. It was pretty crowded to me, but Dave said that it seemed empty. Some older lady yelled at us because we were blocking her view out of the window. I have no earthly idea what she was staring at out into that dark abyss, but we moved nonetheless. Other than that, underground travel was shockingly easy.

Lunch was just as huge as dinner the night before. We had pork again. I told my parents that I didn't know when I would ever eat pork in Korea, so I had it as my last meal in the US. Who would've thought that I would also have it for my first two meals here?! Anyway it was different and delicious. The noodles that came with it were phenomenal. After lunch we headed back to campus on the subway and we climbed up the big hill. I bet I'll never get tired of walking up this hill.

We met one of my Korean buddies in the afternoon. His name is Daniel. He took us along with his other buddies, my roommate Dave and a couple of Brazilians, to a taco place on campus. I never in my life thought that there would be Mexican food in Korea, but apparently its growing in popularity. We sat down to get acquainted with each other and the Brazilians taught us all a little Portuguese. I can also say that I never in my life thought that I would learn Portuguese at a taco shop in Seoul, but I did.

All in all it was yet another good day and I look forward to many more as the semester gets underway.