I spent the morning going shopping at a shopping center I didn't know existed here. My friend needed a pair of pants for his uniform, so we went searching for those. The best way to describe the area would be an outdoor mall with a bunch of tiny tiny stores. At one point we went into a Lotteria (McDonald's like Korean fast food chain). Those people acted like they'd never seen white people before. Soo many stares. I also went to the restroom there and the ceiling was like an inch lower than my head. It was weird. The shopping center is within walking distance, but it's really easy to get lost in with all the alleyways going every which way. By the end of it we had no idea where we were, so we just took a taxi back.
In the afternoon, we toured more pavilions. I just want to say it just blows my mind how well some Europeans speak English. They're always like pardon my poor English....Whatever. It's fluent. Insanely fluent. Both a Danish guide and Lithuanian guide gave us full tours of their respective pavilions. The only weird fluke I remember was the Lithuanian guy using the word tranquilize to mean calm down. He was talking about how they would give amber to their children because when the children bite it, it releases some chemical that tranquilizes them, but he definitely meant calming children down. But otherwise, it was just scary how well they both spoke English.
In the evening, we went to the restaurant in the Italian Pavilion to try Italian food. It was pretty expensive, but we decided to try it since it's not like any of us planned on going to Italy anytime soon. It was super embarrassing though because I couldn't understand half of what the Italian waiter said and at one point he asked what we wanted to drink. We all said water, but then he asked if we wanted sparkling water. I couldn't think of the word distilled and said and I quote, "No, like tap water." He looked at me funny and my friends were like she means distilled. It turns out he had said, "Do you all want sparkling or distilled water?" but I couldn't understand the last half, leading to that faux pas. All in all, we ended up paying 56,000 won for the meal, which included 3 entrees, a dessert, and an 8,000 won bottle of Italian distilled water. We don't plan on eating there again, but it was cool to at least eat there once because Italian food definitely doesn't taste like Italian food in the United States. I just had spaghetti and even that tasted so different.
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