Exploring More of Yeosu

Sunday, June 10th
Morning shift. Yay. Anyway, after the shift I got lunch with Dana and George at the ever popular 김밥 나라 (kimbap land) since it's cheap, fast, and situated really close to the Expo. Then I spent the afternoon powering through my drama before hanging out with Rachel, Anne, and 승진, exploring pavilions.



Monday, June 11th
I went to the pavilion for a luncheon with Tom Underwood, who was giving a talk on Korea. I also got a free lunch out of it with lots of good fruit, which is usually pretty expensive. So it was a good deal. Afterwards I hung around pavilion for hour and a half waiting for Cathy to get done with her shift. I was planning on going to Emart with Cathy and Audrey, but we ran into Dana and Madison on the way and the latter two and I decided to head to 서시장 (West Market) instead. We all took the same bus together, but the three of us got off on an earlier bus stop. We thought we'd gotten off at the wrong bus stop, but it turns out we just headed wrong direction after getting off. We were like a 3 minute walk max from the market, so even with walking in the wrong direction, it took us a total of like 10 minutes to arrive there. I wanted some 호떡 (bread stuffed with cinnamon), but the lady who sold it once wasn't there. Maybe she only sells the bread there on occasion. While walking, we found a huge open but roofed area that must have been the designated fruit area. Even though the market is outdoors and has a bunch of people selling food, there are still pretty well-established areas for everything, like there is an area for meat, grains, produce, packaged snacks, and non-food items. The fruit area had more watermelons in one location than I had ever seen before. After exploring for a while, we got freshly made donuts stuffed with red bean and covered in brown sugar, which was really good. 
Then we also ended up finding an indoor fish area. Yeosu is known for its seafood so it wasn't a huge surprise to find such a large place dedicated to fish and other types of seafood. 



After that we just meandered around the streets, at one point going on another hunt for 호떡 (ho-tteok), but failed. We wandered into a tiny port though and just sat there for awhile to relax.


The picture on the left shows the entirety of the port. That boat is docked at the port and I think the port could maybe fit one more boat. Super tiny.

After we got back to the apartments, we went over to Audrey's to eat dinner. She was making chicken with a special glaze, so I cooked myself some onions and carrots and ate that with kimchi and rice. Yum. My culinary skills are just awe-inspiring, I know. Along with Audrey, Dana, Madison, and I, Cathy, Anne, So Jung also showed up. Later Anne decided to make crepes, which I ate with honey and jam. Deliciousness. Bjorn showed up a bit after midnight with 초밥 (rice and veggies wrapped in tofu), which wasn't as tasty unsurprisingly. But I was really sleep by that point so I ended up just going back to my room to sleep.