I met Rachel in the morning to look at a few more places we didn't get a chance to see the day before. After that I met Minsung and her mother to look at phones, but the plans were going to be so expensive it wasn't worth it. I was going to have to pay about $60 a month for 2 years. After that, they took me out to this restaurant in the countryside for dinner. The food was absolutely amazing and exactly what I needed after a stressful weekend.
After we finished eating, we went to the tea house next door to drink some tea and help our food digest.
Then I headed back to the my host family's house, which turned out to be really awkward. Apparently, my host sister had stayed out drinking until 3 am or something the night before and my host mom (her mother) was furious with her. So I got to sit through a 40 minute argument between the two of them while they went at it. I had texted my host sister earlier about going out that night and doing something, so she kept asking me if I wanted to leave and I just kept saying whenever, but then she would just get back into the argument while I sat on the side pretending to watch TV. When I thought it was finally over, my host sister got into another fight with her mom about money. Finally, we ended up leaving and just went to the local Lotte Department Store to do some shopping and eating. We ended up getting quesadillas at Taco Bell, which taste way less delicious without guacamole, which they didn't have. Then we got crepes, which also weren't that good. Lesson learned. Cheap foreign food, especially fast food, is 9 times out of 10 going to taste really really bad. Anyway, we went back to the apartment around 9:30 pm and then watched another episode of that drama my host sister is watching.
Monday, June 25th
I took the KTX train back to Yeosu in the morning. It was way easier going back than getting to Seoul thankfully. I left early just in case, but everything was really easy. I sat in the middle section between cars again since I didn't know what to do with my standing room only ticket status. Another guy got on though and an old man told him he could sit anywhere in the car. It turns out that guy was American, so we both started talking about how we both were confused that you could sit with a standing room ticket. It turns out that everyone who was in car 8, the car we were assigned, had those tickets too. So instead of being standing room, it was more like unassigned seating. I don't really understand then why they sell those tickets, but whatever. We ended up going to the 9th car since the 8th car was full, but that didn't seem to be a problem. When the attendant checked our tickets, she didn't tell us we had to move or anything, although that may have been because she didn't want to attempt that conversation in English. Regardless, we got to sit in a practically empty car simply because we had bought the cheaper tickets. It was fantastic. I got back at noon and I went out with Jenna (one of my roommates) and grabbed lunch. Then I went to work the PM shift. The same guy came through our queue line so I talked with him a bit and recommended some other pavilions.
Tuesday, June 26th
I worked the PM shift. I have no idea what else I did.
Wednesday, June 27th
I worked the AM shift. I don't remember what I did during the afternoon, but that night I went to the USAP meet-up with the staff from the Mexico Pavilion. All but the two managers are Korean and speak no Spanish. They speak English to varying degrees. It was a lot of fun though, but I left early to get some sleep since I had work the next day.
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