K O R E A
When we arrived to Korea late at night, it was dark. And the absence of many street lights (like in Tokyo) made me feel that it's a step or two below Japan in quality of life. The customer service didn't seem as eager as Japan's. The next morning after breakfast we went to Samsung Headqarters. The guy presenting his company was pretty funny, very down to earth. After Samsung we took a long bus ride to Uslan.
Before our bus ride we had a Korean lunch. It was a little better than Japanese food but still, I was struggling. Half the condiments I would not dare to try (like kimchi) and some other weird combinations, leaving just rice and meat for me and my babies to eat. As tired as I am from eating rice twice a day every day, I think, we bonded pretty well (after overcoming the fear of constipation.) No really, 5 months pregnant with twins and 5000 miles away from my doctor, I have to weigh all pros and cons. The thing is though, there are not very many options to my avail. So, rice and I, we are friends.
Dinner we were on our own and we ate at the rest stop on the way to Uslan. Choices were as follows: Korean bbq (the same thing as we had for lunch), hot dogs, bulgogi (whatever that is), shrimp burgers, and noodle bowls. Out of those bowls, the ones that were not spicy, were also the strange ones, like noodles with black beans and tofu. I got the next strange one - a bowl with fish cakes...... It tasted bad. I mean, like fishtank water with several chunks of suspicious origin swimming in it. Scott took pity on me and bought me a bulgogi burger, which did look regular, but tasted funny. I ate it cause I was starving. Ice cream was for dessert. Some good Italian (?) gelato. And off we went on a bus. This time I was smarter and we occupied the whole 4 back seats, and I was able to lay down during our trip.
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