Seoul 7 - Gangnam Style

I love Psy's Gangnam Style, and of course the hit song has made the posh area of Seoul, Gangnam, quite famous. As avid fans of the song/ dance and His Majesty Psy, we HAD to go to Gangnam and check out what all the hype is about. Some others from our hostel joined us. 

The area itself kind of reminded me of downtown Manhattan. The streets and sidewalks were wide and lined with tall buildings. We stopped in at a Krispy Kreme for fall-themed doughnuts and then headed to the 9th (?) exit of Gangnam Station where they have a stage set up dedicated to Gangnam Style. We sung and danced the song like stupid foreigners and then dragged this Korean man up on stage with us. He even looked a bit like Psy :0

I'm seriously missing Seoul so much. It was a great vacation and it was all made possible thanks to the coolest hostel ever. We stayed at Ed House in Hongdae and met amazing people. On our last night we celebrated Rachel's 22nd birthday and everyone came together to party, eat cake, and then later go out for karaoke. Missing everyone!

Seoul 2 - Drinks

On one of our nights in Seoul we went out to Itaewon, aka foreigner town. It was really cute. They had different flags strung up crossing over the streets and there were a lot more people from different countries walking around. We went out for Mediterranean food and then hit up a bar with REAL BEER. Like nothing I've ever experienced in Korea. I was able to have real pumpkin beer from the tap, but unfortunately I couldn't even really enjoy it because I was sick and so congested :( Whatever, my body has been imbued with pumpkin beer goodness *__*

We also went to Insadong, the arts district, and wandered around. There were a lot of foreigners and street stalls in the area, along with cute shops selling tradition and non-traditional goods. My favorite part was the giant Psy they had outside of a cosmetics shop. Loooove him !

On our third night in Seoul we went to this interesting bar called "Apple Tree." It was in the basement of this building and had some cool mood lighting. You walk in and there's a big, fake tree in the middle of the room, strung up with wooden apples. We had the option of sitting at tables in the middle of the room, but instead opted to sit along the walls in this curtained off space with cushions and a low table. We sat on the floor with pillows and candles and sipped on appletinis.