7/20/2018
Yesterday my roommate and I went to 홍대 (Hongdae) after classes. Hongdae is short for Hongik University, and if you take exit 9 at the subway station you will find yourself in one of the trendiest streets of Seoul. In Seoul, most of the “hot” places tend to be found at the entrances of universities. For example, 이대 (Edae) is the road leading up to Ewha Womans University (Yonsei University is also near this street). At SNU, there is a street that encompasses one side of the school called 샤로수길 (Sharosugil) which mimicks 가로수길 (Garosugil), a well-known “hipster” street.
We went to Hongdae to stop by 땡스네이쳐카페 (Thanks Nature Cafe), a sheep cafe. Korea is well-known for its animal themed cafes, espectially dog and cat cafes. However, they also have animal cafes with more unique animals such as sheep and racoons.
After seeing the extremely fluffy sheep, we went to the main street of Hongdae to watch some performances and do some shopping. We got to see various groups of boys dancing to popular k-pop songs. I have always seen these types of performances on social media or youtube, so it was extremely exciting to see them live.
We also decided to get temporary tattoos from a cart on the side of the road. It is really common for people to rent out spaces on the side of the road and sell things like jewelry and food.
Afterwards we went to a place where we got out palms and face read. It was always been on my bucket list to get my palms read, and now I finally get to check it off. It was interesting and surprising how well the lady was able to read my personality just by reading my palms and face. The lady told us a lot about our future and things to be cautious about. I’m not sure how much of it to believe, but I guess it wouldn’t hurt to be a little cautious.
P. S. Here is a picture of a carrot cake with a real carrot on top of it. I didn’t try it but thought it looked extremely funny.
