Bupyeong Underground Market

On Saturday, three of us ventured into Bupyeong's Underground Market... woah! It was filled with small "stores" or booths of everything and anything you could imagine. Every few shops there was another shore store with boots and shoes, mainly tiny sizes. We quickly realized that many of the shoe places had similar shoes but the prices were slightly different. It was amazing, and incredibly overwhelming, to see all the shoes. I came away from the outing with a pair of brown boots- but I easily could have come home with at least a few dozen pair. I learned my Korean shoe size is roughly a 245, which is a lot bigger than the average Korean woman's. There were shops with accessories galore and clothing shops as well. No trying on clothes! A friend went to slip on an over-sized cardigan and was quickly chastised by the shop woman. Bought a pair of brown shorts (to wear with tights) and gauged the size by putting them up to my hips.. bought a size L to be safe. The women are tiny tiny tiny over here and the sizes reflect that.

After Bupyeong, a few of us girls had dinner, drank wine and chatted all evening at a friend's apartment. We found a bottle of wine for 1,700 won (about $1.50) and had to buy it. Tasted like sugary medicine. Needless to say, we stuck with the better wine for the evening. Even found a giftbox with two small bottles of Korean wine and a can of Tuna! We figured after two bottles of Korean wine, just about anything would taste good as a snack.