How we came to visit I'Park Mall in Seoul, Korea!
Well, Sunday morning we started off attending contemporary chapel services at South Post Chapel in Yongsan.
The R.O.C.K. (Relying On Christ in Korea) worship service was at 0900 and had fruit and snacks right after for fellowship.
So many people greeted us! Haha, my husband's Auburn sweatshirt definitely got us some attention!
Everyone was really nice!
We visited on a great Sunday! 9 people were baptized, including 5 teenagers, 2 adults, and 2 kids!
It was great to see the Lord moving here in Korea!
After the services, they had fruit and snacks for fellowship time. We met so many people who welcomed us and introduced themselves. One young couple without kids sought out our company especially.
At Yongsan (and Korea in general), most families are at least in their 30s and usually have children... if their family came. This meant we had a lot in common. We are all younger with no children.
They invited us out to lunch and we jumped at the opportunity to see more of the city!!
We ended up at I'Park Mall. It was huge (9 floors I think)!!
Everything was beautiful!
There was a very cool machine that showed you the fastest route to whatever location you entered.
Why don't we have those in America!
Electronics are definitely incorporated into everyday life more here in Korea!
Our new friends Dusty and Anna showed us around!
We ordered the top two items in the picture below. The top one was steamed dumplings, which did not look as good as the picture, and the second one was fried dumplings, which DID look like the picture and was fantastic!
The fried dumplings...also known as twigim mandoo (no idea what that means, but apparently "mandoo" means dumplings).
Korean meals are always accompanied by lots of sides, refilled as often as you like.
We have not come across many we like yet. We are told that kimchi comes in many forms, though, so we'll keep trying it!
I ordered sogogi busut dupbab...rice with special spicy dressed mushroom & beef, vegetables with a little sweet and spicy sauce.
It was good, but the beef is definitely more shaved...so there wasn't a whole lot to eat. The flavor was great though!
The dark green stuff on top is dried, shaved seaweed...very popular addition here. It's pretty salty and definitely up to personal preference.
Husband ordered chicken teriyaki woodong...it was so good!! I'll be ordering that if we ever go back!
The noodles were especially delicious!
This was Dusty's meal...don't remember what it was.
And Anna had a sort of chicken and dumplings soup with clams in it.
After eating, we wandered around the mall some.
Below you see the courtyard with a skating rink in it!
I think they often have plays there too, since there is a stage behind it.
The castle was pretty cool too.
Lots of families were enjoying the cold winter day on the ice!
Yes...that is a Kungfu Panda statue next to the ice :)
This place had a huge furniture store, a huge music store, loads of electronics, and even a movie theater in it! Not to mention a million places to buy food and clothes (not together of course ;).
The most amusing things here are the English names some of the shops have...including "Skin Food" (a skin care store), "Soup" (a clothing brand/store), "Nice" (no copyright laws here) and "teeney weeny" (a clothing brand).
Oh and parking is cheaper if you keep your receipts from the places you purchase things at within the mall...we forgot so it was 10,000 won (or about $10).
I hope to go back eventually! Yay!
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