A Fun Packed Weekend

We didn't do anything dramatically different this weekend. We do feel like we need to do some more exploring of places we have not yet been, and in some ways this weekend we did do that, but on the whole it was a relatively quiet one.

Friday we went to the first night of the Hof that has opened near to where we live. The usual crew came and joined us, Ben, Jorge and Kristin. It was nice because they have a small outside seating area. The weather has been pretty warm, so sitting outside made a change from being in all the time.

We got up Saturday and started on our mission to find a laptop. Kritsin had told us to try one place, but we thought we'd give the Gansam Digital Complex a go. So a train ride later and we found ourselves wandering around the streets of this place, bemused by the fact that there wasn't even a hint of anything remotely digital anywhere to be seen.

That was a waste of time, so we went to where Kristin had suggested in Seoul, and found a huge floor upon floor mall of digital equipment. 3 floors dedicated just to computers. A little in awe of the vast array of choice, it took a little while to focus and decide on a suitable machine for what we wanted and our budget we'd set ourselves. In the end we picked up a good high-spec Samsung laptop, at a pretty decent price.

It had took us so long, what with the Gansam detour, we were late meeting everyone for football. So we had to grab a taxi, which took ages in the near gridlocked Suwon Saturday traffic. We eventually made it to the World Cup Stadium, and found the guys right away. By this time it was chucking it down, the proverbial cats-and-dogs. Everyone at the stadium was wearing blue Suwon Blue Wings pak-a-macs, or had a blue plastic bag on their heads, or was huddled under umbrellas. Despite the rain we stuck with it and had a good game, Suwon winning one nil.

After the match we sardined onto a bus, with about a hundred Korean fans and bounced and jostled our way back into the centre of Suwon for a bite-to-eat. So we grabbed some food, had a couple of beers, met some nice people, made some new friends, and headed home in a Disco Taxi!

Sunday was a typical quiet one. We met up with the Ben and Jorge early evening for food. We went to the pork BBQ place that we'd tried before. 4 people fully fed for around eight quid. You can't go wrong.