A Little Jaunt to the other Gwangj

Last weekend, Steph and I ventured south to the larger and more famous Gwangju to meet up with our friend Scott.  The three of us are connected by our dear friend Andrea, who's been suggesting we get together for, well, forever.  And so, we made good on our promises to her and boy, did we have a weekend!

We arrived around 3:00 and set straight to work, immediately taking a chairlift to the top of a beautiful mountain that overlooked Gwangju.  Then we drank some makeolli and ate some pajeon (green onion pancake).  Next, we hung out near a college campus and watched some break-dancing (I am continually mesmerized by these amazing feats, mostly because I know I'd pull something especially painful if I attempted anything close to being called break-dancing...).  Quote of the experience by Steph:

He's the Danny Tanner of break-dancing.

Next, we had some delicious barbecue where Scott opened a letter to the three of us that Andrea sent along with Steph to be opened upon our meeting.  I could just hear her saying the words she wrote - I LOVE when that happens.  It's the simple pleasures, people.  Next, we ate some of the most delicious tuna I've ever experienced (this seems to be a theme with me... I'm beginning to suspect that I just really like tuna...).  It tasted like a fish taco without any of the integral ingredients in a fish taco.  Explain that to me.  We ended the evening at Scott's version of Cheers: Tequilaz, meeting several of his friends, imbibing some fantastic Mexican food and beverages and enjoying a general state of merriment.  The highlight of the evening was an iPhone skype session in the bar's storeroom with Jill and Andrea.  Andrea later said on good ol' FB:

i can confidently say that this is the BEST skype conversation i've ever had. and it will be dang hard to top!!

Those two exclamation points say it all, really.

All in all, a weekend (or Saturday, since we spent the majority of Sunday sleeping on the bus back to Seoul) for the books.  Don't worry, larger, cleaner Gwangju, we'll be back.  That's a promise.