DVD Room.

Today, Saturday, I woke up really early with no alarm. I took my time getting out of bed, and then texted Amanda to find out what she was doing. She had no plans, so we decided to meet in Gangnam for lunch and a movie.

At 1pm, we met up and walked to the theater to see what movies were playing. We wanted to buy our tickets early, in case the tickets sold out quickly. Unfortunately, only the Batman movie was playing. All the rest were Korean movies that we weren’t interested in seeing. We knew of one other theater in town, so we walked over there to see if they were playing anything different. Same thing. So, we decided to find somewhere to eat and make another plan for the afternoon.

Both of us agreed. Western food. After eating Korean food for every meal all week, we are both ready to eat Western food by the time the weekend rolls around. We decided on Dos Tacos, (which is where I’ll be going tomorrow for lunch, too!), but I don’t mind. They make some YUMMY burritos!

After lunch, we walked next door to Kyobo Tower where the big bookstore is. I wanted to find another Korean study book, and Amanda wanted to look for a book as well. We spent a little bit of time in there, and we both found exactly what we were looking for! I’ve been needing a new study book, and now that I’m back in Korea, I’m motivated to start learning and pushing myself again.

After we bought our books, we decided to go to a DVD room. Amanda has gone to plenty in the past, but this was my first DVD room experience. I was pumped. We found one near the restaurant and headed upstairs. When we got inside, there were walls of movies, any movie you could want. Korean and English, and in every genre. We decided on a Liam Neeson movie. We were both in the mood for something action-y and scary. We took the movie up to the counter, paid our money to rent a room, and we were escorted into our own personal movie theater.

There was a HUGE couch and a wall-to-wall flat screen TV!! We had brought snacks with us, so we broke those open, made ourselves comfortable, and waited for the movie to start. It was so wonderful! We had an air-conditioned room with comfortable seating AND a ginormous TV all to ourselves. Well done, Korea!!

Amanda says she sometimes gets some of her girlfriends together, and they all have a movie night. What a great idea! And it’s cheap, too! When the movie was over, it was dinnertime, so we both headed home. Amanda had plans to meet another friend, and I wanted a night in to myself. What a relaxing and wonderful Saturday!