Christmas Parties x One Too Many

The last two weeks have been a whirlwind of activity and because it was the Christmas Season and this is Korea and it takes very little pressure to meet up with friends we had a few too many nights at the bar. The first party to kick off the year was about a week before Christmas before those with holidays now set off for warmer climates. It was a great night with Teddy serving up a lot of free food, silly hats were the norm, Joel and Jes gave a great "Season's of Love" performance that inspired finishing the night out at a Nore Bang (Karaoke room).



Koreans use the end of the year to meet all their friends. There was an election here just before Christmas that we used to meet up with Seung Ho in Hongdae. We started out in a fusion bar and ate most of the menu before setting off for a second round where we ate even more. Then it was off to let our stomachs settle by singing in the Luxury Nore Bang down the road. After this it was off for even more food.



Christmas Eve is a romantic holiday in Korea where couples get together and make cute faces to one another over a table full of food and drink. Saejin's coworker Jeong Sun is single so she came over to our place to help us drink some wine that Chan Yeong gave us some fancy from his restaurant. We corrupted the wine by pairing it with Chicken wings and Mandoo.

After dinner we headed to Itaewon to meet up with more of Saejin's friends and Shelly and her friend Sam who was visiting from Egypt. After a couple of weeks of parties I was so glad to have the week after Christmas off.