The Final Stretch

Girls Night

   After returning from Tokyo, my last two weeks in South Korea were spent celebrating.
   My first day back in South Korea, I took the first subway home at 5:30 in the morning, making it to my place around 7:00 and promptly went to bed until the evening. In the evening I met up with my friends to attend the final SSC meeting of the year. With a small ceremony looking back at the semester and welcoming the new executives we followed our final meeting with a night of celebrating. Going out for dinner and enjoying some drinks, it was a great way to say goodbye to all of the friends we made.

Gimbap

   The following night my friends and I went to our friend Anjin's house for a girls' night and a sleepover. We enjoyed traditional home-cooked food and the next morning even tried our hands at making gimbap. I made mine with cheese inside.

   We left Anjin's house in the evening to go and get ready to meet more friends in Itaewon for a night of clubbing. We met at a popular bar for foreigners and Koreans called Thursday Party. The night was spent as a goodbye party for Nara; who left the next day. We stayed out all night and finished with a celebration of cake and breakfast at McDonald's the next morning. 

   For Christmas, I went to the theater with my friend. We went and saw a play about a man who can see and talk to ghosts. He helps the ghosts with whatever help they may need and helps a guy get to say a final apology and goodbye to his girlfriend. The night ended with, of course, going out and partying. 

   Every night for the rest of the week was the same schedule. Sleep all day, go out at 8:00 or 9:00 and stay out until the first subway home. 

New Years

   On New Year's Eve, my friends and I met at Coex Mall for the final countdowns. In an area best described as a smaller Times Square, we watched performers and counted down to the New Year. As soon as the fireworks ended we fought the crowd to get a taxi and make our way to Gangnam for clubbing. 

   We made it to Gangnam eventually and had chicken for dinner. We tried to get into some clubs, but for some unknown reason, the clubs were not accepting my friend's American ID. So we decided to head back to our area of town and celebrate with Soju and snacks. 

   The final day of my adventure was spent packing and trying to recover from two weeks of partying before I got on my plane back to the United States. 

Friends :)