cats museum

I decided to make this after reading this post: making spanish tortilla college student style
But instead of making a tortilla, I opted for something similar; a frittata. I used 2 eggs, potatoes, onions, garlic, mushrooms, peppers and cheese. With the cheese it basically ended up looking like an egg pizza. Can't really complain about that.

 Lunch on Friday, bori bibimbap and kalguksu in Seoul, a place I don't go often.

And then the cats museum.

 

Filled with lots of wonderful cat art.

OK, it was really the Trick Art Museum, but I prefer to remember it this way.

And then we went to the 63 building on Yeouido, these are some shots from the aquarium.

 And then there was the wax museum. And a wax museum is pretty pointless without Michael Jackson, who made me feel pretty short, which I am not.

Blurry Frankenstein outside the mini haunted house.

 Innocent teddy bears being assaulted.

 And a horrible Elvis Presley. After the large head sculpture park and this wax museum, I'm starting to get the impression that Koreans don't put that much effort into creating likenesses. But it was a pretty fantastic trip because there's nowhere I like visiting more than cheesy, slightly creepy, tourist traps like these.

수안보 suanbo and worak mountain 월악산

I decided to take a trip out to Suanbo for lunch. I briefly went through there before while road tripping, but we didn't stop. Suanbo is known for its hot springs, and is set up as a tourist destination, lots of restaurants and hotels. I wasn't really interested in taking a dip in the hot springs, I just wanted to spend some time checking out the city. It's located about 30 minutes south of Chungju.

It's a pretty and quirky little place...

There were these pheasant statues all over the place, so it must be the specialty of the city.

I opted for the ever popular bibimbap, always an easy choice. There were a ton of restaurants to choose from and prices were slightly higher than average, this cost 6,000 won, but it came with some pretty decent sides. The egg came all gooey on top, which actually happens a fair bit, so not for those with runny egg fears.

If I had been in the mood for noodles, I could've eaten cheap, so not every place has their sights set on tourists. Suanbo is pretty small, so it didn't take that long to walk around and check everything out. But unfortunately the market was closed.

I did come across a friendly cat though. Normally cats just run away, this is only the second cat I've ever met on the street in Korea that wasn't afraid. It actually meowed out to me and relished all the attention. It had a food dish nearby, so I guess its used to hanging out with strangers.

And then I headed to Worak mountain. From the signs all over, it's known for having stubby horned goats and boars as well, not that I saw any.

But I gave up on the hike pretty quickly, since I didn't really come prepared for a long hike since visiting was a last second decision. But I will tackle Woraksan one day...

And just because it's awesome, two cats waiting outside a fish restaurant in Jeju.