Itaewon

Today we visited Itaewon; many things were closed for the New Year holiday today but Itaewon street is a tourist zone so we still found many open shops. It is lined with about 2,000 shops as well as jazz bars, night clubs and various ethnic restaurants from Thai, Mexican, Swiss, German, Indian, Italian, Pakistan, etc. Since this area of shopping is specifically for foriegners there were many recognizable names. The various American eateries included: McDonald's, Burger King, Hard Rock Cafe, Starbucks, the Coffee Bean, Quiznos, Outback Steakhouse, Subway, Cold Stone and a KFC. Looks like if Greg and I are craving some American food we will in deed be able to find it. They had three different Nike stores, Adidas, Puma, Columbia Sportsware, the North Face and more. As we walked up and down the streets it seemed very similar to San Fransisco but cleaner. From what I hear this is not the biggest shopping area; I may go visit that area (the wholesale market) on Thursday while Greg is at work.