Wednesday: Our Korean class has been really fun this month, and since it was the final week we went out in SinCheon for food, drinking and of course Noreabang (Kareoke). It was a good night out starting with meat buffet (bbq style meat you cook at the table), then moving on for patbingsu (ice-cream kind of thing) and then kareoke. Justyna the only girl had to go home at 11 but the 4 of us left (2 Japanese, 1 French born Korean and me) stayed out drinking and eating until about 3am.
Since the metro finishes at about 12:30 there are 2 options, you can either get a taxi home or find a nearby Jimjilbang (sauna and rest place) andd just sleep there. The two Japanese guys live in SinCheon so they walked home, whilst the 2 of us left coulnd't be bothered to go home so paid £4 and went to a nearby Jimjilbang. When you go in a Jimjilbang you are given shorts and a t-shirt to change into, put your stuff in a locker then you just wander around and use the various saunas, hot rooms or just sleep anywhere on the floor. It is a strange experience when you go into one for the first time but basically there are people just sleeping all over the place on straw mats. Sleeping on the floor with a 3mm thick straw mat isn't the most comfortable way to sleep but you can get a half-decent nights sleep. When you're ready to leave you just get showered up and head home on the Metro (or straight back to work as many Koreans do).
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