Wii Room

So yesterday Latanya and I met up with Ben and Lydia, to go play some Wii. We had planned to get a bite to eat before our Wii action. We all hoped on a bus to Seoul. After arriving at Jamsil, a place in the southeast part of the city, we rode the subway a few stops to our destination. The directions we were given were not exact. Often times in Korea there will be no address or street name. Directions are usually a collection of clues leading one to nearby landmarks. After getting off the subway we were told we would see two giant cones, and to take a left at those cones. We were puzzled to say the least. First off any given subway station in Seoul typically has many exits which lead you to the surface, all of them being a large distance from one another. So we needed to make a guess as to which exit we wanted to take. We had ten to choose from. We hoped that we would see the giant horns from any exit. Once to the surface out of exit two we could not see anything that resembled horns. When someone says giant you think you would be able to see them from far away. The area we were looking for was supposedly lively with a large crowd of university students. We made a logical guess as to where to walk towards. After about five minutes of walking and looking for two massive horns, we started to think about our clue. Horns, hmmm, what could this mean? Could they actually be horns from and animal? Or maybe they were large horns that came together to make an archway. We saw a McDonald's and I had suggested that the golden arches could be the answer to our riddle, but then tossed that idea. The best part about the clue is there was no suggestion as to which way to walk. So no exit number and no direction. We continued to walk and the streets began to get more crowded. We new we were getting closer to the area. Looking ahead in the distance there they were, two giant horns. To me they looked like two really big metallic cones. One cone stood about 15 feet tall the other one was about 7 feet tall. They were shinny and big. There actual size definitely lived up to the description. So we made our left and headed down the strip. There were many bars and nightclubs lining the street. The people out and about were all in their 20s. Once we found the Wii room we decided to get a quick bite to eat first. We had some good spicy chicken mixed with rice. After a few beers we headed to a convenience store to pick up some beer for the Wii extravaganza. We went into the place and we were shown to an extremely small room with a tiny T.V. We said that it would not hold four fully grown Westerner sized adults. They said all the larger rooms were full and we would have to wait 2 hours for one. We decided to make the reservation and go kill sometime somewhere else. We wound up in a pool hall. We played six games and the couple pool tournament was all tied up 3 USA 3 England. We decided to break the tie with the Wii. We headed back to the Wii room and discovered it was closed. We were shocked. At this point it was 12am and their sign clearly said they are opened to 3am. It was so weird. We did not want it to ruin our night so we went to a club near by. We danced for quite sometime. Later we were over the dancing and hit up a bar and continued to enjoy the evening. After a little while we grabbed a cab and headed for home. So to make a long story short (too late) we did not experience the Wii room yet, though we have seen it. The night was still a success and we had a great time with Ben and Lydia. We are off to Thailand on Monday, so we may or may not be out of contact with the rest of the world for a week. When we return we will make sure to let you all know how our vacation was. Bye for now.

Dan