Time for a Walkabout

Looking out from a stairwell window on the front side of the Hamilton Hotel, we saw the familiar street intersection below. There have been some changes since last year. The Burger King that used to be on one corner is now Quiznos and a Cold Stone Creamery. We went exploring to see what else had changed in Itaewon. We found the Burger King west of the hotel on the same side of the street, a few hundred feet away. A little further we discovered another Starbucks, making 2 on the same street now. There's a Hard Rock Cafe right next to the Hamilton. Itaewon is looking more American than ever.
We still had to stop at Starbucks. I love the Green Tea latte. I can't get that back home.

We don't have to be at KSS until Monday morning. So, we spend the entire day exploring and shopping. I found most of the things on my list before noon in Itaewon. Then we took the subway to Dongdaemun Market. On the way, I rediscovered a simple pleasure I had missed on my previous trip. There used to be a little vendor booth in the subway at Samgakji transfer station that sold little pasteries that were like small sponge cakes with a vanilla pudding center. Each one was bite size and you could get a bag of about 18 for 2,000 won (about $2) I used to smell them cooking before I could see the booth. As we walked thru the Underground Market near Namdaemun I could smell those pastries again and was delighted to find another vendor of these delicious treats. I would have taken a picture of the cakes, but we already ate them.