Date Day - Hongdae and Rainbow Bridge

Last Saturday Katrina and I went on a date.  We ended up going to Hongdae, at some delicious foods and went for a stroll around Hongdae.  After that we headed to Banpo Bridge, also known as the Rainbow Bridge.  It's special because, at least I believe, it is the longest fountain bridge in Korea.  This was one of the last things to do before I leave Korea and I was happy that Katrina and I were able to make it out there.  It is definitely something worth seeing.  Anyway, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves...

 (The sign says it all)

(Some graffiti in Hongdae)

 

 (A little more...)

(Some more graffiti)

(Katrina with the Tree of Life)

 

 (A little different view)

(You feeling OK?)

 

(Bathroom in Hongdae)

 

 (This was just a fun store we went into with some rainbow banners hanging from the ceiling)

 (Divine)

(Katrina at the Rainbow Bridge)

 

 (View of the Banpo Bridge from a distance)

 (The show begins while it is still light outside)

 (Date Day Couple)

(Getting a little darker out and you can start to see the lights a little bit)

 

(Yep)

 

(One of my favorite pictures from the day)

 

(Another nice photo)

 

 (Tried to get the reflection in the water)

(Black and white shot of the bridge while the fountain is off)

 

(Sadly, while it was romantic, there were also several people around taking photos)

 

 (A bit of the rainbow colors)

(Perhaps my favorite shot of the evening.  I think here you can really see the rainbow colors.)

 (Different view)

 (Again, a little more of the rainbow colors)

 (Interesting building)

 (Skyline past the Han River)

(Another view of the skyline as we walked back to the subway station)

An Adventure in Seoul

I ended up buying another lens for the camera this past weekend.  After a lot of research and a bit of a debate, I ended up going with the sigma 30mm f/1.4.  I ended up getting a 'display' model for a relatively low price.  Spenser went with me since his is my resident camera expert.  Afterwards we went on a bit of an adventure - an island on the Han, saw some fishermen, Spenser was chased by a dog, we ended up kayaking on the Han, and then watched an intense game of little kids playing soccer.  Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures from the soccer game.  However, here are a few of the photos from our adventure

 (Testing the camera out - I really like the sharpness it has and the blurriness in the background)

 ('Famous' Chicken shop we stopped at for a quick snack)

 (The side street is filled with shops.  You can get traditional Korean foods - tteokboki, spam fish, blood sausage - as well as fried foods including fried boiled eggs, shrimp, chicken, veggie mix.)

(Mini kimbaps)

(Another little shop)

 

(Two cultures collide...)

 (Garden on the island we stopped on)

(63 Building in the background)

(Bridge shot)

 

 (Guys we met fishing - they gave us come coffee.)

(Another bridge shot with city in the background.  I believe this is the Hangang Daepyo Bridge - the first bridge in Korea.)

(Part of our adventure on the island - I guess we were somewhere we shouldn't have been...)

 (On the Han after our kayaking adventure)

(The place had everything - sail boats, kayaks, canoes, everything)

(We took out the green one.  I didn't get any pictures on the Han because I was scared we would tip and the camera would be finished.)

 

 (A downed sail boat)

 

(But wait, this is how you get it back up again)

 (Just me)

(The guy windsurfing actually was the one who allowed us to take the kayak out.  At first, they weren't going to let us.  Then we told them we were professional.  They still said it was too windy.  Then we told them we came from Suwon, which we did.  So, they finally let us take one out.  It was only 3,000 won for an hour to rent one, under $3.  We had a nice relaxing time on the Han, rowing away.)