The Saga of Sunday

I have been thinking a lot about how I should be writing this entry. There are certain days where it is hard to describe everything that happens; you just can't.

So I wanted to go to church, Saturday night I started the hunt and noticed that they all seem to start 11am or later so, being tired, I went to bed and would finish searching the next morning. I wake up Sunday and there was no internet, so I was stuck with the information that I already had.

Sunday Morning:
Found 2 churches in Itaewon that I wanted to check-out. Neither had directions but that has never stopped me before. Well I get to the right street, and use the phone numbers I have written down; they are both bad numbers. But in my search I found several taco places. I also found an import food store that had Great Start Cereal, Kirkland Signature cheese, Heinz Banana Ketchup from the Philippians (which makes me wonder some of the other 51 flavors Heinz makes), lamb shoulder certified by a mosque in Perth, Australia that it is alright for Muslims in any country to eat, taco shells, flour tortillas, and cell phone cards. And I ended up finding 2 of these stores.

Saw a minivan with an English sign for a church on the side. So I hitched a ride and a few hours later started church in the basement of an old laundry business/machine shop. There was a smell to it, like it was musty, but I didn't pay much attention to it.
Forty-five minutes later I started yawning.
One hour later I was really yawning and found I could no longer breathe through my nose. I was having a reaction of some sort.
I ended up leaving in the middle of worship, just needed to get outside.

Breathing deeply through my mouth it took 30 minutes to be mostly okay. Also two bottles of water and a Gatorade helped. 30 additional minutes and I was fine.

Water Count for the Day: 7 bottles of water, 2 cups of Sprite, 1 thing of iced tea, 1 Gatorade.

When I walk around different areas I tend to go off the main street and into more of the back streets. With Itaewon that is how you find the more interesting stores and the best prices. Well I also found out the reason GIs call it Hooker Hill. Saw a group of about 5 gay guys, really done up on the makeup. I decided to keep a count as I noticed not 1 or 2 women tried to solicit me, but a total of 6.

Found a store I went to with Mike back in 2001 or 2002, brought back memories.

Went to Gyungbok Palace;the biggest palace in the country. It was closed for the day so I took some pictures from the outside and saw they are closed on Tuesdays. The worst thing, the main gate is torn down. I can't understand the signs but seeing what is left of it and the steel structure they are building, it looks like it was taken down to be restrengthened, but seriously, the main gate is torn down. It was so frustrating. There were no dates about when it will return.

Long day and loving it.