Lotte is one of those super-massive asian companies, really prominent in Korea. if it isn't Samsung, it's Lotte. samsung is more high-tech. originally a snack company, Lotte is more domestic. Lotte theme parks, super markets, department stores, food courts, and so much more. i've actually been to Loote Mart.
anyway, Lotte World is literally the korean knock-off of Disney World. they have a giant disney-esc castle, the storybook pages, even tinkerbelle sparkles. it's kind of funny. it's no where as big though and most of it is indoors, which is why we could go when it's pouring.
also, one should know that the concept of a theme park is different in asia. in japan and korea a "theme park" (yuuenchi in japanese) is a daytrip, something high schoolers go to on the weekend, or even a date spot. our ticket, including admission to the folk museum, was 20,000 korean won (KRW), or a little less than 20 USD. (that conversion's pretty easy, but after being in japan, a little unsettling and takes some getting used to.)
the folk museum was interesting. it went all the way back to like stone age type stuff. it was interesting because i'm so used to seeing such things with caucasian figures. the model and animatronics were really good too. the figures kept getting to me though. i kept thinking i was being attacked by clingons. it sounds bad, but look:
ok, so maybe not on second thought, but warf was always looming in the corner of my eye.
on our way out, we stopped by a gift shop and got attacked by a trilingual (at least) sales lady. we got some pretty cool fans though.
the park was huge. the lines were long, so we really only went on one ride. Miranda and i went on the Giant Loop. you can probably guess what that is. other names were less descriptive. we spent the rest of the time just sort of wandering around looking at stuff. at one point, we had to find the mexican restaurant. it wasn't very mexican but it had one taco meal and one burrito meal. upon more wandering, we found the "magic donkey," so miranda got magic donkey poop. lol.
There was also a parade in Brazillian carnival style. they had a bunch of international dancers all dressed up like vegas. it was pretty cool.
after getting back, Miranda and i eventually went looking for dinner. we wandered around for a while until we meandered into a restaurant called "Rice Story." it was my first time in a restaurant here. i was kind of waiting to go with a korean speaker first, but oh well. it had pictures, so we pointed around and got some noodles and rice to share.
the noodles were a mongolian something, and the noodles themselves would be called "kishimen" in japanese, but i'm used to them in a soup. the rice was just teriyaki fried rice. we figured something adventurous and something familiar was a good balance. the meal came with a slightly spicy broth soup. i liked it, but miranda didn't seem to. the rest of it was pretty good, but i had to protect Miranda from the egg on top of the rice. ^.^
when we left we got a stamp card for free stuff after ordering so many dishes. Miranda doesn't like free stuff in korea. she keeps getting stuff that comes with free stuff without knowing it. then the cashier yaps at us in korean and gets mad when we don't understand. she hates free stuff.
this morning, i slept in till like 10. it was awesome.
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