The five of us, the same ones from the ski trip, went downtown Seoul for the New Year's Eve celebration. We hung out around city hall and were entertained the whole time. If it wasn't because we were surrounded by thousands of people, which is entertaining enough for me on any given day, it was all the other goings on that kept my head darting left to right, up and down.
There were dancers in traditional dress dancing all through the streets in groups of about 10- 15. They clanged bells and banged drums, waved the Korean flag and danced and sang. It was super!
Then there was all the vendors. Selling anything from all sorts of food to fire works! Roman candles for everyone! You're 8 years old? Hey! No problem! Do you have 1000 won (about 1.25 Canadian) then there you go little person, go shoot it off in the streets, but sort of be careful! People were shooting them off all night and it was madness when the clock struck 12! Fire works everywhere, all down the streets, just shooting straight up above everyone's heads. The air was filled sulfur and smoke, stinnnkky. A big gong type bell rang several times. And everyone in Korea turned a year older!
After this we took a train to another part of Seoul and had some supper at 2 am or so, after witnessing a street fight of course! I was trying to see some crazy Tae Kwon Do moves, but it was more like drunks fighting, too bad it wasn't more artistic looking. Dinner was delicious! Then we went dancing until 5:30 or 6 am. Fun fun fun!
1 comment:
cute pictures!
the one with the roman candles is whack-tastic!
that kind of thing can be so exciting that you get goosebumps.
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