Amanda Takes Off...

Saturday afternoon I headed over to taekwondo to practice for the tourney. I caught this photo in Gwangmyeong Market.

Gwangmyeong Market

After practice I talked to Jennifer on the phone. Good Man and I had plans to eat Indian food near Dongdaemun (East Gate), and Jennifer and Gym Guy did, too. We weren't eating at the same place but decided we might meet afterwards.

After a delicious Indian dinner, Good Man and I wandered around. It was cold, but Good Man dealt with me well. I was resting my camera on anything that wouldn't move, asking for books to prop up the lens in lieu of a tripod, and scaling hospital steps to get the views I wanted. He just smiled and said, "It's OK, I don't mind." Fantastic assistant, he is.

Multiple Dongdaemuns

Opposite Dongdaemun, behind us, was a flashing soju ad.

Soju

We passed this restaurant, where they were cooking huge pots of 설렁탕, ox leg bone soup.

설렁탕

We headed over to Cheonggyecheon where I tried to prove that, indeed, I can kick above my head. (Hard to prove in well-fitting jeans, though.) Strangers pretended to ignore us. You can not ignore me! I am Amanda Movie Star!

Front Kick

Beyond the tunnel we found this little light display. I then proceeded to flop flat on my belly to get low enough to capture the image. Again, Good Man was a good sport. Whereas my exes would have been embarrassed or started bugging me to hurry up, Good Man just gave me whatever I wanted and didn't even complain about how cold it was. (It was cold.)

Stream, Lights

And he didn't even complain when I took nine pictures like this. "Hold on, let me change exposure, oh so much noise... I need a tripod... No, move closer... No, not that close. Look at the light... OK, now look at me... No, don't turn your head!"

Patient, Beautiful Good Man

We hopped across the stream and waited to meet Jennifer and Gym Guy. This street vendor was preparing fish cake sticks.

Fish Cake Stick Vendor

And these folks were enjoying the street food.

Street Food

And then! Then! Then we met Jennifer and Gym Guy! (Don't wait to go onto the next page, where Jennifer and I discover we're "pop" sisters, Good Man and Gym Guy eat rubber, and I cut Gym Guy with my mad knife hand skills. Ki-yap! Go there now!)

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