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Day 3: Shopping, Shopping, and More Shopping

Today was a day filled with shopping. We left mid-morning to go to Lourdes' apartment. Lourdes is Emily's friend (Emily is James' step-mom) and the view from her balcony was amazing. I have a few pictures of the view in the slideshow below. We set off via taxi for the busy Namdaemun market. It was the biggest market I've ever been to and probably the most crowded. Even on a Monday (a work day) the streets were filled with people buying and selling knock-off clothing and and accessories, food, dishes, and other products. It was hard to walk through the streets. As you can see below, often cars and mo-peds try to drive through the already crowded streets and it's hard to step aside. Emily and Lourdes are experienced shoppers and they took us everywhere- up and down the streets, up stairs, down stairs, and even underground. We visited the black market where I bought some new teacups (also pictured below). I had an exciting day. We had dinner on base at a Mexican restaurant. Tomorrow we have a few ideas of things we want to do. Now it's time for bed.