We went to church at Myeongdong Catholic Cathedral. It's very, very old. We were about 5 minutes late by the time we found it. It's common for people to stroll in as it moves on though, so we didn't feel bad. It's like a little city outside the church with religious things for sale and the nuns walking everywhere. It wasn't a whole lot different than our church. A few of the prayers were slightly different and then instead of shaking hands you bow. When they do collection, they just have individuals in two spots and people pass through the aisles like you're going to communion to tithe. It had tv screens because it was so big you could not see the alter. Then, it listed a number below which was the hymn. There wasn't much group singing, but the choir was really nice. It was done in 40 minutes which is shorter than our masses.
After that we came back to the hotel to grab our gear and make the 30 minute subway ride with a transfer to Seoul Grand Park Station to go to the Seoul Zoo. Much like most zoos, but more places to stop so families can sit and rest. More animals were outside and little more accessible to watch....or it seemed compared to our zoo. The kids really liked the zoo, but they always like the zoo. Coming back wasn't so great. I thought we'd stop at Seoul Station to eat and that turned into a mess....it was so crowded. We gave up and thought we'd walk to find Lotteria. Well, it wasn't where I remembered, so we again gave up. We just went to Paris Baguette and shared a sandwich (too hot to eat) and went back to the hotel. We went back to 7-11 for ice cream and just snacked on the food we'd brought. So glad we did bring food. We brought trail mix, peanuts, peanut better....it's all going over well now.
Tomorrow is Jaemin's foster family visit and Coex!
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