Seoul Never Sleeps: Weekend Shennanigans in Hongdae

It is extremely easy to spend the entire night out in Seoul because nothing ever seems to close. The bars and clubs are open till the sun comes up, the saunas are open 24/7, there are all night shopping markets open in Myeondong and Dongdaemun (10:30 am to 5:30 am), and norebangs, PC bangs, and DVD bangs are also open 24/7. The trains stop running at midnight and don't start up again till about 5:30-6:00 am, so a lot of people stay out till the subway starts up again. 

We started our night out in Hongdae with a yummy dinner. It was a mixture of chicken, potatoes, rice cake, onions, carrots, and sesame leaves in a spicy sauce.  The best part was the shovel that it was served to us on. 

After dinner, we went for some hookah and drinks at Bricx. It's a great place to chill out and talk, but after awhile, usually around 1 AM for me, I just want to dance, actually it usually feels more like a need than a want. So, we went in search of good music. We didn't find it at Oi Bar, but we stayed for awhile and danced anyway. 

Then, we checked out a bar I've been wanting to check out for quite some time. I call it the Beatles bar because there is a huge Beatles poster on top of the staircase that leads down to the bar. The bar was completely empty but that was OK because the bartender played all our requests immediately. He had a pretty big collection of CDs and played live performances and music videos along with the music. It was pretty neat, but I like Woodstock in Gangnam better. 

After listening to really good music, we wanted to rock out. We found a norebang and sang till dawn. It went by entirely way too fast. 

On the way to the subway, we stopped for some photo ops. We also got approached by a Korean teenager, while Cathy was stealing a Xanadu poster for Jeffrey, who wanted to practice his English. Normally, I'm all for it, but not at six in the morning.