Hello Kitty Cafe

Here's our first story of misadventures in Seoul.

Jongsoo and I went to Hongdae last Saturday to find Coffee Prince. Coffee Prince is this cafe that a popular Korean drama was centered around. I really love the drama, so I really wanted to go to Coffee Prince and sit inside and revel in fangirlish glee. 

Only when we finally found it (it's up this random street with a whole bunch of other cafes and it doesn't stand out), it was closed. There was a sign on the gate that said in English that it was closed for repairs. Not sure what that is supposed to mean. I hope it does reopen sometime so I can go back!

So for now all I can say is I stood outside and saw it. 

We had spent the better part of an hour in our quest, but we weren't going to let a set back stop us from enjoying some kind of cafe. We decided next to try to locate the Hello Kitty Cafe. It is also up a random alley. I kid you not. You have to walk down a really popular road, and turn left after a random Ho Bar (it's a name. no it does not have hoes as far as i'm aware) and that's pretty much how you find it... We had directions from the internet and asked at least 3 people. It was harder to find than Coffee Prince, I daresay. 

But we made it and got a seat. The whole place glows pink. And I'm proud to say there were even male customers here. That's right. 

We got coffees and snacks. 

I got the Hello Kitty waffle. Mmm. It was good. Sadly maple syrup is rather lacking in Korea, so this had caramel syrup on it. Good, but nothing can quite replace maple to me. 

He didn't want to ruin the kitty, but drank it anyway... 

Here I am taking a selca. (self-captured photo) Selcas are a popular thing in Korea. Lol. 

I should mention it was about a 20 minute wait for our coffee. Sounds crazy, but after all the running around we did to find the place, just sitting down and unwinding was lovely. 

Seoul outside the bus window on the ride home. It's very pretty at night with all the lights. The last leg of our misadventure was the bus. We made it to the terminal in time before the last bus to Jeungpyeong. But wouldn't you know it? The bus was sold out! What are the odds? Who goes to Jeungpyeong?! Our town is tiny... So we had to get a bus to Eumsong, about 30minutes past our town and hope we'd be able to catch a bus to Jeungpyeong from there. We did. It just made the ride almost an hour longer, and made us all the more tired. Next weekend we're staying nearby. No more of this crazy bus-missing!