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Last weekend, I went on one of my rare excursions to this place called Insadong, the traditional culture centre of Seoul.  It was a beautiful day, with lovely warm weather.  Finally a spring day.  So I spent the day shopping for presents and deciding on something nice to eat.  I've never gone to a place with so many vegetarian options...  Insadong felt a lot like my "scene", with street stalls and buskers galore.  The only downside was the way people sold things.  I am entirely sure it's the same for the whole of South Korea, they practically force people to buy things without looking at other stores.  I had to learn the ability to look slightly disinterested at everything I was shopping for.  If I didn't, they forced me to buy whatever it was by recommending the product to the point of saying that they were losing money by selling it to us.  It was ridiculous, obviously they were lying.  And the annoying thing was, once you bought something, you always went down the road a few minutes and then once again the same product came up with a slightly lower price.  Many many times my mother and I both groaned in annoyance....

But nevertheless with the street performances and the street uni students offering massages to parents who'd had to pay expensive university fees for their children, Insadong was really nice.  The restaurant that we ended up going to was lovely too.