Welcome to the Love Motel- I mean, the Six Motel!

So once my bags were moved upstairs to my motel room, and I changed clothes (I’d been told to dress professionally, so I was stuck on the plane all dressed up for no good reason!), the guys and I did dinner at the most traditional place I’ve been to thus far.  We took our shoes off at the door, and we sat on the floor.  Had I the presence of mind (and lack of dignity), I would have brought my camera with me to take cheesy, touristy photos of the experience.  The food was delicious.  The table features a holder for hot coals.  The server brings the coals over and puts a grill top over it.  Then came the ingredients.  Since then, we’ve usually dined in similar places, where you cook the food right there at the table.  I regret not having much of an appetite that night, but the things I tried were delicious.  Most people suspect that Korean eat really weird things.  Things that are TOO weird, but that’s not the case.  The weirdest thing I’ve eaten here is squid, which I didn’t care for.  They eat a lot of kimchi and vegetables.  They also eat a lot more meat than I expected.  At restaurants, you order the meat, and then it comes with a variety of vegetable side dishes.  If you want rice, you order it separately.

Anyway, dinner was good.  Afterwards, I headed back to the 6 Motel with one of the other teachers, who was also a noob, and then I proceeded to take photos of the room.  This was my first experience with a Korean bathroom.  There is no separate shower.  The shower hose has a holder to keep it upright above your head, or you can remove it as needed.  You stand right next to the toilet as you shower.  There was a gap between the edge of the bathroom door and the jamb in this particular bathroom, so I had to shower very carefully, so I didn’t soak everything in the room.  They provided full-size bottles of personal care products.  There was a computer with internet access.  A big tv.  Overall, I was impressed by the standards of what appears to be a rather questionable motel.

And questionable it is!  They don’t call it a Love Motel for nothing.  I heard some noises.  I’ll leave it at that.

Take off your shoes before you enter my house! Er, motel room.

Just try not to get water all over the place, okay?