Itaewon

That weekend I went to Itaewon (foreign town) for the first time.  It's right by a military base and is the central place in Korea for foreigners.  It's not that big but has lots of foreign shops and especially restaurants.  You can find cuisine from just about any country you want, which was great (eating Korean food every meal, with the occasional McDonald's or Burger King gets old).  I had some great Turkish food.  Went to a lounge/club with one of my coworkers and it was cool (hardly any foreigners at that one).  Went to another one afterwards for a bit that was also mainly Koreans and went home afterwards.  Overall, I wasn't a fan, and I doubt I'll go more than every once in a very long while.  The food is great but it's too far to go for a meal, and the whole scene is pretty trashy and too foreign for my tastes.  It kind of reflects poorly on American culture, it seems to comprised of foreign English teachers looking for Korean girls and mostly a bunch of GI's.  The GI's are everywhere and you can always tell that they aren't English teachers.  They're usually stumbling around drunkenly with Korean prostitutes.  It's too bad that these are the only foreigners Koreans are exposed to, and the Koreans have told me they have a terrible reputation here for being loud, obnoxious, and always looking for a fight.