- Even though it didn't give me an accurate time estimate, I was usually able to somehow use that a little bit. I wanna talk about a place by the name of Common Ground.
Now Common Ground is the shipping containers that have been turned into a very trendy place to get a coffee, get some food, and do a bit of shopping. One morning we started off our day here. And these are some of the restaurants I highly recommend you check out. So Allie's explained that, essentially, there's a vacuum created by this. And it's sucking the water upward into this cup here https://oncasinogames.com/roulette/. Oh, you can flush it, like a toilet. Oh, here we go, ohhhh, coffee magic here folks. Look at the mushroom on top. And six hours later it is ready. Kati doesn't even like coffee but she can appreciate the craft. I don't always drink black coffee but with this style of coffee I would. It's a solid cheese block. - No, it's red. - [All] Ohhhhh! - Oh my gosh, it's like a golden brick of life. I love cheese. I love bread. I love this. That's like four dollars. So this coffee was four dollars. There are so many cool places to eat here. And, and it also brings me to my next point which is Korea's love for everything that is cute and weird. I'm so sick of the world telling me what I can and can't do, it's time to fly. (electronic music) So, I've never in my life seen this before. But I just got handed a guide on how to care for a Marimo. These are 40 year old Marimos, but they didn't always start off so big. They're basically a giant algae ball or plant. Those little guys right there are about one month to one year. - When do they start talking and saying, "Daddy." - [Man] I don't know if they ever do. And of course, you could get some slime. I'm having way too much fun in here. Bit of a focus called Wiggle Wiggle. - We will now take our relationship to a next level. - We spent about an hour 1/2 to two hours shopping at around three or four of these stores in Common Ground. (he barks) Now before I get a noise complaint, I figured I'd move on to the next point, which is that you must check out the nearby coffee shops. If we find it, this is truly a hidden gem. This is so cool. Hidden in the midst of all the repair shops, all the mechanics, is like this converted garage that's become this really trendy coffee shop. Baesan Coffee and Column Coffee. And these are these incredibly trendy, hipstery, very Oh, Matcha's really big here in Korea. - I have no idea what it is, but it's amazing. (electronic music) Bay-be coffee shops. Now on to the next point. I wanna talk about transportation. And I know this next comment might be a little bit controversial because I've just watched three YouTubers review on South Korea and they all said that the metro system was cheap, affordable, and easy to use. Okay, so here is the situation with transit from somebody who can't speak Korean and can definitely not read it. It is very challenging. The metro system here is a bit of a nightmare. Nothing was written in English. None of the locals fully understood what we were saying. And we couldn't use Google Maps to tell us where to go. So we got in the metro anyways, just to test it out. And yes, it was very efficient. It was actually super quiet, super clean. The quietest metro system I've ever taken. But we ended up going in the wrong direction and there was no English signs to tell us otherwise. And that would be the last time that we tried using it, on our entire trip. Buses were actually still usable, as I said before, using kind of a primitive Google Maps, I was able to figure out where the pickups were and if they were the right bus, based on the numbers. But because we were in a big group of four of us, we actually spent most of our time taking taxis. And here's some great news for you, wanting to travel South Korea. We are not setting foot in another bus or metro system. Taxis are so cheap. We just took one that was probably about 15 20 minutes and we paid around six US dollars. Starting around three dollars and having the meter raise very slowly, it's sometimes even cheaper if you're in a big group to take a taxi for the short distance. Also, do not bother with Uber unless you want Uber Black. Because that's the only version they have available. And unless you're made of paper money then it's not for you. Now, a bit of information on prices.
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