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SATURDAY AT THE COEX AQUARIUM

Today is New Year's Eve (again). Elizabeth, Merilee, Linda, and I decided to see the fish. Coex--an extremely large, underground shopping complex--was relatively quiet (only half a million persons instead of the usual million or so!)
The aquarium has been re-modeled somewhat since our last visit. Elizabeth thinks she likes the old setup better. It's still the same fish. I liked the home exhibit where fish were in various home appliances and furnishings.

Afterwards we had supper. We started at Marche Movenpick Restaurant. We've seen it on our trips to Coex and were curious. It has a pleasant European market atmosphere. We were seated and the hostess explained how to get our food. There are no menus; instead, she gave each of us a card to take around to the various food stations. After choosing a particular item, the server stamps the card with the price of the dish and gives you your food and the card. You continue moving around the restaurant and picking your food. Hence the name "Movenpick." It was basically a high-priced cafeteria. When you finish dining, you take your card to the cashier.

We started moving, but we weren't picking. Food choices either weren't what we wanted, or they were expensive. We finally decided to order ice cream. It's not often we eat dessert first. We then went across the plaza to Bennigan's.

Because of the holiday, the subway wasn't crowded, and we all had seats the entire trip (about 25 minutes).

posted by Seoul Man @ 9:38 PM