Night out in Changwon

   So first let me explain a little of where we live.  Chinhae is a tiny little city by the ocean (great view).  When I say tiny... 300,000 people.  So while we tell everyone we live in Chinhae that is only a neighborhood of Changwon.  3 cities united to create a mega city and they were Masan, Chinhae, and Changwon.  The name of this mega city is Changwon because Changwon is the larger of the three with around 800,000 and Masan has around 500,000.  I know, crazy right.  Everyone asks if we like Chinhae because it is a small city.  I just respond with, "Have you been to Elizabethtown, KY". :)  Since Changwon is the larger it is the to go.  There is the City 7 mall and a number of movie theaters that show movies in English. Restaurants are amazing and even the same stores that we have in Chinhae are bigger and better in Changwon.  And this is where my story begins.
   Once a month the women of the American base go out for a night.  It is seriously great fun and a great way to meet people.  This happened a while back but I am now finally writing it.  I have for years told people that I despise Indian food.  The yellow curry is just way too much!  I would tell everyone that I hate Indian curry but I love Thai curry.  So where do the women of the base want to go for the night out?  You guessed it... Indian.  I was not thrilled but I wanted to get to know people.  So a night at Bombay was on the menu. LOL  After Bombay we were to go to a little bar that my sister and I had heard about a lot.  I will tell more later in this story.  Come to find out that I love Indian food.  I have been to this place a number of times to eat.  I have even taken Jamie who has claimed that he hates Indian curry as well.  Guess what, he likes it as well. :)  I guess that we have just always tried the wrong places for Indian. lol   And once again I tangent. :)  So the thing is if you want amazing Indian food... Come visit me in S. Korea. lol
   While in Bombay enjoying some crazy good food a friend and I needed to use the ladies room.  So they tell us where it is and we head that way.  We are on the third floor and there is one restroom per floor.  We get in there to discover there is only one traditional toilet as we know them and the rest are just holes in the floor with guards.  Seriously!  My friend goes into the stall with the toilet only to discover there is not toilet paper.  So I search the other stalls and there is none in any stall of this bathroom.  Not sure what to do.  We go back to Bombay to request toilet paper only to realize that toilet paper has to be requested from the business you are at.  Seriously folks, it is bring your own toilet paper to the toilets here in this next of the woods.  I have a friend that says that she does not leave home without a roll in her purse.  Good gravy... it is the simple things... like some good old toilet paper. :)  So funny thing is while I am waiting for the good toilet (I am not using the hole for I did not sign up for camping lately) a woman enters and in a Irish accent says, "dang, the good toilet is taken".  I just stared and nodded for I love accents.   This leads me to the bar.
   It is called O'Briens.  Hopefully by the name you have figured out what kind of bar it is.  YES! An Irish pub.                     So you can come to S. Korea for some great Indian and a great little Irish pub with the best hamburgers I have had outside of the state thus far. Come to find out, Irish pubs are big in Seoul.  Just didn't expect S. Korea to be such a culture mecca.  When I say that it really isn't but there are more foreigners than I originally expected.
   So when visiting... Don't forget the Charmin.  It will come in handy. ;)