Shopping at the two biggest markets

Chris and I got to sleep in since he took off work again today. After breakfast the morning was a little slow, getting laundry started, taking showers, checking e-mail, etc. But then before lunch Cecily and I headed out to Dongdaemun on the subway. We walked around the jewelry makings section on the fifth floor, avoiding the fabric man since we did not intend to buy fabric. I got strings of amethyst and rose quartz chips. Less than $2 each! We went down to the street level and got washcloths and some special cord for kite loops. We also went to the underwear market to get the kind of socks that Chris likes but didn't find them. They had everything else! Then we went to Namedaemun. First we had fruit on a stick. Then Cecily got a visor hat, and we found the socks. We also visited the flower market on the third floor and got 5 bunches for my big vase. I could have done more shopping but Cecily was tired after going up and down all the stairs. We carried our purchases home on the subway and back to Gate 17. We went home for a late lunch. Chris and Alfred had gone to the commissary and Px, and were back. Apparently they had stopped by Chris' office because he had part of my Joanns order that had just come in. Later Michele arrived from college. We tried to watch some Westwing DVDs that I got at the thrift shop, but they were made for a Korean DVD player. So we sat down to supper and lots of chitchat. Alfred had pictures he had taken in 1962 when he was here with the army. Chris was a veritable font of info on Korean/Japanese/Russian history. In fact we talked until we all decided to prepare for bed.