The chill faced glasses are funny. My question is not about hae-hak though but about drinking habits. In Korea, is there a good substitute if one does not drink alcohol? (I suppose iced/hot tea and iced/hot coffee/Americano are possible substitutes) If you don't drink alcoholic beverages, are you looked down upon? Is the water good in Korea?
The art work in your link is great. 그리고 박물관 입구 is beautiful lit up at night.
It used to be that there was peer pressure to drink with your party -- in fact, the superiors (in age and in position) would FORCE people to drink. But that culture has mostly gone away, is what I heard. I'll have a beer or two once in a blue moon, but don't particularly like to drink, so I always just used to order Coke or no-alcohol mojito. In fact, when my kids and I were in Seoul couple of months ago, you could easily find non-alcoholic cocktails everywhere we went. The water quality (tap) in Seoul is considered to be one of the best in the world, and you can drink it straight up, although I don't know any Seoulite who does that.
This blog REALLY needs to be written from Seoul. I get so frustrated sometimes because I can't be at the National Museum whenever I want to and write about it. But yes, I've heard great many good things about it, and BTS once performed live on American late night TV show right at the 박물관 입구, as you've eloquently put.
The chill faced glasses are funny. My question is not about hae-hak though but about drinking habits. In Korea, is there a good substitute if one does not drink alcohol? (I suppose iced/hot tea and iced/hot coffee/Americano are possible substitutes) If you don't drink alcoholic beverages, are you looked down upon? Is the water good in Korea?
The art work in your link is great. 그리고 박물관 입구 is beautiful lit up at night.
It used to be that there was peer pressure to drink with your party -- in fact, the superiors (in age and in position) would FORCE people to drink. But that culture has mostly gone away, is what I heard. I'll have a beer or two once in a blue moon, but don't particularly like to drink, so I always just used to order Coke or no-alcohol mojito. In fact, when my kids and I were in Seoul couple of months ago, you could easily find non-alcoholic cocktails everywhere we went. The water quality (tap) in Seoul is considered to be one of the best in the world, and you can drink it straight up, although I don't know any Seoulite who does that.
This blog REALLY needs to be written from Seoul. I get so frustrated sometimes because I can't be at the National Museum whenever I want to and write about it. But yes, I've heard great many good things about it, and BTS once performed live on American late night TV show right at the 박물관 입구, as you've eloquently put.