What could we ask more ?

Yesterday was Daniel's last opportunity to visit Seoul. Both Maximes and I went with him. Our main goal was to do some sightseeing and as you'll see in the next video, we fulfilled it quite well ^_^ Awesome architecture, traditional markets, artificial river in the middle of the city, what could we ask more ?

Maxime B. had something in mind: ''How about we find a Go Club and challenge some people ?''. Easier said than done, but we were lucky...

Info-man showed  us where to find the closest one on the map

Quite small, well hidden, but we found it !

We unfortunately forgot to take pictures inside... it all happened to fast. One of the players accepted Max's challenge, gave him 2 stones and crushed him. He didn't play well and I think it's because he got caught by his opponent's rhythm, he played extremely fast. Seeing this, Daniel challenged him in an even game. He also played fast and also got crushed. We left the club, mystified. The guy didn't seem to be that strong, but we couldn't really evaluate his level...

Looking for revenge, Max kept looking for another Go club while we were trying to decide where to eat. He spotted one, we went in, but the lady at the front desk explained us we were not welcomed. Actually, she said bye with her hand and showed us the door ^_^. 

A few minutes later, it was my turn to spot a Go club, on the fifth floor of a shady building. We went in, and it was actually very nice. For 2500 won per person (about 2,50$), we could stay for as long as we wanted, get some coffee and some sweet vitamin juice. At first, they wanted us to play each other, but when I told them our ranks on Tygem, they understood we didn't come to try the game... 

Sorry for my photograph skills.  We can see Maxime's hand in lower left corner.
Yellow t-shirt is Daniel

Daniel was the first one to find an opponent, a 5d tygem. They played 2 games and he won both. I played the guy sitting on Daniel's left, probably 3-4d tygem, and I also won. Maxime played a much weaker opponent, gave some handicap, and also won. Ironically, the other Maxime, who was looking for revenge, couldn't find an opponent. When we left, people asked us to come back. They treated us extremely well, and I'll definitely go back ! What could we ask more ?

Daniel also had something in mind. He said: ''Hey, maybe we could find a bookstore... I want the latest book of the series Game of Thrones...'' As you'll see in the next video, we did find a bookstore, a huge one. We found his book and even nice Baduk books ^_^ What could we ask more ?

Maxime Joncas also had something in mind : '' How about we visit some park. Would be also nice if we found some palace or maybe a temple....''. They I added : '' Yeah, and it would be funny if some people played Go in that park !''. The bad news is that the palace was closed on Saturday. But as you'll see in this last video, what could we ask more ?

When we came back, there was a goodbye party and today, we accompanied Daniel to the bus. Finally, if there's one more thing I could ask, it would be that time didn't pass so quickly.