Driving Through Seoul at Night

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Since we got our new camera, we feel artsy-fartsy every once in a while, like you can see in our Ajosshis video a little while back. Today’s another one of those days that we feel artsy. We were inspired by the scene in Lost in Translation when Bill Murray and Scarlett Johannson are driving through Tokyo at night, and you see the city through their eyes. Know which one we’re talking about? She’s wearing the pink wig and they’re got “Sometimes” by My Bloody Valentine playing in the background? Anyhow, we would like to see some more videos of Seoul at night, but we can’t really find all to many, so we made our own version of it. Martina and I took the taxi home from Seoul, and – hell – Seoul’s so beautiful at night that we had to get it on film. So here it is, our little Homage to Taxi Drivers and Lost in Translation. Hope you like it!

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  • Michelle

    Dear Martina and Simon, I am incredibly inspired by your adventures! How long have you guys been married// how old were you both when you got married?

    Thanks!

    • http://intensedebate.com/profiles/eatyourkimchi eatyourkimchi

      Thanks! We've been married for little over three years now, and we got married when we were 24. Yeah!

  • Shim

    hi Martina and Simon

    It's FANTASTIC what you are doing here, I personally want to say thank you for doing this and for incredible gesture to let more people know about our nation properly :)
    it is great web and those clips on youtube are fabulous, I've been in UK for a while , and all of these remind me of home.

    …It's 3 am and i am still up, cus i couldnt stop watching the food and all those funny, interesting videos.
    Cheers

  • Bri

    Dear Martina & Simon,
    You are so inspiring to me. I've watched every one of your videos & I have a lot on my ipod. ^-^ When I get older, I plan to be an ESL teacher too, so thanks for all the information and the laughs!
    Also, Martina, I love your drawings! The website looks great guys! I was so surprised to see it all different! ^-^

    P.S. I <3 Spudgy!!!

  • Bri

    I have question too, since Michelle (above) asked one. I was wondering if you have a lot of Korean friends?

    • http://intensedebate.com/profiles/eatyourkimchi eatyourkimchi

      Thanks! Glad you like our videos! As for Korean friends, we don't have a lot, but we have some, and the Korean friends we have are really, really good friends to us.

  • Bri

    You guys should do a vid from Canada! ^-^

    • eatyourkimchi

      We're working on one! Getting a new lens tomorrow, and we'll shoot some footage with it. Huzzah!

  • Summer

    Hey Simon and Martina! I was wondering if you both majored in Education and/or English? I'm not majoring in either, but I plan to move to Korea after I graduate and I think teaching English is the only way to go for me in the job front… can I get some sort of certification in Korea?

    Random: Martina, I don't like tiramisu either! I don't get the hype about it… =P

    • eatyourkimchi

      We both majored in English and then got our Bachelor's of Education as well. As for certification in Korea, we don't know much about that, apart from doing online certification programs.

  • Bri

    What do you think is a better major to go into if you plan on doing ESL: english or linguistics?

    • eatyourkimchi

      I'd recommend linguistics. We both studied English and it was mainly English literature that we studied, and we don't teach any literature here. I (Simon) took one Linguistics course and it's helped me tremendously in teaching here.

  • Bri

    Ok, thanks! This is a big help to me. You guys really help me a lot. I'm really glad I got to see the private vs. public school vid!

    • eatyourkimchi

      No problem!

  • sharon

    Thanks for posting all these wonderful videos! I miss Seoul.. Korea.. people and life there……

    • http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi

      Thanks for liking them! :D

  • Jin

    You guys really awesome, I living in Australia so sometimes I got homesick, but whenever I see your video,it made me feel a bit closer to home.
    Really thanks guys, how long are you going to stay S.Korea?

    • http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi

      Thanks Jin! As to how long we're staying in S.Korea, we don't know, because every year we plan to stay for just one year, and when it's up we always decide to stay another. We might never leave! Who knows.

  • Yosub

    I'm gonna say just one word… Awesome…!!
    Thank you for uploading nice clip.

    • http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi

      Thanks! Glad you like it :D

  • Heather

    Hello! I just wanted to say that I adored this video… I actually was a exchange student in S.Korea (Around the Ilsan-Paju area) and it was gorgeous and I'm hopefully going back again this summer…. This video is probably my favorite as that is EXACTLY how SKorea is at night… Traffic and people waiting. :)
    Thank you for bringing me back to Korea, if only for 2 minutes. :) I miss it terribly!

    • http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi

      Thanks Heather! Glad you liked it :D

  • crystalpaul101

    wow seoul is so beautiful do you meet your fans because i dont know anyone in seoul and im going on a trip on january and will have a 5 hr layover so i was wondering if you could show me around

    • http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi

      We meet with people occasionally. Send us an email and we'll see what can be arranged :D

  • Luke

    Hmm…Martina kinda looks like Scarlett Johansson…

    • http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi

      She hears that a lot :D

  • claudydays

    Hi guys just want to say that I love what u guys do. Im in love with the korean coulture

    • http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi

      Thanks :D

  • Jen

    How do you take you dog to South Korea?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3YHOCGY56ASX5UKIXB4UJ7ASQM happyperson

    I love your videos and this one makes me want to go to Korea more then ever but I’m a bit iffy on that cause I’ll need a place to stay before hand and that is sooo not possible unless you have friends there before :P

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Erika-Caribou/879780273 Erika Caribou

    Beautiful ! *o* 

  • Byeonguk Yook

    Remember reading somewhere that Yoido Full Gospel (sp?) church is the largest parish in the world.

  • http://www.facebook.com/bria.john Bria John

    Wow that’s so amazing! That’s exactly like the scene from Lost in Translation! Sofia Coppola better watch out! You’ve totally inspired me to finally invest in a new camera! 

  • http://www.facebook.com/angelita.moraga Angelita Moraga

    This video actually brought back a lot of memories of living in Korea. Some really great nightlife in Seoul. Makes me a little nostalgic ;) Yes, beautiful.

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