Day 48: Vikings in Korea

From time to time, I wonder if Korea completely misses a time period, like they are aiming for something late 19th century and end up in Iceland around the year 900. This is a cup... sort of... on my desk that I use to keep assorted pens and pencils and the occasional pair of scissors. The thing weighs as much as a 2 year old Norwegian baby and made out of pure metal. The decor of the cup? It looks like something Askold would be drinking his mead out of as he eats large legs of elk and bangs himself a couple of village lasses. If you look carefully, or simply wander and get yourself lost, you can stumble upon some of the most out of place, in terms of time period, things in Korea. There is a row of houses in Hongdae that look to be taken from the 90s in San Fransisco, and also an entire apartment complex that looks as if it were built in the 70s or 80s in Tampa up in the mountain village of 부암동, the place with the Coffee Prince house that I posted about a while ago. I love these little black sheep architectural sites in Korea, but sometimes merchandise, not to mention fashion, seem to misconstrue something that should experience a revival and something that should simply stay on the D-Lo.