Day 56: Kings, Queens, and Eye Glasses

By the look of it, you'd think this is would house one of the following things: royalty, a deity, the Tower of London, a roller coaster, or Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament. But alas, dear children of the corn, this place houses the most logical thing to house in a place that looks like this: glasses. I believe that the trend to wear glasses started in Korea, or at the very least we should thank Korea for taking what perhaps was an emerging trend and catapulted it into a global style. In Korea, even people who don't have to wear glasses do only because they think they look cool. Therefore, shops like this (well not exactly like this) are found virtually everywhere in Korea, selling glasses that range in price. Part of the appeal in Korea is that you can walk into any glasses shop and obtain a free eye exam; you no longer need to actually see the eye doctor. The only thing you pay for are the frames and the lenses, but the lenses are relatively cheap, as too the frames can be. This particular place, when they first opened, had a carriage and knights outside for picture time, and it was cool then. Now I'm not too sure, but one thing is for certain: in Korea, placing one eye glass shop next to another eye glass shop is in no way retarded.