Kidzania

Ok I am catching up on old posts. This is from our second playdate with Grace. We went to this place called Kidzania. I had heard of it from some other kids in Seoul and we had been looking forward to checking it out. It lived up to its stories - Netta loved it and I must admit it is a fun place. It is like an amusement park but is set up like a small version of Seoul. A lot of the businesses in Seoul have mini versions of themselves set up here. So Seoul Milk and Paris Baguette as well as many others are here. The basic idea is that kids can do jobs and take classes. There is a TV studio where the kids do the news show. Netta was the cameraman because she doesn't speak Korean and it was so fun. She got to use a real camera. They then make a DVD of the performance for the parents. Kids get paid for doing jobs and they pay money for classes. Netta took a cooking class and spent some of her "money" there. Kids also get to open bank accounts, have ATM cards and credit cards. Nothing like creating consumers from an early age. But it was so fun for Netta to get to do grown up things. In the picture above you can see the kids ready to make donuts in their hair nets and all.

Here Netta is working in a hotel. They are cleaning the room and preparing it for visitors. They wore little blazers as uniforms and the room was kind of mini sized - so cute.
Here is Netta working at the fire department. They drove the kids in a small fire truck through the little streets with the siren on and all. Netta got to ride shotgun!
Here is Netta fighting the "fire" - it was in an old hotel and they got to shoot real water at the "flames".
The triumphant fire fighters.
Olive in the little fire truck. It was kind of a hard day for Olive as none of the activities were geared towards littler ones. She kept wanting to go where Netta was but couldn't. Also her leg was not quite working right yet so there was a lot of carrying for me.
Netta being a cheerleader. She didn't really want to do this but ended up having fun. They practiced and then performed on the soccer field - they did a routine to "Oh Mickey". Very cute...

Here is Netta with Grace and Irene. They are sweet girls who both speak English very well. Netta likes them - it was a fun day!!!
Here is Netta's list of things that were there:

recording studio
fire department
beauty shop
Mr. Pizza
Cheerleading squad
soccer team
dentist
bank
Paris Baguette
Italian food place
Dunkin Donuts
Baskin Robbins
Deok place
Korean Airlines
Lotte Hotel
Exterminator
Construction site
Archaelogical site
house painters
Hospital
pharmacy
E-Mart
Kyobo Book store
clock tower
police station
court house
movie theatre
acting theatre
jail
car wash
car making studio
car mechanic
gas station


It was a bit of a pricey day but fun!

And we never could have done it without Korean friends as they really helped us navigate the whole thing.

Bye for now!