A trip to the Recycle Center and $400 later (a bargain, I thought), the apartment looks like this:
I'm in a corner room on the 15th floor, so there are views! I'm on the west side of Seoul, and the windows face west and south, so I don't get to look toward the city center, but if I look to the northwest, I can see Yonsei University (though not the building where I study); if I look to the south, I can see a corner of a bridge that crosses the Han River. If I look down, I see a huge, ever changing world of shops and streets and people and rooftop living; at night there are bright lights everywhere. Some views going around, starting by looking toward the northwest and ending by looking toward the smoggy southeast:
Looks like you got good deals with your furniture! Can you post bigger pics? They're kinda hard to see.
ReplyDeleteAwesome, Margaret! Did you negotiate all of those purchases in Korean??
ReplyDeleteHmmm...bigger pics - I'll see what I can do. As for negotiating in Korean - actually, no. I brought drawings of everything I wanted, and was prepared to try it in Korean, but one clerk spoke a little English - not much, but more than my Korean - so most of the deal was done in English. I did, though, ask a couple of people on the way for directions in Korean. It was a good day.
ReplyDeleteYour place looks beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWow, great views from your apartment, Margaret. Also, great furntiture, too. This definitely looks like the Seoul I remember from my one trip there. Enjoy October!
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