One more day in Korea, and then I'll be heading home. These last two weeks have been packed.
A sampling of some activities:
A culinary tour with friends Charles and Yvonne and others where we sampled a lot of traditional Korean foods at one restaurant and sampled a bunch of Korean drinks - and ate more food - at another with an intervening visit to a museum devoted to art featuring... chickens!
Saying good-bye to local vendors I have come to know, such as this one where I would often buy coffee and practice my sparse Korean:
A trip to the town of Cheon-An, an hour's bus ride out of Seoul, to visit a Korean friend's hometown and visit Independence Hall, a museum dedicated to independence movements during the Japanese occupation of Korea and all that happened during those years:
A hike on Bukhansan Mountain, just on the outskirts of Seoul...
with friend Yvonne...
and a large percentage of the Seoul populace!
Quite a few lunches and dinners with Korean, Japanese (former classmates from Yonsei) and American friends I got to know:
This is just a sampling! Many days have been full of activities, but I've also had time to sit in my quiet 15th floor apartment, look out over the wide expanse of Seoul that I can see, and contemplate these last months here. They've been good months, hard at times but always interesting, and I definitely will miss this place.
Hi, Margaret! I just found your blog through the UC EAP France blog that was established by Anna Kay in March. I look forward to following your journey in Korea from the beginning. So, it looks like you spent a year in Korea! What a wonderful adventure!
ReplyDeleteRobin - great to hear from you! Doesn't the UC EAP blog bring back memories? It's interesting how many of us have continued traveling. What have you been up to? I'll look for your news on the blog. Thanks for writing!
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