July 14th, 2006--the conclusion of my first week in Seoul
Don't forget to double click on the photos so you can blow them up and get a better view. Love ya mom!
Sam with some kimbap (korean sushi--usually with no meat or cooked meat) and various kimchis. i think this was Tuesday, before our first day of work in a nearby restaurant.
This was the food we ordered on our first night--we went to a drinking establishment on the first floor of our apartment that the local foreingers call the 'elephant bar' b/c there is a cartoon elephant on the window. we ended up paying about 10-15 USD a dish and we got two dishes. this is really ridiculous but it was our first night, we didn't know that you can get a decent meal for about 4-6 USD. whooops.
The view on our first night from the taxi van ride from Incheon airport to Bundang.
This is the main road near our house with the subway entrances on it. Many buses go by here everyday. I have bought tomatoes from a vendor on this street and twice I have seen the banana man. Today he was on the bed of his truck in a yellow slicker peddling the small remainder of his week's bananas in the pouring rain around 8 pm on Monday night.
Kimbap close up with side dishes.
On our street is TGIFridays as well as Outback Steak House and other fast food joints. As you can see, the many businesses advertise on the outside and unless they are on the street level, you have to go up in these office-like buildings and find the barbers, the restaurants, the skin care places, etc.
Undies and pads for sale in the local Quickie mart.
This is the view you get upon directly exiting our apartment building and walking out of the parking garage with a glace to the left.
This is the view to the right. It's almost like you live there, hey?
A tile design on the subway wall.
This is the path I take from the subway to my school. There is a spongy running path on the right and a gazebo type thang on the left.
And lastly, another item for sale at the Quickiemart--what is beer without a drunken game of soccer????
This weekend we headed to Seoul in the rain and checked out a temple as well as TechnoMart which is 8 floors of everything electronic you could have ever dreamed of or never knew was even invented. I am finding that Seoul is the place of information overload. Too many Asians milling around assulting your senses, about a billion cellphones on display, and too many types of detergent with Korean phrases that you cannot read, much less choose which one you want! Stay posted for more photos, of course.
Sam with some kimbap (korean sushi--usually with no meat or cooked meat) and various kimchis. i think this was Tuesday, before our first day of work in a nearby restaurant.
This was the food we ordered on our first night--we went to a drinking establishment on the first floor of our apartment that the local foreingers call the 'elephant bar' b/c there is a cartoon elephant on the window. we ended up paying about 10-15 USD a dish and we got two dishes. this is really ridiculous but it was our first night, we didn't know that you can get a decent meal for about 4-6 USD. whooops.
The view on our first night from the taxi van ride from Incheon airport to Bundang.
This is the main road near our house with the subway entrances on it. Many buses go by here everyday. I have bought tomatoes from a vendor on this street and twice I have seen the banana man. Today he was on the bed of his truck in a yellow slicker peddling the small remainder of his week's bananas in the pouring rain around 8 pm on Monday night.
Kimbap close up with side dishes.
On our street is TGIFridays as well as Outback Steak House and other fast food joints. As you can see, the many businesses advertise on the outside and unless they are on the street level, you have to go up in these office-like buildings and find the barbers, the restaurants, the skin care places, etc.
Undies and pads for sale in the local Quickie mart.
This is the view you get upon directly exiting our apartment building and walking out of the parking garage with a glace to the left.
This is the view to the right. It's almost like you live there, hey?
A tile design on the subway wall.
This is the path I take from the subway to my school. There is a spongy running path on the right and a gazebo type thang on the left.
And lastly, another item for sale at the Quickiemart--what is beer without a drunken game of soccer????
This weekend we headed to Seoul in the rain and checked out a temple as well as TechnoMart which is 8 floors of everything electronic you could have ever dreamed of or never knew was even invented. I am finding that Seoul is the place of information overload. Too many Asians milling around assulting your senses, about a billion cellphones on display, and too many types of detergent with Korean phrases that you cannot read, much less choose which one you want! Stay posted for more photos, of course.
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