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This is my friend Heather. (The women in the background sat down to take a rest after climbing up the long, steep hill.) Heather and I met in Egypt, and both ended up teaching in Korea. She went back to the US but the weekend before she left, she stayed with me. We went to Seoul and couldn't find the proper bus to take us to the site we wanted to go to.



So we walked around this neighborhood, nestled up against a mountain.



I've learned a few things while traveling. One is that everwhere I've been children play in the streets and have a lot more freedome to run around than in the US (for better or worse...) And the other is that badminton is very popular in Asia. Who knew?



Unfortunately we also saw this...sigh.



View of a Seoul neighborhood.



After walking back down the hill, we saw this. It especially struck me as funny because the couch is an old victorian looking thing with gold trim! Time and time again, Korean culture appears to be much more about utility than asthetic!




Well, we never found the bus station, but we did see these fantastic fish posters in the window of a restaurant, so it was all worth it!