Bumming Around

A little while ago I left the hotel and spent some time just bumming around the neighborhood. I snapped a few photos; none of them are special, but I think they convey a good sense of what it looks like here.


This is a major street just to the north of where the hotel is located. As you can see, office buildings stretch into the distance as far as can be seen. Many of the buildings bear familiar Korean brand names like Samsung and Hyundai.


A smaller street that branches off to the north of the other one.


Clearly, everyone loves Texas. This restaurant is tucked away in what I thought was a fairly unlikely spot. There's a Black Angus not far from here that's in a more heavily trafficked area, as well as a Burger King and a Dominos Pizza.


Here's one final pic mainly intended to demonstrate how much hangul (Korean script) we're up against here. Upon painstakingly deciphering some of it that was written on instant soup that we bought, I found that many times it simply phonetically spells something easily recognizable (i.e., "Ramen", or "Kimchee"). We'll definitely have to spend some time practicing sounding out words written in hangul, even if we don't understand most of them.