Caveat: The museum was closed

Yesterday I went to Seoul to see my friend Peter. We had some lunch, and then ended up deciding to try to go to a "Shamanism Museum" that Peter had told me about before, and which interests me. It wasn't that far – it would have been 3 stops on the subway, but we decided to walk, which was 2-3 km. We skirted the southwestern edge of Bukhansan, the big mountain and park area that rises north of central Seoul, paralleling the line 3 subway, which is the one that comes out to Ilsan, too. It's pretty familiar territory.

We found the museum without difficulty, but it was closed. It seems to keep limited hours, a few weekday mornings only. So. 

We talked a lot, anyway, and it was a nice enough walk, as the clouds loomed and the monsoon was about to start. The rain started last night.

Here is a picture of the museum – it's in a very posh neighborhood of rather new high rise apartments.

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Here is a nice-looking gazebo amid some trees and greenery nearby. It's nothing old, but it's built in an old style and is quite pleasant.

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Maybe I'll try to go back, sometime, when it's open. Then I'd have more to write about.

[daily log: walking, 1.5km]  

Caveat: Random Poem #34

(Poem #335 on new numbering scheme)

The people were distributing their souls
across the city, traveling by train
through tunnels and among the buildings strewn
around the elevated tracks like toys.

[daily log: walking, 9km]

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