Two months ago I bid [broken link! FIXME] farewell to my friend Peter, who was returning to the US. I perhaps neglected to mention in this here blog thingy that Peter came back to Korea, around 3 weeks later, because he just couldn't resist enrolling in an intensive Korean language class for January. So he was here through January, but I didn't see him much because, of course, an intensive Korean language is intense, and he didn't have much free time. And I was working.
Yesterday, therefore, I bid farewell to him once again. This time, he may be away longer – but who knows.
We had lunch at a Japanese place in Sinchon. I was brave and had tonkatsu, and it went OK. Here is a picture, although I feel I look weird in this picture – my face and neck look swollen.
After lunch I was heading home on the subway but decided on the spur of the moment to stop at the bookstore at Gwanghwamun, having not been there in a long time. I bought some Korean poetry in translation and yet another "teach yourself Korean" book for my neverending collection. Walking out of the bookstore I was struck by the contrast of the statue of Admiral Lee and the highrises and crane behind him, so I took a picture (right).
Today is Seollal – Lunar New Year. Everything will be closed, and many Koreans have gone to greet the new year with their ancestors.
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