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Happy New Year! I had a safe trip to and from South Korea, and enjoyed the time I spent with my old roommate. I took plenty of pictures, and regret I didn’t take more. I hope to one day return to South Korea to meet up with my friend again, and take triple the pictures, but that will be some time in the future.

I should have written this post when things were more fresh in my mind. Now that I’ve told so many people about the things I did and saw over there, typing it out here a month or so later feels like I’m bringing up tired news. I don’t mean to insinuate I dislike talking about South Korea; rather, I’m worried I’ve already said too much, and am annoying everyone.

Things were so strange for me in South Korea. I expected the business and lifestyle to mirror the United States in many ways, based on the information I could gather on the Internet. I was definitely wrong in my assumptions, and was quite shocked to see how different everything was in Seoul. I finally understood the stress my South Korean friend had when he volunteered for a year in Bartlesville. The differences went beyond those found between a small city like Bartlesville, and a huge city like Seoul. The way people act, the way business is done, the way traffic operates, and the way people live are just some of the way in which South Korea is different from the United States.

My friend showed me around many areas of Seoul for the five days I visited with him, and I was impressed by the amount of work he’d put into showing me the city. I learned more about South Korea in those five days than I had ever known before, and he wasn’t able to show me everything he wanted!

I don’t have much time left today to write out this post, so I’m not going to get into grand detail about all the things I saw over there: I’ll leave that information for another post. I wanted to post an update to show I haven’t forgotten about the site, and to let you all know the pictures I took are (eventually) going to be posted. I have a plan for what I want to do with the pictures, but that involves more effort and time.

For now, please enjoy one of the pictures I took in Seoul. The two buildings on the right are Samsung Gwangjin Trapalace Apartments. The picture was taken in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, South Korea, beside the Yeongdong Bridge. I think I took this picture on my third or fourth day in South Korea.

I can’t believe I took so long to post. So many things have been going on! I’ll leave that for another post.

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