July

I didn't write as much or as frequently as I wanted to so here's a short review on last month. In August I will be trying to catch more ordinary experiences from daily life which seems to become more and more difficult since I got settled in quite well so far. How fast this happens...

I have less than two months left - half time next week!

During the first weeks I haven't met so many but a few real nice people. I get along very well with Lena - almost every day I see her at work and sometimes she waits for me to get back from work to have a late dinner together. We're mostly having our beloved Sun Du Bu Ji Gae which get a single entry soon ;o)

Every first Friday in a month KOPRA is having a meeting. In July some people met on Namsan hill beneath the TV tower which was illuminated by a fantastic laser show. We had a lot of fun til the moment when one of us ended up tragically in a bike accident but things seem to be getting better for him now. What a great easygoing night it was at first...

There were quite a few rainy days this month but the rainy season was much acceptable than I thought it would be. No continuous precipitation! And fresh air, over and over again after hot days. But unfortunately I also had to stay home a few times and cancel what I had planned to do.

But I still got to see some of Seoul. I was around Hongjik University which has a famous Art faculty and a lot of small cafés and tiny, by Korean standards alternative shops in its neighbourhood. Here and there you can discover a book or art store and from time to time a lovely decorated flowershop. At some corners some anonymous artists have left their marks. Nearby you will find Chinatown and another foreigners' district and also Prague "castle" isn't far ;o)

I went out with Koreans a few times, so I had dinner with some students from my B2-class after our course on a rainy Saturday. Another time I had delicious barbecue and I finally tried a Korean drink called Baek Sae Ju.

Last saturday I went out for lunch in Insadong with some colleagues. Because of the rain I only got a few impressions from this quarter while we were eating (me: Bibimbap for the first time) and having some coffee later on. It was quite nice with them, they speak German so well but somehow there's something missing and we don't seem to have a lot of things in common...

That was July though. Tomorrow I'll be having a visitor, maybe - if so I'll be reporting soon...