A short miscellany

In Seoul you can...

-see three nuns leave a restaurant
-see many nuns in the streets
-see Buddhist monks in robes by the subway, talking with young women
-see a habited R.C. nun eating in KFC
-be approached while on the subway by a businessman to ask for help with an English lesson
-rub shoulders with men riding on scooters or motorcycles, who are, like you, crossing the street on a crosswalk (they might turn left and ride by the curb, or they might ride on the sidewalk)
-see old ladies squatting in the subway station by the tracks while they wait for the train
-go into a public market and see more goods crammed into a square foot than you'd have thought possible
-be going to the bathroom in the men's room and have a cleaning lady come up behind you, nonchalantly mopping the floor!
-eat very sweet burnt dough, purchased from a sidewalk vender. The taste isn't so great, but, surprisingly, the aftertaste is!

...And, my thanks to: Alexandra, Brian (finally, Brian, don't wait so long next time, old buddy!), Missy, Ian (gotta get that phone), and Ben for their emails.