Last weekend I had the opportunity to visit a friend in Jamshil which lies in the eastern part of Seoul. Whenever I go to Jamshil, I have a strange feeling that it's not actually Seoul, but a smaller town in which the buildings are not towering overhead left and right, the streets are broad, but less congested, and the air smells a hell of a lot better.
Near Jamshil station is a popular amusement park called 'Lotte World' as well as a medium-sized lake, open to the public. The walkway is bordered on both sides by cherry trees. Unfortunately most of the flowers had given way to greenery, but there were still enough to produce a shower of petals when the wind blew hard enough. This made me full of girlish glee and even dared to utter the words "It's magical!" out loud in front of a friend who had perhaps thought I had gone temporarily insane.
On Sunday, I had the chance to go for a car ride with my brother. Since neither of us are particularly familiar with the roads of Seoul, we spent a fair amount of time being lost. That, however, also gave us the chance to take in the sights, breathe some good air, and enjoy the reawakening of the earth that is spring.
All of this made me realize how much I've missed the sun, the smell of fresh air, and driving a car around I guess. However, having those things for even a short time was quite energizing and helped shake the bugs of winter out of my head.
In other news, I had to take a local bus today. The light was red, and the car in front of the bus left about 2 meters of space between himself and the car ahead. This apparently made the bus driver angry, who honked repeatedly so he could move up ... 2 meters. I'm not sure if the bus driver thought he was about to drag race someone to the next light, but he was angry enough to start muttering curses and things under his breath about how people don't know how to drive. Someone needs to take a trip to the park and chill out.
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