Hyehwa and Walk Home from Work

Greetings All! I hope life is treating you all well. I was feeling like throwing up a short little post, so here it goes!

Day before last I walked down the street from the station nearest me to find the Hyehwa area. I had heard good things, and I was not disappointed. The area is a lot like the Sang-dong area of Bucheon where I used to live. There are a lot more restaurants and shops than there are right by Hanseong Uni station. I ate there that night, and then ended up going back yesterday with a good number of the staff from the school. We ate at a sitting-on-the-floor place, and it was great to be able to chat and get to know some of the other staff.  I ended up walking down there again today to try to find a particular restaurant that is being proposed as a spot for a Sunday supper with some people from EPIK orientation.

I don't have any pictures of Hyehwa yet. I really hope I'm able to get an iphone 4, because then I'll always have a camera with me.

I do have some pictures to show you of my walk home from work, though. I mentioned that I truck it up quite a hill on my way to work every day. I took a few photos of my path on the way down one day.

This is the view from near the bottom of the hill, looking downward. This is after I emerge from the more treed area that leads around the school to the front entrance. You'll notice some old wall visible to the left.

This is the view that you would catch if you peered over the wall mentioned just above. The wall is part of the old wall of the city of Seoul. You can see buildings stretching up the hill on the other side of the road. I think the big building is a high school.

At the bottom of the hill I walk down the street a little way, then I move into a much more narrow set of roads. These wind among houses, churches, schools, and shops. A good portion of my walk home is spent on these little one-way streets, practicing reading and avoiding cars.

And lastly, this is the entrance to my building. I've posted pictures of the apartment from the inside, but now you can see what it looks like from the outside! It's called the blue house, which makes sense because it does have some blue on it.

Hope you've enjoyed the little tour of my walk home. I'll try to get a few pictures of the Hyehwa area soon!