A New Chapter

Well, Corie left. We went up to Seoul this weekend to drop her off at Incheon for the horrendously long trip back to Halifax, via Tokyo and Newark.

We had a good day visiting Mark and Jen at their awesome new digs in Seoul. Although their apartment is a bit smaller than their last, it is nice and has an vastly more excellent view. Their jobs sound enviable. Normal hours, and basically only a couple of classes a day. Mark apparently plays badminton all afternoon.



Obviously it was difficult to say goodbye at the airport. Its really wrenching, even for an insensitive and emotionally stunted clod such as myself. Especially after this year of living together and going through so much in such a strange environment together. I don't know what to expect living alone here. Its going to be a bit lonely... I'll be banging around in that apartment all on my own. Not that it won't have fringe benefits like having a whole single bed to myself. Too bad this couldn't have been in the summer ;-)



Anyway, Candace and Tammy were also up in Seoul for the weekend, so we all kind of travelled around together. We went up the tallest building in Korea (the 63 building) and drank vastly over priced cocktails at the top overlooking the conglomeration of Seoul at night. We even managed to get lost in the subway again, even with local guides, maintaining my perfect record.

We also fooolishly didn't reserve tickets on the KTX on Sunday night, meaning we had to wait for ages for a train. Makes me thank our lucky stars when Corie and I lucked out on Canada Day, squeaking in on the two last tickets.