Month: July 2003

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Yuko’s mother sent a bottle of wine from Kobe to give to one of Yuko’s professors, and on it was a note that was beautifully written by her (her mother teaches calligraphy on her spare time) that said “Matsu no Ha (tree’s leaf).” Yuko had no idea what it meant, and then when she gave…

Pics from the 1IMC

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Pete Barr-Watson was also in attendance and kept updates of the happenings on his blog, and also included lots of pics from the event. I guess I was “virtually” there, as you can see in the picture showing the 24 event’s web page.

Pay Phone

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One of the things I always look at when I visit a country are the phone booths. They don’t top the retro-futuristic oval-shaped ones in Beijing, but still, not bad.

Emergency

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This emergency kit was on the outside balcony. It, as well as our room, looked fairly old. The hotel was fine, but for a 4-star hotel I was a bit disapointed. We had much better accomodations on our trip to Hong Kong, and I was expecting better in Seoul. It just felt like the place…

Roofs

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Another view from my hotel balcony, this time straight down.

mmmg

Jul 8, 2003

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The section of the city I probably enjoyed the most was called Insadong. Filled with galleries and groovy little cafes and restaurants, it was a nice area to walk in (lots of souvenir shops too, but still). It’s here that I found the great design store Do Art, and where I picked up the above…

The City

Jul 8, 2003

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This is the view I had from our room at the Poong Jun Hotel, which was very central. You’re seeing the southern part of Seoul. The first thing that struck me was how it felt more like China than Japan (I was expecting the opposite). You always hear about the modern technological jumps going on…

Seoul

Jul 8, 2003

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