Korea: Day 2 part 1

One of the things I have noticed in the past 24 hours is that Koreans not only love to eat - evidenced by the ever-present food stalls and numerous restaurants- but also they love coffee shops! On every corner I have seen a coffee shop and so now I write in Coffee Lab near SY's
place where they are working/studying and I, for the first time in ages, sit and ponder where I am.

I slept well last night. After waking at 9, which is already amazing, I fell back asleep until nearly noon!!! I haven't done that in ...who knows how long!!

Kim made a tasty brunch while we chatted and then we were off to Hongdae area so that Kim could get her cell phone sorted out with SY's help. We walked around noting all the food areas, stopped off for a coffee at Angel-in-us Coffee and then are back in another shop. Hahaha, what a life, huh?

For the first time, I actually considered what my birth mom might look like if she is in her early 50's and does she dress in the typical middle-age outfits that others wear? Strange question.

Before I didn't sense such a similarity to Japan, but this time it feels almost like the same place only in a different language. Hmmmm... What does it mean???

- Tara
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