What is it like to live in Seoul, South Korea? Let me say off the top that the South Korean people are great to live with! They are respectful, fun and truly are great friends of the United States. Seoul is a great combination of modern city and a city with people who honor and respect history with great reverence. They love visitors and so many of them have learned to speak English! (Some speak it better than some Americans!). That means a lot. Seoul has well over 10 million people here, and yes, they have monsoon seasons, lots of the steepest hills you will ever walk or drive on outside of San Francisco (and their hills are not as steep, I believe!) and weather that can be crazy in winter (snow here is no joke on these hills!). And yes, many of the South Koreans are some of the WORST drivers that I have ever seen! Even so, I have been honored and proud to have spent the last 21/2 years here.
I worked with some great people in my office and met some wonderful people in my wife's office and around Yongsan (US Army) Garrison. There are some seriously good bowlers here too This is my first overseas tour, and I cannot imagine a better place to live. I visited Daegu and Osan Air Base more than once and enjoyed those places too. South Korea is different than living in the USA, but it is still fun and comfortable. We Americans could learn a lot from these people.
I am sad about leaving Korea this weekend and proceeding to our new assignment in Wiesbaden, Germany. But we have been told that it will be a great place to live and we are looking forward to it. I plan to tell stories about my time here, and hope to have new stories to tell in our next home. One day soon, we hope to visit South Korea again. I am enriched for having been here, and I am blessed for that.
I worked with some great people in my office and met some wonderful people in my wife's office and around Yongsan (US Army) Garrison. There are some seriously good bowlers here too This is my first overseas tour, and I cannot imagine a better place to live. I visited Daegu and Osan Air Base more than once and enjoyed those places too. South Korea is different than living in the USA, but it is still fun and comfortable. We Americans could learn a lot from these people.
I am sad about leaving Korea this weekend and proceeding to our new assignment in Wiesbaden, Germany. But we have been told that it will be a great place to live and we are looking forward to it. I plan to tell stories about my time here, and hope to have new stories to tell in our next home. One day soon, we hope to visit South Korea again. I am enriched for having been here, and I am blessed for that.
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