🏞️ 2024-03-21

🏞️ 2024-03-21

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Han River duck boats hehe. Cute little things. But I’ve never seen anybody actually ride these things.

πŸ‡°πŸ‡· ν•œκ°• μ˜€λ¦¬λ³΄νŠΈβ€¦ νžˆνžˆβ€¦ κ·€μ—¬μš΄ 것듀. 근데 μ‹€μ œλ‘œ λˆ„κ°€ νƒ€λŠ” κ±Έ λ³Έ 적은 ν•œ λ²ˆλ„ μ—†μŒ.

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ The reason I went to Han River on this day was that I wanted to visit the J-bug. (https://hangang.seoul.go.kr/www/contents/798.do?mid=518 - not available in English, I think…) It was my favorite place to get some work done when I was in Seoul 4.5 years ago. It turns out, they’re under construction. However, they’ll re-open before I leave. So, I’m very excited. πŸ˜„

πŸ‡°πŸ‡· 이 λ‚  ν•œκ°•μ— κ°„ μ΄μœ λŠ” μžλ²Œλ ˆμ— κ°€κΈ° μœ„ν•΄μ„œμ˜€λ‹€. (https://hangang.seoul.go.kr/www/contents/798.do?mid=518) 4.5λ…„ 전에 μ„œμšΈμ— 왔을 λ•Œ, 이곳이 λ‚΄ μ΅œμ•  μž‘μ—… μž₯μ†Œμ˜€λ‹€. μ•Œκ³  λ³΄λ‹ˆ μ§€κΈˆμ€ κ³΅μ‚¬μ€‘μ΄μ—ˆλ‹€λ§Œ, λ‚΄κ°€ λ– λ‚˜κΈ° 전에 λ‹€μ‹œ μ—°λ‹€κ³  ν•œλ‹€. κ·Έλž˜μ„œ 맀우 기쁨! πŸ˜„

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Clean dystopian vibe. Like that one picture I took of a foresty facility thingy near Seattle, this here, too, has that β€œday after the end of the world” vibe. Most of humanity is gone but nothing’s totally broken yet.

πŸ‡°πŸ‡· κΉ¨λ—ν•œ λ””μŠ€ν† ν”Όμ•„ λ°”μ΄λΈŒ. μ‹œμ• ν‹€ 근처의 κ·Έ 숲슀러운 μ‹œμ„€μΈμ§€ λ­μ‹œκΈ°μΈμ§€μ˜ 사진을 μ°μ—ˆλ˜ λ•Œ κ°™λ‹€. μ§€κΈˆ 이 μ‚¬μ§„μ—μ„œλ„ β€˜μ„Έκ³„ 멸망 λ‹€μŒ 날’ λ°”μ΄λΈŒκ°€ 풍긴닀. 인λ₯˜μ˜ λŒ€λΆ€λΆ„μ€ μ‚¬λΌμ‘Œμ§€λ§Œ, μ•„μ˜ˆ 산산이 μ‘°κ°λ‚œ 건 아직 μ—†λ‹€.

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ So peaceful. Not many people were walking around at this time of the day, on a weekday. And people are fishing by the river!

πŸ‡°πŸ‡· 맀우 평화둭닀. 주쀑 이 μ‹œκ°„λŒ€μ—λŠ” λŒμ•„λ‹€λ‹ˆλŠ” μ‚¬λžŒμ΄ λ³„λ‘œ μ—†μ—ˆλ‹€. κ°•μ—μ„œ λ‚šμ‹œλ₯Ό ν•˜λŠ” μ‚¬λžŒλ„ λ³΄μž„!

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Do you understand this sign? For me, if I didn’t speak Korean, I wouldn’t know what it meant except that it says β€œSTOP! Don’t do it!”

But what is β€œit”?

Well. The sign says, Don’t walk into the water, you might drown. Knowing that, the image on the sign makes more sense.

Overall, on this trip, I’m realizing how there AREN’T English signs available. And that would be FINE, only, the Korean government wants toursits, doesn’t it? So much that it put that K-ETA thing on hold. So then, maybe it’s a good idea to tell tourists to not walk into the water, so they don’t drown. Because, if the few tourists who do visit the countryend up drowning, that’s bad press.

That said, Seoul has many more signs than most American anywhere I’ve been to. Some American places, there should be signs and there is nothing. English, Spanish, nothing.

Anyway. But when there are signs in a country that supposedly wants tourists, having English translations seems like such low hanging fruit.

Thank gods for smartphone technology. Samsung and Apple shall save the world with their picture-taking & auto-translation features.

πŸ‡°πŸ‡· ν•œκ΅­μ–΄λ‘œλŠ” μ•Œμ•„λ“€μ„ 수 μžˆμ§€λ§Œ, ν•œκ΅­μ–΄ λͺ» ν–ˆμœΌλ©΄ λͺ» μ•Œμ•„λ“€μ—ˆμ„ ν‘œμ§€. K-ETAλ₯Ό μž μ‹œ λ©΄μ œν•  만큼 관광객을 μœ μΉ˜ν•˜κ³  μ‹Άλ‹€λ©΄, 이미 λ°©λ¬Έν•œ 방문객듀이 μ΅μ‚¬λ‹Ήν•˜μ§€ μ•Šλ„λ‘ μ˜μ–΄ λ²ˆμ—­μ„ ν•΄ μ€˜μ•Ό ν•˜λŠ” κ±° μ•„λ‹Œκ°€β€¦ 이번 μ—¬ν–‰λ§ŒνΌ μ˜μ–΄ ν‘œμ§€μ˜ λΆ€μž¬κ°€ λŠκ»΄μ§„ λ•Œκ°€ μ—†μ—ˆλ‹€. μ €λ²ˆ λ°©λ¬Έ λ•Œλ³΄λ‹€ 외ꡭ인이 훨씬 λ§Žμ•„μ Έμ„œ 그런 λ“―.

곡곡μž₯μ†Œμ—μ„œμ˜ μ˜μ–΄ λ²ˆμ—­μ˜ λΆ€μž¬λŠ” κ·Έμ € μ—¬λŠ λ‚˜λΌ μ •λΆ€κ°€ κ·Έλ ‡λ“― μ˜ˆμ‚°μ˜ λΆ€μ‘± λ•Œλ¬ΈμΈκ°€? λ―Έκ΅­μ—μ„œ λŒμ•„λ‹€λ‹Œ λŒ€λΆ€λΆ„μ˜ μž₯μ†Œλ³΄λ‹€ μ„œμšΈμ— ν‘œμ§€κ°€ 훨씬 λ§Žμ€ 건 λ§žλ‹€. μ–΄λ–€ 미ꡭ의 μž₯μ†Œλ“€μ€ ν‘œμ§€κ°€ μžˆμ–΄μ•Ό ν•˜λŠ”λ° 기이이이λƒ₯ μ—†λŠ”κΈ°λΌβ€¦ μ˜μ–΄λ“  μŠ€νŽ˜μΈμ–΄λ“  ν•˜μ—¬κ°„μ— 걍 μ—†λ‹€. 아무 λŒ€μ±…λ„ μ—†μŒ.

μ•„λ¬΄νŠΌ κ·Έλž˜λ„ 관광객을 μ›ν•œλ‹€κ³  μ£Όμž₯ν•œ λ‚˜λΌμ— ν‘œμ§€κ°€ 이왕 μ‘΄μž¬ν•˜λŠ” κ²½μš°μ—λŠ” 그것에 λŒ€ν•œ μ˜μ–΄ λ²ˆμ—­μ„ ν•˜λŠ” 게 κ°€μž₯ 쉽고, 효과적이고, ν•„μš”ν•œ 사업일 κ±° 같은데 말이지.

슀마트폰 기술이 μ’‹μ•„μ Έμ„œ μ²œλ§Œλ‹€ν–‰μ΄λ‹€. μ‚Όμ„±κ³Ό μ• ν”Œμ΄ 지ꡬλ₯Ό κ΅¬ν•˜λ¦¬λΌ. 사진 찍으면 μžλ™ λ²ˆμ—­ ν•  수 μžˆμœΌλ‹ˆκΉŒ.

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ The closest bus station from home. I really like my neighborhood. (Seo-cho area.)

πŸ‡°πŸ‡· μ§‘μ—μ„œ 제일 κ°€κΉŒμš΄ λ²„μŠ€ μ •λ₯˜μž₯. 이 동넀 정말 μ’‹μŒ. (μ„œμ΄ˆλ™.)