We've been breathing a little easier the last few days, literally. We've had a drastic break in the heat which has improved all of our moods tremendously. I've been told that mid-Sept through mid-Nov here is beautiful. I am definately ready for Fall weather. Also, we discovered the 'good' part of Seoul today. We drove through a part of town that looked very much like the financial district of San Francisco; tree lined streets, tall buildings, tons of shops, restaurants, and cafes. Heck, we even found a Hooters (not really sure how that works out here, based on my observations of the local female population, but Hooters, nonetheless). We took the kids to the COEX mall, which incidentally, is the largest underground structure in Asia, where they have hundreds of restaurants, western style stores, and a great aquarium. The expo center was hosting a huge lung cancer seminar and there were tons of people from all over the world mingling around the 'mall'. It was a great day. We drove back to Songtan, where we live, about 45 minutes south of Seoul to find that it is dingy and trashy in comparison.....kind of like the cities that surround most of the AF bases in the US. Why wouldn't it be?
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