I really enjoyed the trip to Korea, but I’m always excited to come home. I always have a renewed appreciate the awesomeness of Chicago no matter how much I enjoyed where I was. That is, unless I’m coming home in January and it’s 30 below with 12″ of snow on the ground.
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As has become my habit on the first full day somewhere new, I woke up and went for a walk to see what I could see. I absolutely love exploring areas I’ve need been to before, taking in the sites and just following the thread of interest as I walk around.
I did however have two objectives to take care of while walking. First, I had to find a place that I could use my ATM card to get some local currency for the exchange of goods and services. Second, and very importantly – I needed some accessories to get my power situation sorted out. While I was smart enough to do the leg work before leaving and get the proper adaptors and voltage converts prior to my trip, I was just stupid enough to leave them unpacked on the kitchen floor at home. So, at most I could plug one device in at a time, but I have a lot more than one thing to plug in.
No big deal, there are tons of stores all over, and after all I’m in Korea where electronics are king! But after 4 hours of walking, I didn’t find what I needed. Nothing even close. I found several Starbucks, Seven 11 stores and a Baskin-Robbins (seriously, I did), but nowhere that sells the simple and common items that I need. I realize now that I’m not going to just stumble on it and need to put more effort into it.
So I walk for another hour but with the focus of walking toward anything that looks like a shopping district, and then give up. Time to get some local help from a cabbie. (more…)
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