Diverse observations and all that...
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herveusThis has been an interesting trip to Korea. That's mostly all a Good Thing.
I didn't get a chance to go silk shopping in Daegu. :( I did get a chance to walk around downtown wearing The Hat. This brought smiles to lots of faces. It also yanked the chain of one of my cohorts. Very amusing.
I saw something interesting on the Seoul subway. On line 5 betwee Yeouido and Yeouinara stations, they have a stretch of LED panels that flash up an advertisement as the train roars by. There is about 15 seconds of display that is synchronized with the train's movement so it appears more or less stationary to the riders whizzing by. Pretty cool.
Now, back in DC, everytime someone manages to jump in front of a train, the question of "What can we do?" comes up. Many of the stops in Seoul have full barriers with doors that make it more or less impossible to jump in front of a train. Of course, that means that the trains have to stop pretty precisely at the station so the train doors line up with the barrier doors. Now, every station has bronze markers in the floor marking which door of which car will stop there, so they've already made a commitment even where there is no barrier of any sort.
Another interesting thing I saw was a chart for Line 1 showing you the "best" car/door to be at to make the shortest transfer at each transfer point. It's something you can figure out for yourself, but it's a nice touch to actually point it out to the ridership.
Back to shopping, I did get over to Dongdaemun to buy some silk yardage and some more silk sewing thread. I got some nice blue, some bold yellow, and some creamy yellow.
When I returned to Seoul from Daegu, I was unable to get a reservation at my "usual" haunt in Seoul -- the Hamilton in Itaewon -- nor could I get a reservation for my full stay at another hotel some other folks on this trip are staying at. I ended up at the Courtyard at "Times Square" in Yeoungdeungpo. It only opened in September. Looking at the location in Google Maps shows a completely different picture. It's about a 45 minute trip between walking and changing subways, but it's not bad. Among the food vendors in the Times Square complex was a surprise: Auntie Anne's. Apparently there are 14 outlets in the Seoul area.
Tomorrow, I'm planning on wearing The Hat to work. That should be entertaining.
I didn't get a chance to go silk shopping in Daegu. :( I did get a chance to walk around downtown wearing The Hat. This brought smiles to lots of faces. It also yanked the chain of one of my cohorts. Very amusing.
I saw something interesting on the Seoul subway. On line 5 betwee Yeouido and Yeouinara stations, they have a stretch of LED panels that flash up an advertisement as the train roars by. There is about 15 seconds of display that is synchronized with the train's movement so it appears more or less stationary to the riders whizzing by. Pretty cool.
Now, back in DC, everytime someone manages to jump in front of a train, the question of "What can we do?" comes up. Many of the stops in Seoul have full barriers with doors that make it more or less impossible to jump in front of a train. Of course, that means that the trains have to stop pretty precisely at the station so the train doors line up with the barrier doors. Now, every station has bronze markers in the floor marking which door of which car will stop there, so they've already made a commitment even where there is no barrier of any sort.
Another interesting thing I saw was a chart for Line 1 showing you the "best" car/door to be at to make the shortest transfer at each transfer point. It's something you can figure out for yourself, but it's a nice touch to actually point it out to the ridership.
Back to shopping, I did get over to Dongdaemun to buy some silk yardage and some more silk sewing thread. I got some nice blue, some bold yellow, and some creamy yellow.
When I returned to Seoul from Daegu, I was unable to get a reservation at my "usual" haunt in Seoul -- the Hamilton in Itaewon -- nor could I get a reservation for my full stay at another hotel some other folks on this trip are staying at. I ended up at the Courtyard at "Times Square" in Yeoungdeungpo. It only opened in September. Looking at the location in Google Maps shows a completely different picture. It's about a 45 minute trip between walking and changing subways, but it's not bad. Among the food vendors in the Times Square complex was a surprise: Auntie Anne's. Apparently there are 14 outlets in the Seoul area.
Tomorrow, I'm planning on wearing The Hat to work. That should be entertaining.
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Date: 2009-12-15 06:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-15 06:14 pm (UTC)Not to much Soju, okay?