While Dina was resting quietly in the room, I ventured outside the walls of Severance Hospital in Seoul, South Korea. I didn't have to go far to find signs of the city. One block beyond the front gate of the hospital and the entrance to Yonsei University I found a busy street, filled with signs, buses, taxis and the potential for lots of people.
It was early in the morning when I took my walk out and about. Because this area of town is right on the edge of a huge university I suspect that in the evenings there are tens of thousands of people walking the sidewalks and visiting the various eateries and coffee shops along the way.
I visited a three story Starbucks that was very near the hospital and I found it interesting that I could look directly out the front window of the shop and see a three story Holly's Coffee Shop right across the street. You know there must be lots of people at one time or another for these two huge coffee shops to survive in such close proximity to one another.
On my walk I paused to enjoy the beauty of a huge church/cathedral along the way. Some people gave me some funny looks as I was taking pictures of the facility. I am sure I looked like a tourist in more ways than one. There is so much to see outside our front doors (wherever those doors may be). Shouldn't we all be tourists--always looking to enjoy the wonders of the people and places all around us?
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