A day in Seoul

A few weeks ago I spent the day with my friend Jackie as tour guide. We went to the Korean National Museum, where the pagoda is located, on a cruise on the Han River, which divides Seoul between north and south, and to the 63 building, so named for its 63 stories, the tallest in Korea. The building with the green dome is the Korean Legislature, whose session has been delayed by all of the protestors who gather nightly to demonstrate against importing American beef.

Seoul has many beautiful parks. We got off the cruise at Youido Park. It used to be the site of a water treatment facility, but it's been turned into a lovely park, with a footbridge built over the street. We could also see the park that runs all alongside the Han River. Jackie pointed out to me another park across the river, where there used to be two landfills. We Americans could learn a lot from Korea, whose citizens are VERY environmentally conscious. In fact, the biggest surprise the Korean teachers who visited ASU had was the way Americans throw garbage away together, without sorting it. Koreans have different trash bins for everything, which is then carefully recycled.