June 20: Arrival in Seoul
Kazo was kind enough to give me a ride to the subway station. I said goodbye and that I hope I can come back to Kyoto someday. I took the subway to Kyoto Station. I took the Shinkansen to Tokyo, then took the Narita Express train to the airport. When I arrived Friday night, I was surprised we had to take a shuttle train to the main terminal; I hadn’t done that before. I went through immigration and customs as fast as I could, got money from the ATM, and bought a ticket for the City Air Terminal bus just in time to get on board. The ride was smooth until we got close to Seoul, and then there was traffic. Yeah, I was back.
My classmate’s boss was waiting at the City Air Terminal. She got a cab which took us to the place in Gangnam I’d be staying the next few days. It was a lovely one-room apartment with all new furniture, including a flat-screen TV, microwave, washing machine with a dryer function, and a good view of the city. She walked me to the supermarket, then took me to a place around the corner for mandoo (dumplings). She hadn’t had lunch or dinner, so this was an important stop. I couldn’t believe she paid for the cab and for dinner. But since I was the friend of her good employee…
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