Green Is Here
Hello and Happy Spring! It’s hard to believe that May is right around the corner. It has been a beautiful weekend here, warm with a cool breeze, and clear. Lately it’s started to feel like the Seoul that I first experience last year. The heat cooks up action, everything is noisier and smellier. People have been out in full force, especially the hikers. Hiking has become a fad here, particularly amongst old Koreans. There are thousands of them making their way toward the various hills and parks in and around Seoul. It’s silly because even there aren’t really any “technical” climbing areas or difficult terrain, these hikers insist on wearing the most robust gear possible. They have hiking boots and packs (which are full of booze), with polls and bandanas, when all that they’ll be doing is climbing some stairs (and getting drunk). It would be like going to the local pool in a wetsuit (with a bottle of vodka). Totally ridiculous.
Seoul is definitely a four season climate, and spring has been ushered in by blossoming cherry and magnolia trees. They are beautiful and suddenly everything has become green. This really is a lovely time to be here, although sadly it won’t last long. In a few weeks it will be unbearably hot and humid, so I’m doing my best to enjoy this beautiful spring (hello football and tennis).
Anyway, I’m be home in about 11 weeks, which I’m very much looking forward too. Actually, I just can’t wait to start driving again. I’ve included some pictures from around the Seoul. I am reading Tony Dungy’s book Uncommon and in it he quite smartly quotes Mark Twain, “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Have a great spring, I’ll see you soon.
Yours,
Dickie
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