Wednesday, March 7, 2012

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FOOD STREET

The address system in Korea is different than it is in the United States. Cities are divided into districts, 구 [gu], which are then divided into neighborhoods, 동 [dong]. Then, neighborhoods are divided into blocks and numbered, and buildings are numbered in the order they are built.

This leads me to two things:

1-We make up names for streets, usually just by describing what's on them or where they go [although not all streets in Daejeon are named, they seem to do the same sort of thing with those that are]

2-Living in a house that doesn't have a mailing address [our mail goes to the campus post office], I have no idea what our building number is. That isn't a big deal, but it does mean that we don't take advantage of South Korea's excellent food delivery service. Here you can order any food and have it delivered to your door with no extra charge...and they come back and take away your dirty dishes when you're finished!!

but...maybe it's okay because we have food street and the street that food street runs into than five minutes away

food street

 the street that food street runs into

how food is delivered

also, there are quite a few neon lights in South Korea

1 comment:

  1. They pick up your dishes?!?! So you don't use disposable containers? #granola

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