Thursday, September 25, 2008

Can you believe it?!?!

I am driving around one of the largest cities in the world.  I still can't believe it.  A year ago, the thought of driving around New York City, Chicago or LA was very intimidating.  Now here I am driving around Seoul, one of the largest cities in the world.  

When we first arrived here I was a little nervous about it.  The drivers here are very aggressive and there are buses everywhere which just push everyone around.  I started out driving close by the house and of course with the help of my somewhat trusty GPS.  But now I'm all over town.  As long as I have an address to punch in my GPS, I'm off.  I've learned to stay out of the way of the buses and not to let the big black sedans push me around.  

Driving here isn't so bad and thankfully the rules are pretty similar to the US.  Most of the street signs are written in English, so that helps.  Driving may not be orderly and organized here but that is to my advantage.  Whose to know if I mess up or make a mistake?  I may make up my own rules of the road sometimes, but how is that different from the taxi drivers in town?!?      

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