conclusion (End of Summer, finale)

8/29/2008

[Part 6, concluding my summer travelogue. Having recounted my
my post-employment trip to Beijing, subsequent return flight to
Seoul, I conclude the account of my last 24 hours in East Asia and
the return trip to the US.]

Friday8.29.2008:


My summer home.


Looking down the road towards Seoul.


My local shopping plaza/supermarket.


Seoul fashion: AF1's for the men, LV for the women.


Seoul storefronts: ads, ads, ads.


I passed this park every day on the way to work in the morning.


Convenience store behind the park behind work.


Toy vending machines.

My former SAT class was having a pizza party to commemorate
the (more or less) successful end of another summer; I dropped by
to congratulate them get free pizza.










They stuck with it all summer... veterans.






Mrs. Lee.


Joints was crazy, crust all rolled up and filled with
mashed potatoes.





Class ended around noon; I headed back to Mike's
apartment to gather my belongings for the 6:30 PM
flight back to the States.

On the way back, I encountered schoolchildren.




Inside the convenience store.


Watching ants.





On the 13-hour flight back to the States, I was seated
next to these young men. We watched Iron Man.







fin.