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Donggung Palace
This is from my second visit to South Korea. The first one about 11 years ago wa quite short. I spent two days in Seoul before traveling on to my final destination. It was my first time in East Asia and the first time I realized that English was not exactly widely spoken in this part of Asia the world. Needless to say, German wasn't either. Communication was a bit difficult. I probably spent the first half day trying to understand the public transportation system and figure out how to buy a ticket for the subway. Buying food was a visual inspection followed by a finger pointing.
Today, a decade later, not much has changed from a language point of view, but at the same time, nothing has really stayed the same. Your cell phone has the translation and the answer to every question imaginable. It's crazy to see how traveling has become so stupidly easy in such a short time. You can travel much more efficiently when all the daily little travel puzzles can be solved instantly. You can focus on the destination and not have to waste time figuring out how to get there. That really is priceless.
Stay tuned for an upcoming post about how Google has made traveling way too easy and kind of ruined it in the process.
Donggung Palace
This is from my second visit to South Korea. The first one about 11 years ago wa quite short. I spent two days in Seoul before traveling on to my final destination. It was my first time in East Asia and the first time I realized that English was not exactly widely spoken in this part of Asia the world. Needless to say, German wasn't either. Communication was a bit difficult. I probably spent the first half day trying to understand the public transportation system and figure out how to buy a ticket for the subway. Buying food was a visual inspection followed by a finger pointing.
Today, a decade later, not much has changed from a language point of view, but at the same time, nothing has really stayed the same. Your cell phone has the translation and the answer to every question imaginable. It's crazy to see how traveling has become so stupidly easy in such a short time. You can travel much more efficiently when all the daily little travel puzzles can be solved instantly. You can focus on the destination and not have to waste time figuring out how to get there. That really is priceless.
Stay tuned for an upcoming post about how Google has made traveling way too easy and kind of ruined it in the process.