i think i have been officially initiated into korean culture...even though i'm still learning the language. yes, that's a porcelain hole in the floor and yes, i peed in one for the first time. it was difficult.
joe and i took a trip last week to go pick up our car (yay!) and we had to take a train to get there. (also my first train ride - it was a big day for me.) here's how things went down:
in the first train station bathroom i went in, there were normal toilets and also these beauties, so of course i picked a normal one, but there wasn't any toilet paper to be found! like, not that the rolls in the stalls were empty, but there weren't any rolls in the stalls. period. after much freaking out and searching, i finally saw two rolls hanging on the wall by the sinks. this just baffles me. what if you think you only need a little, but then you realize you need a lot??!? thankfully, that did not happen to me. i was fine. you can stop worrying. though joe was looking at me crazy when i came out of the ladies room. "everything okay?? i was getting worried..." of course i had to explain.
so i had at least had a glimpse of korea's alternative means of release when i entered the next bathroom and found they were the only ones installed. so, being the brave girl that i am becoming...i came, i saw, i conquered. =)oh, and check out the way they provide soap!
another thing i saw was a little girl being given corn-on-the-cob as a snack on the metro.
many other sights and adventures filled our day, but those were the most noteworthy. =)
xoxox
