7-eleven Bus

Throughout Korea there are convenience stores and this does include 7-eleven.  Besides 7-eleven there are also “CU’s”, “GS25”, and various other smaller neighborhood stores.  Within any town in Korea you can’t go five blocks without seeing at least one of these stores.  Besides convenient stores taking up a lot of space, phone stores are the other retail building that seems to be on every other block.  With 7-eleven being so prevalent around the country it does create a unique concept for seeing each different city in Korea. 

7-eleven Bus

I introduce you to the 7-eleven bus.  This bus number is extremely common and can be found throughout Korea.  Essentially this bus is used as a way to see the city.  These buses stop in front of 7-elevens throughout the city (not every single one because then it wouldn’t get that far) and so it can be used as a tourist bus.  So a person gets on and off whenever it likes around 7-elevens and in that way can see the whole city and be introduced to a new city.  When someone does get hungry or need some sort of refreshment then it isn’t that hard to find food in 7-eleven.  In fact, it is very common to have chairs and tables in the 7-eleven so that way people can eat and enjoy their food.  Eating or drinking at a convenience store is quite common especially when it warms up and there are chairs and tables outside.  So anytime visiting a Korean town just find a 7-eleven store and wait for the bus to come by and start exploring the city.    

This week there still aren’t students around to teach.  They have one more week of break.  I have been keeping busy by putting out applications for after Korea and reading.  Time does go a lot slower without the students around.  A couple weeks ago I went hiking on the mountain by my home town.  Up at elevation there still was some snow around but it was a nice little hike.  It was shorter than I expected and so next time I will head the other way on the mountain (it technically stretches to the next city over).  It is getting around lunch time and I don’t know if someone is ordering in for us or I will have to head over to a little diner place. I will write later.