외국인 (Foreigner)

As opposed to many other foreigners who choose to live in areas where many other foreigners live (such as Itaewon, Hannam-dong or for the more well-heeled, UN Village) we made the choice to live in a rather local place. Of course, we do not have amenities like English speaking personnel in shops and restaurants, but in this way we get authentic exposure to Korean life.
We became aware of how local our place effectively is when we got our clothes back from the dry cleaner. They didn't bother to take down our names. Instead, our clothes were just tagged with "외국인" - foreigner.

Picture: Sunset over Seongsan Bridge (view from our apartment)