Living in Songdo

It has been 4 years of living in Songdo now.  It is amazing how much has changed here.  I often forget how far we have come in 4 short years.

When I first moved here we had no street lights that worked as we had no cars.  We had a few korean restaurants but not many businesses or foreign restaurants.  We were the only foreigners here and basically the only ones in our building complex.  We had 3 parks, with no one in them.  A few of us biked but no one else did.

All the buildings are now full, they have built more apartments and filled those too!  We not only have street lights and cars we have rush hour traffic too! We have acquired 3 new hotels including on that is in the tallest building in Korea with a lobby starting on the 37th floor.  We also have a Holiday Inn and a hotel with a wedding hall now!
We have quite a few foreign restaurants and they are actually good ha ha.  A few events from the Asian Games were hosted here in Songdo and many of the athletes stayed in Songdo.

However, today, where I had a day off and no one else did, I took a train ride and realize that although we are going we are still far outside the city....which I LOVE!

I went to commute to seoul via the train today and found my train station to be completely empty!

 When I got on the train it was as if I lived in the North not the South as I got on an empty train.  When I sent this picture to Sue she said to lie down as this never happens....

So I did...I mean why not since when else am I going to get to do this :)