{"id":2679,"date":"2025-01-07T01:06:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T09:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=2679"},"modified":"2025-01-07T01:06:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T09:06:39","slug":"going-to-the-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/going-to-the-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Going to the Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While I was in Seoul, I checked out some of the more interesting spots that I saw online.  <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0464.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG 0464\" class=\"wp-image-2687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0464.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0464-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">All the library books are accessible on the lower shelves.  The books up high are decorative, like this book about one of my favorite things <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0469-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG 0469\" class=\"wp-image-2680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0469-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0469-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0469-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">There&#8217;s the big Christmas Tree.  You can see the starfield on the ceiling.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a library which is in the center of a very large mall in Gangnam.  It&#8217;s called the <a href=\"https:\/\/seoulshopper.com\/blogs\/attraction\/starfield-library-byul-madang-library\">COEX Starfield Library<\/a> and it&#8217;s a place where you can take a breather from your shopping, relax and read a magazine or a book or have a cafe style snack.  Lots of people here during my visit and people were respectful of each other.  And as the linked article says, people hang out there for a brief time and then leave.  Great people watching spot.  In San Francisco, homeless and druggies would camp out here permanently and soil everything.  Glad this isn&#8217;t there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>South Korea, Seoul, Gangnam District, Yeongdong-daero, 513 \uc2a4\ud0c0\ud544\ub4dc \ucf54\uc5d1\uc2a4\ubab0 B1<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Starfield+Library\/@37.5100586,127.0601188,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x357ca415daa091bb:0x2b9e455aec4db397!8m2!3d37.5100586!4d127.0601188!16s%2Fg%2F1tdmyfz7?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDEwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">Google Map<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I was in Seoul, I checked out some of the more interesting spots that I saw online. This is a library which is in the center of a very large mall in Gangnam. 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