The Gym

Finally, it's starting to cool down here.  I wore a sweater for the first time tonight.

Scott and I have been enjoying going to the gym.  We go to the university gym.  It is almost empty during the day which works very well for me since I teach in the evening when it gets busier there.  There are some differences between American gyms and Korean gyms.  One difference is that you have to remove your shoes to go into the locker room.  People remove shoes before entering houses and going into traditional Korean restaurants.  There is a special lower part of the floor by the entrance where you can leave your shoes.  The locker room floor is kept pretty clean, so socks are fine for it.  Unfortunately, out in the gym, some young men spit on the floor between the treadmills, so I would avoid stepping there.  Spitting is very common among men of all ages.  It is not everyone though, and Scott and I have met some Korean people who find the spitting gross.  One final thing about our Korean gym is that the cardio equipment goes largely unused.  That is because everyone there is already very skinny.  Koreans make the French seem like fatties :)