No, it’s not an act of cultural respect. No, I’ve not gone native. This country is literally covered in puke, from sidewalk to…bus…window. That’s puke. On the window. Running down to the floor. Somehow, someone’s puked on the window. I may never wear shoes inside again.
Coleen Monroe-Knight is a Colorado native who has left a trail of new homes for herself around the world. She's set foot in 30 countries and lived on four continents in the last eleven years.
Her nomad homes are in Colorado, Chilean Patagonia, France, Italy, Switzerland, South Korea, England, China, and Iceland. Her latest travel adventures took her to Yunnan, Beijing, Jiangxi, and Southern China.
Although Covid-19 has made it harder to travel physically in recent time, she has recently taken up a new adventure: parenthood!
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6 thoughts on “I Never Wear Shoes Inside in Korea. Why, You Ask?”
LOL. And I thought it was only like that in Budapest…
Haha, so true. I remember seeing the remains of kimchi and noodles from a head on collision with the ground. and its frozen puke in the winter… I love this place!
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LOL. And I thought it was only like that in Budapest…
Seriously everywhere. I sometimes wonder if piss and vomit will be on my chair at work when I get in.
I would never take my shoes off. I would NOT want to step in any of that. Disgusting.
Well, if you don’t take off your shoes when you go inside then there’s puke and pee in your apartment! Ewwww…
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Haha, so true. I remember seeing the remains of kimchi and noodles from a head on collision with the ground. and its frozen puke in the winter… I love this place!