The entrance to Cafe Corner

It really is just around the corner from my house 😅 A dog lured me into this café 🙄 I was walking past when she ran up to me and asked to be petted… I stroked her once, and she started pressing her face and paws against me… And wagging her tail… Ah, how could I resist? 🙄

A dog near the café

I went into the café and ordered iced tea and a cheese bagel.

The interior of Cafe Corner

A cheese bagel and iced tea

The young woman spoke excellent English and was delighted when I started speaking to her in English 😁 She was young and quite attractive… About 167–168 cm tall, with dark hair, large brown eyes and no makeup… She was also very friendly. That last quality seems to be common among all Koreans. I still cannot get used to how extremely polite they are. In response to all their polite words, all I can say is “Thank you.” Sometimes I repeat it two or three times, but I understand that it is not enough… That always makes me feel awkward.

By the way, Koreans are obsessed with education, so they welcome any opportunity to learn something new or practise what they have already learned.

A cat near the café

While I was writing, a Korean man came over to introduce himself… He was 35 years old, worked as an English teacher and said his name was Jeong Dae-un… He invited me to join him at his table, but I politely declined because I had a lot of work to do.

A laptop on a café table

He asked whether we could meet sometime to grab something to eat and wanted to know what kinds of food I liked… We exchanged contact details and will message each other later 🙄

This text was translated from the original Russian version, so some wording or details may be inaccurate.