Sofitel Ambassador Seoul

Time just flew by over the past 10 days. I can't believe it was time for Justin go home. His flight left early on Monday, so we stayed in Seoul Sunday night. After a relaxing morning in Hanam, we got his things together and took the bus and then the subway and then a cab (ok, I thought I knew where I was going) to our hotel. It was located in the Myeongdong/Dongdaemun area, near Seoul Tower. The hotel was really nice and had the first soft bed I've slept on in a long time. Once we were in and...

OK, so my trip is almost at an end and it has been incredible thanks to my lovely girlfriend Heather. A few days ago we visited Insa-dong Market so I could do some shopping for a few people. Insa-dong, is just a long street with shops on both sides, many of which contain the same trinkets and pottery as other shops, and most of which are pretty expensive. Heather bought herself and me little marble columns with our names written in Korean on the bottom that are used as stamps. As for the mark...

...Our last day in Japan, we are going to miss this place. We are going to the place of the unknown. How much English do they speak there? 8:05 AM ... we are catching the airport bus to Narita Airport. This is the last gleam of Tokyo. They might drive like the English here but there are many things they have gotten right: air conditioning in the subway station and trains, wider subway trains, etc. Air conditioning, the best invention ever, but the English have not yet been introduced to it. G...

...We are now back to Seoul, the capital of South Korea. This is a lively city. It is sure busy here. Capitalism is alive and well here. People, specially young men and women, are very trendy and up to the latest of fashion. We are up at 5:30 AM in the morning. This is the day that we are heading north with the USO. Riding with us are 14 Brits, 11 Americans, and 10 Canadians, and others, making me feel like home. I am no longer feel porky. I feel slim and good. On the bus along Highway 1 and ...

The visit to the DMZ yesterday was unreal and totally another world. We are not ready to step out an experience Seoul as it meant to be. Before start out the date, we must go to mass at Seoul's catholic biggest catheral. It is a Gothic cathedral, which was build in the 1800's. We missed the English mass at 9:00 AM. It is now all in Korean for us. We do feel like one of the natives... Yea, people are speaking to me in Korean here. I cannot event try to pretend that I understand. Who knows... t...