Hilton Seoul

We stayed in the old part of Seoul (at the Hilton - but it was nice) and close to the main Seoul train/subway station and Mt. Namsan.  We were able, with Tara's help, to get around on the subway.  Dain had a few days off work when we arrived so ...

... an hour of waiting in the airport, we said, "Sure" and hustled down to get on board.  We got back to Seoul, and headed back to the Hilton.  We checked in and were right back in the same room that we had left before going to Jeju.  Once we ...

... nearly as cool as the view that greeted me when I got out the cable car and turned back around me - the site of Seoul, sprawling out in every direction right up into the mountains, right across the river, all 11million of its residents out there.  ...

I took a cab from the Millennium Seoul Hilton and was able to reach Myung-dong in less than 10 minutes. The taxi fare was also not bad at only US$ 2.00! Myung-dong is a shopping heaven. You can find a lot of fun and very affordable stuff in this area ...

Today was our last full day of exploring Seoul, so we headed out after breakfast to find the Bukchon Traditional Korean Village.  When the taxi dropped us off, it turned out that the village wasn't much at all, just stores and homes that didn't seem ...

We had to get up early this morning (5:30am) to catch the shuttle to the airport for our flight to Seoul. Neither of us can believe our time in Japan is over, but we are looking forward to Korea and meeting up with Christine's mom, as well as Rick & ...

... inside, which I did.  When the bus arrived, I jumped on board with about 6 other people going to my hotel - the Millennium Seoul Hilton - and the Grand Hyatt. The journey to the hotel took just over an hour from Incheon.  I was amazed what a ...

... the plaza of decorated lions and snow-themed articles.  By this time it was also snowing again, so it was quite pretty,  Seoul is celebrating being World City of Design 2010 so this was all part of that honour.  Across the plaza was another ...

... Unterhaltung mit einer hübschen Kollegin abgelenkt. Zum Hotel sind wir diesmal mit einem Bus gefahren, der ein paar Hotels in Seoul abklappert. Wir waren aber die einzigen Fahrgäste, also hat die Fahrt direkt zu unserem geführt. Hat aber trotzdem ca. ...

Vi startede medat kore til Seoul World Cup Station, hvor vi sa gras- og publikumsarealet. Det kan rumme 64.000 personer. herefter skulle vi til radhuset i bydelen Mapo-gu, hvor vi forst sa en film om Mapo-gu og sa var der underholdning, med med en meget ...

... Thursday.  I assume we'll have internet access at least some of the time, because two of the nights well be staying in a Hilton. However, you never know. Overall, today was quite a boring day.  The field trip is supposed to be a lot of fun, so ...

... address* Hotel Yes, the Hilton Hotel Hotel At this point I knew he had registered that I wanted to go to a hotel - Yes, The Hilton, I replied Hotel, ok, ok *starts to drive* Bingo he knows where I want to go…The driver proceeded to drive back up ...

... for music, which is at least a more genuinely creative endeavor), whatever. It took me a really long time to figure out who Paris Hilton was and how she gained her fame. So it was rather odd that I once found myself watching the Oscars for some reason at ...

... too long when the call "Look! A dog on the ground!" actually makes you turn and look. It would seem the Paris Hilton phenomenon has leeched into the country's consciousness like poison into the village well. All the young femmes get about dressed to the ...

... der Künstlerin gefargt wurde als elftes Model zu agieren. Nach der Modenschau gab es Sekt und ein Buffet vom Hilton Hotel. Anschließend wurde das Fußballspiel Deutschland gegen Serbien übertragen. In der Halbzeit ist der deutsche Botschafter ...

Just to let you know, I am listening to the new Paris Hilton song "Stars are Blind"--on repeat--while I'm writing this. Perhaps the humidity here has started to rot my brain. Or this might be indicative of a more serious problem. I just thought someone ...

... trying to get us to join their group, The Global Association for Peace and Culture, we eventually headed back to the Gyongjue Hilton were one Korean channel showed about 10 back to back episodes of the American news programme Inside Edition. There was an ...