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  Seoul, Korea Rep.
Monday, November 24, 2008

Well we made it to Monday morning!  We left Chicago on Saturday at 11, and we arrived in Seoul at 11pm on Sunday evening.  Our flight from Chicago to Tokyo was 13 hours!!  This is SO long.  I watched the dark knight, the xfiles movie, mamma mia, 5 episodes of the office, an e true hollywood story, and an episode of Mad Men.  I think that covers everything that I watched.  A lot of TV.  Tokyo aiport was great.  The people there were so friendly, helpful, and polite.  Maybe the nicest airport people-wise that I have ever been to.  The toilets were unbelievable.  Tons of buttons.  I got into a bit of situation with the toilet already. I decided to try the button that showed a behind with water sprinkling, and I thought it would be water for just a minute.  It turns out I had to push another button to get it to stop, but it took me awhile to figure out how, so I was quite wet by the end of it.  We slept off and on at the aiport - we had a 5 hour layover. 

Then we headed on to Seoul.  My first toilet experience at that airport was interesting also.  They had a button that said 'etiquette button'.  I wanted to push it, but I didn't.  I was worried someone would come running if I did.  I asked Misoo about it, and it is indeed what I suspected.  Anytime you are going to make a noise in the bathroom that you want to hide, you push the button, and sound comes out to cover any unseemly sounds.  I will push it when we are at the aiport on the way back just to see what is is like.

Misoo and Jong picked us up at the airport, and drove us to Misoo's parents apartment.  By the time we arrived it was almost 1am.  We were soooo tired.  Misoo mother waited up for us.  She is so nice and so sweet, and she looks younger than any 50 year old I have ever seen in my whole life.  Like so young she could be on one of those Oprah's that are all about how to look young.  She looks about 30.   So I have decided to pay attention to how she eats and lives so maybe I can stop the damage that has already started. 

Misoo's family's apartment is wonderful.  It is all wood floors and cork floors.  The floors are heated.  So are the toilet seats!!  Seriously, that is pretty nice.  They have 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a living room and kitchen.  It is on the 6th floor of an apartment building south of the Hahn river.  We slept really really well.  Misoo's family is so kind to us.  We met her father and sister this morning.  We had a great breakfast.  I think it was Trent's dream breakfast.  Plenty of fruit and vegetables, soup, tea, etc, many wonderful things.  Her whole family eats breakfast together every morning.  She said this is not a typical Korean practice, but her family is very family-oriented.  She also said it wasn't a traditional Korean breakfast, but it is what her family eats every morning.  Her mother likes to be very very healthy.  I hope to lose a few pounds on this trip :-)  Misoo's family is so kind.  Her parents don't speak English, but they tell Misoo to tell us things.  They told us to feel very comfortable, and to say what we are thinking.  If we don't like food, don't eat it, etc.  Her mother said that she feels so comfortable with us because Misoo has told her so much about us the last few years.

So we are all showered up and ready to head out for the day.  I am not sure what is on the agenda.  Misoo is our tour guide while we are here, so we don't have to plan very much at all.

Hope everyone is well!

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