Our first full day in Korea

Today was an interesting day! Breakfast at the hotel was amazing, they offer just about any food that you can imagine and the presentation, all I can say is WOW! We began the day with a visit to the Gyeong Bok Palace - the palace for members of the last Korean Dynasty. Next we toured the city and were afforded the opportunity to walk almost to the front gate of the Blue House which is equivalent to the White House in the United States. After a Korean lunch of Bi Bim Bop, we walk through the streets of Seoul, getting a feel for their culture. We then went to a performance of Jump which is a martial arts/ comedy performance. We walked along side of a waterway and found the Korean children to be very interested in our group. Thy try to talk to us and especially love it when we take their pictures. Finally "Western-style" food at the restaurant called the Bellagio. The Korean interpretation of "Western" food is not my idea of "Western" food but I enjoyed it anyway. Fred had a time eating all the raw fish he could find; he said he really liked it.
After returning to the hotel, Dr. Hingorani, Mrs Hingorani, Dr. Huang and I decided to take a ride on the subway back to downtown Seoul to do some more shopping. What took us almost 2 hours to do by bus was about 30 minutes by rail. Once again just the experience of interacting with the Korean people was wonderful.

Picture in front of the Blue House