December 5 - Saturday Snow!

Today brought with it sushi. Raw fish for those of you not familiar with the Japanese style of eating. Yes, today I tried, successfully, to eat raw fish. I also got to seriously use chopsticks for the first time. And if you ask Raylene Davis, I did better than expected. The photo shows the proof. I actually moved some big pieces of fish with those two sticks. This was all brought about by Moon Hee Kim, mom of Jee Eun Choi '10 and Young Eun Choi '08, taking Raylene and I to lunch today. She also gave us a whirl wind tour of the whole city.

Folks, Seoul is big! No fooling. It has more people, 15 million, living in it than the number that live in New York City. There is a sense of controlled madness about it that makes it very interesting. Again, so much traffic. We ate lunch on the south side of the Han River. The whole south side is the now spot. Huge buildings and streets that would rival Park Avenue in New York City. The whole south side has been developed since about 1980. It is very hard to believe your eyes.

After our tour, we were back at the Grand Ambassador Hotel for our meetings and dinner with Brewster's Korean Parents Association. The photo on the left is of the whole gathering at dinner in the hotel. Coincidentally, this being Saturday, there was a Korean wedding in the hotel. I never saw so many flowers and the parents and wedding couple dressed in traditional Korean garb. Absolutely beautiful and different to our tradition in the west. From all signs, Brewster's evening went well as I am sure so did the wedding.

Well, it snowed today while the sun was shining. It was also about 42 degrees while I'm told it was in the sixties Friday in New Hampshire. Go figure.