Out of Korea and Into Taiwan Dec. 8th

The last time I wrote we were dining with the parents and their families as part of our meeting with Brewster's Korean Parent Association.

The next day, we were the beneficiaries of a Korean lunch at the Yongsusan Restaurant on the north side of Seoul. Now there were a number of items that were a little difficult for me to handle, but the beer really helped. Jelly fish, fish eggs, and a few other items were most troubling, but conversely, some of the food I thought I'd have difficulty with turned out tasting very good. And, it was another chance to eat with the chopsticks. After lunch, our tour guides, Korean parent Eun Jung Shim and her livelong, English speaking, friend, Laura Lin took us to the Gyeongbokgung (Palace Greatly Blessed by Heaven) for a tour. The pictures shown here are of our hosts Eun Joung and Laura; the Palace; me with our Palace tour guide; Eun Joung Shim with Rayleen and me in front of the National Museum of Art (?); and me drinking coffee at Starbucks in the Namdaemun Market with Laura. Man it was bone numbing cold that day.

We have so many wonderful friends in Korea. It was a joy to meet them. Our Korean parents make tremendous sacrifices to send their children to Brewster for the purpose of preparing them to be successful in life.

The next morning we headed for the airport for our flight to Taipei. China Airlines was the airlines and small were the aisles and seats. I'm not sure our head of school would have been fit in the seat I was in. The plane was packed and a can opener was needed to get me out of the seat upon our arrival. So many people fly back and forth from Taiwan and Seoul. Thanks to Annie Wang, a driver picked us up and whisked us to our hotel in central Taipei.