After an enjoyable wining and dining tour with Daniel last night (photos to follow), today was our day to move from the Holiday Inn to the Westin.
Rather than fighting subway crowds with our roll-aboards, we took a couple of taxis and did it the easy way in a 20-minute ride through fairly heavy traffic, at least by our standards.
Today is our first (and possibly only) rainy day and after a walk around a busy pedestrian area a couple of blocks from the hotel, we ate a large lunch in a Chinese restaurant. We managed to get lost for awhile on our way back to the Westin, but eventually found our way to our new hotel.
We've spent the afternoon playing Spades, during which Tom and Ellyn decisively vanquished Kathy and Brian. There's always another day...
Our rooms are quite sumptuous and there's an Executive Lounge here that we'll visit soon for the cocktail and appetizer hour. There are views of three sides up on the top floor so we'll have a good look at Seoul, even on an overcast day.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
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