SEOUL,  AND ON TO SHANGHAI
ARRIVED IN SEOUL at 5:40 AM
Saw the sun come up behind a filter of Chinese Gold
We could look directly at the red sun without hurting our eyes.
When the wind blows from China it brings pollution.

This is a chic, very modern city built on mountains, so it’s hilly.
A constant fashion show.
A lot of tourists, good art, castles and traffic

Cab dropped us off where we wanted to walk around and find Sun Gallery.
Street signs used the Korean alphabet only.  We were trying to figure it all out.
Two people dressed in red said "Information”.  Gave us maps and straightened us out.

SUN Gallery, wonderful, very contemporary installations. Owner spent an hour with us
and then lunch together the next day.  On to another top-quality gallery, INSA

Picked up at our hotel by a lovely couple  (parents of Bob’s  graduate student)
               in their luxurious EQUUS.
 Toured Presidential Palace area in mountains
       and on to fantasy experience:
                           Dinner
 on top of mountain...... Traditional style .....
                          Private room with VIEW
Waiter stood outside, appeared when host pressed                  button on table
.....about 14 courses, delicate, delicious ....metal chopsticks

The wife understood no English ....by end of evening she and Syl were hugging

Husband gave us his car and driver for the following day.

Toured new LEED (green) city, Songbo near Inchon.

Seoul  ....Wonderful city....  How can you not love it??
A city where you see a painting of ...
   A 100 foot long naked Mona Lisa luxuriating on a         construction fence
           (bushes in front of her important parts)

Bob met for dinner with 5 IIT alum architects, Phd and Master graduates.