Korea (South)!

This week I am in Korea for a few days with several colleagues from the U.S.  We've been able to sneak out for an hour or two at a time to see a bit of Seoul and Yeosu.  Below are a few impressions:

First, we begin with street food!  This was a waffle like batter pumped onto a hot griddle.  He dropped a peanut and a bit of some sort of butter in the middle.  Excellent!

It was cold!!!  After Thailand and it's 85 degrees, this was a bit of a harsh trip.  It was around freezing (today supposedly in the 20's).  It didn't deter a ton of people from hitting the ice rink in the city center though.

This has everything I love in a good picture of Asia:  The old (palace in the back ground), the new (building on the left) and the respectful statue.  It didn't hurt that there was a kid with Minnie Mouse ears in it either!

What is that?!?!?!

Oh it's a shrub where each branch is individually wrapped in straw so it will survive the winter, duh!

An e-bike with a sissy bar.  Part of me was tempted to hang around to see what sort of rebel would tool around on this.  Definitely someone to hang out with, I think.

Just a random shot down a side street.  The number of signs is overwhelming!

Dave posing with one of the Korea Expo 2012 mascots.  The World Expo in Shanghai was the same way a few years ago.  I don't get the fascination with the kids mascots (other than souvenirs to take back to your children while you're here).  Oh, I guess I just figured it out, never mind.

This is me taking a picture of Bill taking a picture of a ton of cameras.  Yeah, that just happened.

AAAAHHHH, there's two of them!

Remember the "pants" building that we have going up in Suzhou?  I just found the zipper for it!

Yeosu beach.

This is proof that a car in Asia CAN yield to pedestrians while they have the right of way.  Not evident from the photo is that the car has come to a complete stop and the driver wasn't honking.  So, it's not something to do with this hemisphere in general...