Monday, October 8, 2012

2012 FEB/MARCH -- PART 4 of TRIP TO ENGLAND, DUBAI & KUWAIT, SINGAPORE, AND SEOUL KOREA

From Singapore, we flew to Seoul, KOREA and were met at our hotel there by Yonjung, Aaron, and Paula Chung with a welcoming bouquet of flowers!!!  So good to see them!  Mark soon joined us, and we went out to dinner and enjoyed one of several yummy Korean meals.   In the several days that we were there, they took us all around the city, walking tours, the Presidential Palace, interesting shopping areas, scrumptious meals, to meetings, lovely dinner in their home, and wonderful fellowship.   So nice to meet the friends and workers there.   Very special to be with the Chungs again, and we left with wonderful memories! 
Here we are in Seoul!   Chungs are driving us around to see the sights!


Budhist statue

Driving by Presidential Palace with mountains in background

Neat little restaurant

Yummy looking pastries and desserts!

Paula and Aaron playing a game while waiting to eat

A delicious PM snack!

"Good Fortune" fish

Walked around a neat residential area of Seoul

Kent and Sharon enjoying the sights of Seoul

Beautiful carved door

We sure are getting our exercise up and down hills and lots of steps!

Yonjung loves taking pictures!



The Chungs -- our gracious hosts!

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Pretty tight parking job!


Love all the interesting rooftops!


A wonderful restaurant!   Leave your shoes at the door....

Heating up briquets to cook the meat at our table

Cooking the meat

This is SOOOO GOOD!


Yonjung tending the meat.

Delicious soup!

Driving by a beautiful building lit up at night

Seoul train station

Some of the friends we visited

Newly weds!

Colorful signs and buildings

Seoul skyline

Another scrumptious Korean meal cooked at our table!

Wrap the meat in lettuce leaf


Delicious rice and vegetables!

Blocks and blocks and blocks of apt buildings!!!

Visiting Chung's home

Chungs' livingroom

Chungs' diningroom


Yonjung's kitchen

Park at Chung's apt complex

Yonjung making fresh juices

Take your pick!   Delicious!!!

View from Chungs' condo

View of mountains from Chungs' condo

Aaron and Paula

The 5 travellers at Chungs

Aaron playing the piano

Paula playing the piano

Presidential Palace with green roof and mts in background

Corner of wall surrounding palace

Entrance to Palace tour







BRR!!!   It sure is cold!


Yonjung and Mark at Palace



Decorative chimney at Palace



Colorful guard


Beautiful shop

Some of the gorgeous ties in the shop

Making special Korean candy

All kinds of stampers.   Bought one for each of the grandkids with their name in Korean.

View of Seoul from our hotel

Chungs' condo complex is across the river in the middle

Towers in background are right next to our hotel on the hill
Had a wonderful wonderful trip to England, Dubai, Kuwait, Singapore and Seoul, Korea!!!   So much to see, many wonderful friends that have enlarged our borders, and precious memories of all!   Now back to the USA!    CHEERIO!

2012 FEB/MARCH TRIP TO ENGLAND, DUBAI & KUWAIT, SINGAPORE, AND SEOUL KOREA -- PART 3

We had a few days in Singapore and stayed at the beautiful old Fullerton Hotel.   It was an old postoffice completely redone into a beautiful hotel.  We took the water taxis for a tour around the city as well as walking and auto taxis.   Enjoyed some delicious meals, riding the huge Singapore Flyer for fabulous views of the city, meeting one eve with some of our friends, and lunch at our hotel with 3 workers on the island.  A very lovely time in Singapore and lots of beautiful and interesting architecture!
Unique hotel with ship on top!

Singapore Flyer

View of city from our hotel

Hotel Fullerton -- an old post office made into a beautiful hotel!

Warren and Sue at dinner

Kent and Sharon at dinner

Dr and family we visited

Love all the clothes lines on the balconies of the apartment bldgs!

Outdoor market

Famous Bugis Street shopping area

Siesta time for the workmen!

The SINGAPORE FLYER

Singapore Botanical Garden

Riding the Singapore Flyer.   It was awesome!

View of the harbor and all the cargo ships from the Singapore Flyer.

View of this unique hotel from the Singapore Flyer

View of the stadium from the Flyer with our hotel across the water.

Another unique building!

These 3 ladies joined us for lunch at our hotel.

At the Singapore Airport and off to Seoul, KOREA next.....