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Korea

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Hello from Korea! I’ve decided it’s just warm enough to put shorts on, but in the evenings I seem to look very Canadian with shorts and a light jacket.
Seoul is as I remember it, but it seems to have more people! Perhaps I am just not used to so many people in one place.  Gangnam was crazy on a Friday night with so many bars and clubs. I didn’t see Psy though unfortunately!
 
I have had a couple meals now cooked BBQ style on the table with hot charcoal. It’s kind of cool to see.  BBQ goes well with soju too.  Actually, I think anything gives well with soju 🙂

Taipei (and EVA Air)

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My flight from YYZ -> TPE arrived on time at 05:00 this morning.  I think I did pretty well, considering I got about 8 hours of sleep, but I am now starting to feel the jetlag a bit.

The EVA flight was awesome.  Hands down the best flight I have ever been on.  The food was great and the fully flat bed in business class made it easy to sleep.  They did serve Dom Perignon champagne which was a nice touch.

Taipei feels very warm to me.  It was 20 degrees with I got to downtown at around 6:30am this morning.  Considering my phone gave Ottawa as -5, I guess there was a big difference.  The problem with getting somewhere at 5:00am is that nowhere is open.  At 6:30 all I could find were coffee shops, so at least I could get coffee!

Chiang Memorial opened by 9am with the changing of the guards (um, the arriving of the guards).  Before that there were just a lot of people doing tai chi around it.

Toronto YYZ Lounges

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So, I was evicted from the international maple leaf lounge (they closed, I didn’t get kicked out).

EVA has contracted Premium Plaza in terminal 1 so I am here waiting for my 1am boarding.
With luck, in 17 hours, I should be in Taipei.
For Jennifer’s benefit, here is my mandatory drink photo 🙂
Cheers!