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Arrived in Seoul
Jul. 4th, 2014 08:01 pmI have made it to Seoul and through the heavy traffic to my hotel room. Also, showered, since I'm heading out for dinner with my contact at the customer. That's at 8:30, so 35 minutes from now. I have to stay awake. I won't be staying up much past the dinner, though, as I'm feeling pretty wiped.
Flights were smooth, and I chatted a bit with my seat-companion on the YVR-ICN link. She was/is a teenager going to school in Winnipeg (apparently the winters are bitterly cold) and headed home to spend the summer with her family in Incheon. Was nice to hear her view on some of the Canada-Korea differences.
Also, overheard a bit of a radio show in the taxi -- apparently Korean has two different counting systems: one traditional Korean, the other from China, and they're used in different places, though sometimes oddly. For example, in giving a time the hours will be numbered with the traditional Korean, while the minutes will be done in the Chinese style. It's kind of like if you said 6:15 as "six and quinze" in Canada.
Flights were smooth, and I chatted a bit with my seat-companion on the YVR-ICN link. She was/is a teenager going to school in Winnipeg (apparently the winters are bitterly cold) and headed home to spend the summer with her family in Incheon. Was nice to hear her view on some of the Canada-Korea differences.
Also, overheard a bit of a radio show in the taxi -- apparently Korean has two different counting systems: one traditional Korean, the other from China, and they're used in different places, though sometimes oddly. For example, in giving a time the hours will be numbered with the traditional Korean, while the minutes will be done in the Chinese style. It's kind of like if you said 6:15 as "six and quinze" in Canada.
