Korea Trip, 1Jan

Breakfast at the buffet in the hotel - and the place was overrun with Russians! We took the subway to "Techmart" which we assumed would be open, but wasn't. It's a store with lots of electronics & whatnot, but we didn't get to see it. Since there was nothing really in the area (mostly residential with the generic apartment buildings that seem to be everywhere in Korea), we took the subway to Yongsam which has another high-tech mall called iMall. There was a place selling boots & shoes and Noreen found a pair of Ugg boot knock-offs that she figured would be better for walking around than her hiking boots. Went back to the hotel and then headed out for dinner; we walked around a bunch and eventually settled on a Korean BBQ place on "The Hill" (see the off-limits map, it used to be called "Hooker Hill," but now it's just a bunch of tiny restaurants and small bars and stuff). There was an American ex-pat (prior Army) and his Korean girlfriend eating there and he helped us order and get going and we talked to him and had a great time. Walked down the hill and found a wine bar and had a pitcher of sangria and a cheese plate for dessert.