Yup, been a while again, but I figured you would be bored by now with Taipei 101…
This week has me on a whistle-stop tour of Korea and Japan. I got in to Korea Monday night, flew to Japan Wednesday morning and head back to Seattle Thursday afternoon. Need less to say haven’t had a chance to take in much in the way of sights, but it’s been an interesting week thanks to the World Cup.
In Korea I stayed at the Park Hyatt in Seoul – pretty nice place complete with bamboo garden outside my window – I was only the fourth floor so I guess I need to stay there more often to graduate to the higher levels.
Didn’t find too much in the vicinity though this gallery looked interesting, maybe jumping on the Apple bandwagon though?
Being pretty jetlagged, I was in bed by 8 on Tuesday and this turned out to be a very good thing. At midnight I was awoken by what sounded like a party, a very large party. Booming bass and shouts and roars. I got back to sleep but was woken several times and eventually got up about 3:30am. Putting on the TV, I saw Korea playing Nigeria. Maybe there was a connection to the noise?
As dawn broke and I could see what was going on outside, it became clear, yes there was a connection. Just across the street, the road was cordoned off and a sea of red shirts were facing what I presume to be a large display relaying the game. I muted the Korean commentary and sure enough as action closed in on the goal, the crowd outside raised its voices.
As the light improved, I got a better view, until finally, 2-2 and Korea were through.
It took about 30 minutes for the happy crowd, now setting off fireworks, to disperse. I’m guessing there were tens of thousands there, enough to fill their own stadium.
