Today, Alice and I spent the day up in Seoul with the lovely Marg Gobius.  There is an express bus that stops just outside our apartment and after another 3 or 4 stops gets onto the expressway and cruises in the BUS LANE past all the much slower traffic - took just 30 minutes to Itaewon, a district choc-a-bloc with Non-Koreans!!!!  It was a little disconcerting to see so many Western faces, since we have become accustomed to seeing very few....

Marg introduced us to the most wonderful English book shop - given our understanding of the Korean language this will be invaluable - new and pre-owned books at very reasonable prices.  I can't wait to take Russell!!!

We also found some "International" food shops, which will be handy, I'm sure, for just the few things we can't find locally but decide we really want!!! (like chicken stock ..... yes, chicken stock).

Just like all our times with Marg, we had a great day, with much talking!!!! I've decided that Alice and Marg may be dangerous allies in the shopping game...  Fun times!!!