In Seoul

Arrived yesterday to Seoul. The clean and efficient Incheon airport still amazes me. Took the airport limo to Ylona's place. Found her new place in Yeonheedong without problems. But I was lucky to meet on a street Lucy - an English teacher. Lucy knew where is the Seoul Foreign School. Lucy also helped me with bags. Friendly and helpful Lucy came from US a year ago. She teaches english korean kids.
Ylona looks great. Eleni grew up and is taller than me. The weather in Seoul is sunny but crispy. The city have not changed much in two years and I managed to find a way along kimchi smelling alleys after two years. Korean also came very quickly back. I felt insecure this morning giving taxi driver directions, but I got a confidence boost after he complimented me on my pronunciation. He wanted to have some longer conversation but this I could not manage. For two years I have not spoken korean, and that I still remember something means I had an excellent teacher.
In Itaewon I met the owner of the austrian deli. He and his wife were surprised to see me. I was surprised they recognized me.
Yesterday I had a dinner with Ylona and some friends at Seoul Club where Ylona celebrated her belated birthday and 10th anniversary of her Korean experience. It was a very nice party. Kyong-ok bought a nice cheese cake from Hyatt. It was nice to catch up and we had a great time. We were the last guests to leave and they needed to push us out.
Obama will arrive in Seoul tomorrow (Nov 18th) and the city is nicely decorated with flags. Looks very festive. Surprisingly there is not much police on streets although ratification of FTA is on the agenda.

Today in few hours I fly for Nadi. But I am looking forward to spend few more days in Seoul on the way back from Fiji.