Julie Degen, if you are still in the States, and haven't gone back to Korea, I wanted to let you know that everything you told me is true. The people are super friendly and polite, they work very hard, are very honest, and everything is very, very clean. I did not have a chance to go out of Seoul, but had a ball in this fascinating city even though my language skills left tons to be desired. If I got lost and could not find my way back to my hotel, or even looked just a tad confused, somebody would pull out an I-phone and show me the way. Ditto for when I got lost on the subway. They actually took me way out of their way to get me to the place I was looking for and made sure I got on the right track and/or train. The food was awesome so healthy, and I looked for overweight folks and could not find any(they had just had a big to do about the weight problems with Americans on the Today show before I left for Korea, so was checking that out as well. I am changing the way I eat--not that I needed to, but even though I am on the very tall and slender side, I felt like I was overweight surrounded by all those super slender people. I just feel so much better eating much more fruit, lots of veggies, and little meat and I can't even tolerate sodas now--they are way too sweet.. I was never a fan of rice, now I really like it, especially the brown ricde. My skills with the chopsticks have improved tremendously, and even rice and those slippery noodles were no problem to handle. Now, if I could only make those wonderful soups. My sister and I made many new friends while in Seoul and we both want to go back. Christiane Rudolf Tanglewood Farm Fayetteville, Ohio ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================