Seoul, Korea- March 18

Weare having a wonderful time onboard the MS Nautica. This cruise line does everything really top drawer. Food is excellent and the staff is amazingly helpful and gracious.

This morning in the fog we sailed into Inchon, Korea. We boarded buses and headed for Seoul- an hour away. We visietd first the new (opened in December) National Museum which was one of the best museums we have seen in terms of display, organization and information.

We learned that Buddah's come tall, short, fat, skinny, bronze, gold, stone and with a variety of hand positions that indicate their special emphasis. India, China, Japan, and Korea have each a different interpretation of what Buddah looks like.

We had a traditional Korean lunch with Korean Bar-be-Que cooked at the table in a wok. The meat was eaten wrapped in lettuce leaves. The side dishes were different- some cool and tasty-like apples and radishes in cream and some very hot-like Cim Chi (very spicy cabbage.)

We moved on to the Gyeonbok Palace which was the home of the emperor for the Chosen dynasty until the early 1900's. Much was like the Forbidden City with many buildings adorned with beautiful paintings and interesting symbolism.

Tonight as wel sail toward Shanghai it seems this slow and slower system doesn't want to let us post any pictures. But we do have some great ones. So we will sign off- traveling 14 hours ahead of you all on to other sights.