Saturday, July 11, 2015

Slumber a party in Seoul

If forced to spend 16 hours in an airport, be sure it is the one Seoul, Korea! Not only is it the most upscale designer shopping zone in the world but the re is a lovely area call "Rest and relax" and they mean it. Open and free to everyone! A little kid zone and tons of real comfortable seating, like layback cushy chairs. Plenty of outlets and the nice man at the "rental" (no charge) window has books, I Pads, blankets, adapters. Tables and chairs for snacks. There are lots of beach chair shaped chaises but upholstered and available to any one. I scored a beach chair shaped piece and lined up with 150 very polite strangers we slept. Most did not get blankets but just threw on whatever jackets we had. One arm around the back pack but no one was doing anything suspicious. No guard, no signs, just very polite people sleeping. By the time I got up, every bench of any kind was filled. It was astonishing and wonderful!

Found coffee and the plane (in that order) and another 5 hours to Hanoi. Asian airlines must be producing a line of lovely thin gracious stewardesses. In heels and hats and gloves. Conversely there is no boarding order. The gates open and everyone - and their abundant duty free purchases from the high end mall - gets on anyway they can.

So more rested than usual I arrived at the hotel in the old part of town. It reminds me of old gracious hotels everywhere in the world, minus the cage elevator...

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