Time Change

A stop on our 4am tour of the hotel!

Flying across fifteen time zones will mess you up. Our kids were all up by 3am this morning.  We were the first ones in the pool at 5:30 and were finished with breakfast shortly after sunrise. 

View from our hotel window in the morning

Our main itinerary today was to go to Itaewon and get fitted for a suit.  Our friend Jason Weber had one made several years ago and provided me with the information on the place.  We found it without too much trouble and I got measured up.  The suit should be ready by next Friday.

Justin getting fitted for a suit

 On the way back from Itaewon, we stopped at a little restaurant in the subway for some gimbap.  It was very good (Ben said it was the best gimbap he's ever had -- well, other than the stuff he's made) and we all ate for less than $10!  Wow.

Ben and Ian ready to eat gimbap

Ian loves that he rides free on the subway

By 2pm, everyone was fast asleep again. I had caught a nap earlier in the day, so I went for a run on Namsan mountain.  There is a cushioned pedestrian path that goes up the mountain.  After I got to the top by Seoul Tower, I took a slightly different route down and ended up on a longer run than planned.  I never felt really lost because I could always see the tower and our hotel is near the tower, but I was concerned that Dana and the kids would wonder where I was.  When I arrived back at the hotel, I realized there was no need to be concerned - everyone was still sleeping.

We woke up all the kids and went up to get some dinner.  The kids did appreciate getting woken up and there were complaints, tears, whines, and general crabbiness.  But we thought it might work better if we got everyone up and then tried to get a good night sleep.  We're hopeful that has worked out.  Everyone did sleep a pretty decent clip last night so hopefully we're getting closer to Korean time.