"My advice to you: smile and nod and go with the Korean flow."

The flight was more than thirty hours, and it was so exhausting I don't want to really remember it. I did get to watch three movies: Disturbia, 300, and Spiderman 3. They were all better than I expected.

I don't have any drinking buddies yet, but I'm having a good time. Yesterday we visited a Buddhist temple amidst several impressive mountains. Today we went to the Gwangju Museum and watched a spectacularly skilled display of Korean music and dance after we shoddily plunked away on the same percussion instruments. The cameras were on us while we played though. Half a dozen photographers filled the room, carrying cameras with enormous lens extensions.

Joanne has taken excellent pictures and video of these events, so I feel that it would be a waste to spend further words on them.

I still haven't quite adapted to Korean food or time. I keep waking up at 6am and the level of fat, salt, and sugar in the stuff the hotel provides us is a bit more than I can handle.

There are tons of couples here. I think we outnumber the singles. In a way this is good, because not many people want to be a third wheel. In another way, it is not so good, because couples can happily socialize among themselves and so it makes meeting new people a bit more challenging.

Tonight I've organized a SojuHotelParty. We'll see how it goes.