Our final breakfast in Aria at the Westin Josun Hotel. Had my final Shanghai Soup Dumpling breakfast.  Best yet. Final look outside our hotel window. Goodbye Westin Josun Seoul. Taxis in Seoul have foot warming heat. Don't know what in Seoul. This is the 63 SQUARE building, when it was first opened in 1985 was the tallest outside of North America, at 819 feet. and was built as a landmark for the 1988 Summer Olympics.  Remained as South Korea's tallest until 2003. The tallest in South Korea is now the Lotte World Tower at 1,821 feet, and 6th in the world. Seoul air pollution. I occurred to me that we were passing a lot of bridges over the Han River.  I later checked and found that there are 27 of these bridges.  So halfway into our ride to the airport I  began taking photos. Other roadside objects. This The Giant. I was waiting to take a video of what looked like a huge phallic symbol as you drive into Inchon Airport.   It'a gone.  It was controver...

 Had a good night of rest and maybe my best breakfast of this trip so far.  The buffet breakfast at Aria in the Westin Chosun is wonderful.  For me, soup dumplings and udon. See that thermos bottle?  It contains scotch, which, for me is a required ingredient in the consumption of Shanghai Soup Dumplings. Second course of Udon and kim chi. Noticed that tree trunks are protected from the cold.  How cold?  Looks nice, and the temperature hovers around freezing, 32F.  Lows at night will approach 20F.  High winds are expected in a couple of days, lowering the wind chill to 0 F, or 32 degrees below freezing.  Best to go out today and tomorrow. So off we went to walk around our hotel block, My Blue-bar Pigeon greeted us. Street wearables and food stalls,  Note the next one sells clothes for dogs.  Dog Face, not North Face. Lotte Hotel and Department Store. Hangungu Shrine.  Note:  Westin Chosun in background, Below, this same shr...