This morning I sat with 4 colleagues shivering around a space heater in a factory reviewing prototype samples for several new Plaid products shipping to the U.S. later this year. No matter how much hot green tea we drank, it wasn't enough to warm our toes. This winter I've really learned what a luxury indoor heating is.
We take it for granted in the U.S. that when you walk into a building it will be warm. I stayed at a hotel in January where you had to put on several layers of clothes and a heavy coat to go to breakfast. I was amazed I could see my breath while walking down the 3rd floor corridor. China winters are frigid!
Tomorrow we leave for Seoul, where the temperature will be even colder. Looks like it will be in the teens at night with highs of around 45 each day. I'm very excited that Matt and Dean will be able to join me. They leave from Hong Kong while I depart from Nanjing with my coworkers. We'll meet in the Incheon airport around 2 pm and head to the hotel together. This is the 2nd time Matt is joining me on a business trip and the first for Dean, so I'm considering it a special treat for us to be together.
I'm not sure what the guys will do during the day while I'm working since it's going to be so cold outside. They may just hang by the (indoor) hotel pool and enjoy fresh Korean food. The only foods that come to mind when I think of Korea are pork barbecue and kimchee, so I'm looking forward to seeing what local foods Matt discovers. He's much more adventurous than I am about trying new foods, especially when it comes to mystery meat.
That reminds me, I need to send him a reminder email about packing Tums and Immodium...
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