Another Tiring Day

I'm not going to take a lot of time and detail everything that went on today.... mostly because very little happened. We had to get up early and take a train to Cheonon, which is back towards Seoul, and even on the high speed (300 km/hr) train, still over 2 hours. We met with some clients there, toured the manufacturing facilities, then they took us out to lunch at a traditional Korean restaurant. There was floor seating, chopsticks, spicy appetizers, and for the main course, a bare chicken boiled in a small pot with broth, rice, and seasonings. With all that hot food and the beer, I'm amazed I could stay awake through the afternoon meeting. That took only about an hour and a half, and since our train didn't leave for over another hour, we basically had to sit there in an uncomfortable silence until they decided they were done with us and talking to each other.

By the time we get back from dinner and typing up minutes and everything, I'm so tired I'm practically falling asleep. I don't know if it's jet lag, or just a draining work day. Tomorrow, another company wants to meet with us in the morning, but they've promised only a half-day, plus they'll find something for us to do the rest of the day.

Meanwhile, more pictures. Here's a huge chandelier-type thing in the hotel's lobby that I thought was really cool:
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The outside of the hotel, which is a "traditional" design:
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Just to show that we actually did leave the hotel, I took pictures from the train. Most of the Korean cities have identical buildings like this, which my co-worker and I surmised are a type of corporate or factory housing. Some of them had logos on the side for LG and Samsung, but most we didn't recognize. What would it be like to live here?
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Finally, coming out of the train station on the way back, there appeared to be some kind of Buddhist festival going on just outside:
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