Seoul is a customer-service kind of country. People were eager to help.Our cab driver’s mission was to get us to the hotel as quickly as possible, despite the traffic. That made for some white-knuckle passengering. When we checked into our hotel – The ibis Ambassador Seoul Myeongdong, the young man at lobby reception sprang into action, dispatching a bell man to load up our luggage. At the 19th Floor desk where we signed in, three people called out greetings as we stepped off the elevator. If Hub and I stood on a corner puzzling over a street map, someone would approach and ask if we needed help. The thing is, although folks were proud that they ‘knew English’. However, once we got beyond stock…

+Read more