Blaine and I Skyped for a half hour tonite. He is hanging out with our friend Ed Gargan, who arranged our blind date in NYC 10 years ago. They ate an entire roast duck, walked around the Forbidden City, hung out with other journalists and generally enjoyed themselves.
He will fly to Pyongyang Monday afternoon, arriving 3pm for a news conference and bus trip in the city. Tuesday night is the concert; the master classes are Tues and Wednesday morning. They'll fly to Seoul on Wed afternoon. Sounds like fun: he'll be with journos from the NYT, LAT, Financial Times, BBC, among others.
He wasn't sure if he'd be able to call me but I hope he'll send a few emails. From his DPRK hotel, it will cost 7 Euros/minute to use the telephone and 3 Euros/minute for an internet connection. (Apparently the dollar has fallen so far that the DPRK will only take Euros!)
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