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Friday and Saturday
May. 24th, 2008 04:29 pmFirst, we are staying with Sun's husband's family. Sun and Jonghyeon were actually married three years ago so she could go to Minnesota with him where he is a Ph.d. student at the U of MN. Sun has been staying with them since she arrived in Korea in Febuary. Jonghyeon's mom, dad and grandma all live here.
The first night I got here and took a shower and tried to sleep. First we are sleeping in traditional Korean beds which are a thick blanket on the floor with a duvet on top. It is actaully much more comfortable than you would expect. Once I got to sleep I kept waking up because my inner clock was telling me it was time to be awake. However, my goal was to sleep until 8 am, which I was able to do. We had breakfast which was rice with three or four kinds of kimchee and we hung out at their house until it was time to go pick up Jonghyeon and Sun at the dentist. After we picked them up we were to the jeweler to get the jewlery that Jonghyeon's family is giving her, then we went to the eyeglass place so Serinia could get a new pair (Glasses are really cheap here).
After that we went to this huge market full of fabric that I don't remember the name of but I was totally in love with it. You could get any sort of fabric or fur that you have ever heard of. At this place all the gifts that Jonghyeon's family is giving Sun were wrapped up so she can bring them to her family to inspect (that is tonight). This was done in white cotton and is rather elaborate of a process. Jonghyeon's mom Mrs. Park watch while they did this and Sun, Serinia, Jonghyeon and I took a watch down this little park area next to the market. Then we sat and talked with the shop woman that was wrapping it up for a while.
Then we went to this place for soup. It was really good but I was getting super tired at this point so I couldn't finish it. Right when we got back here I took a shower and went to sleep. I woke up this morning with a migraine, which I think freaked them out a little. I took an imatrex and was hoping that I could be done with it before I told anyone but I needed some ice for my head and so had to tell someone. They don't seem very fimilar with migraines and Serinia had to keep explaining it. Anyways, that sort of made today a slow day. I am glad that I was here when I had it since being at a hostle with a migraine would suck.
We are about to go to Sun's family house to see the presentation of the gifts. We are staying there tonight and then coming back here tomorrow. Monday the plan is to go to the Buddist temple that Mrs. Park manages and have her show us around then possible go up to Camp Casey where Serinia was stationed for a year. After that we are going to the "Guesthouse in Korea", which is in central Seoul. Right now we are in Gimpo which is about a 45 minute drive to downtown Seoul. I am having a good time here, it is relaxing but I am really excited about going and being a tourist for the rest of the week.
Pictures are going to have to wait until I get home, I think. I am taking some right now but not that many yet. We haven't been many really exciting places yet.
The first night I got here and took a shower and tried to sleep. First we are sleeping in traditional Korean beds which are a thick blanket on the floor with a duvet on top. It is actaully much more comfortable than you would expect. Once I got to sleep I kept waking up because my inner clock was telling me it was time to be awake. However, my goal was to sleep until 8 am, which I was able to do. We had breakfast which was rice with three or four kinds of kimchee and we hung out at their house until it was time to go pick up Jonghyeon and Sun at the dentist. After we picked them up we were to the jeweler to get the jewlery that Jonghyeon's family is giving her, then we went to the eyeglass place so Serinia could get a new pair (Glasses are really cheap here).
After that we went to this huge market full of fabric that I don't remember the name of but I was totally in love with it. You could get any sort of fabric or fur that you have ever heard of. At this place all the gifts that Jonghyeon's family is giving Sun were wrapped up so she can bring them to her family to inspect (that is tonight). This was done in white cotton and is rather elaborate of a process. Jonghyeon's mom Mrs. Park watch while they did this and Sun, Serinia, Jonghyeon and I took a watch down this little park area next to the market. Then we sat and talked with the shop woman that was wrapping it up for a while.
Then we went to this place for soup. It was really good but I was getting super tired at this point so I couldn't finish it. Right when we got back here I took a shower and went to sleep. I woke up this morning with a migraine, which I think freaked them out a little. I took an imatrex and was hoping that I could be done with it before I told anyone but I needed some ice for my head and so had to tell someone. They don't seem very fimilar with migraines and Serinia had to keep explaining it. Anyways, that sort of made today a slow day. I am glad that I was here when I had it since being at a hostle with a migraine would suck.
We are about to go to Sun's family house to see the presentation of the gifts. We are staying there tonight and then coming back here tomorrow. Monday the plan is to go to the Buddist temple that Mrs. Park manages and have her show us around then possible go up to Camp Casey where Serinia was stationed for a year. After that we are going to the "Guesthouse in Korea", which is in central Seoul. Right now we are in Gimpo which is about a 45 minute drive to downtown Seoul. I am having a good time here, it is relaxing but I am really excited about going and being a tourist for the rest of the week.
Pictures are going to have to wait until I get home, I think. I am taking some right now but not that many yet. We haven't been many really exciting places yet.
