Korea!

I'm here! In Korea that is. I had a 3 hr lay over in Hong Kong in which I decided to take a nap in the terminal and woke up to a ton of korean's surrounding me....I was most definitely the tallest (by at least a foot) and blondest of them all ;) And although it may sound wierd, the thought went through my mind "Oh, I've missed this travelling stuff!" There is just something to be said about a) Being in a different culture and b) Being out of your element :)

Needless to say, I got into the Seoul airport at about 430am, where my sister and brother in law picked me up. We spent this past weekend in Seoul, went to a market where I bought a cute hat for $7 and a scarf for $3....I like this kind of shopping :) We also went for some korean barbeque, which was cool because you basically cook your own meat on a small barbeque in the middle of your dinner table (they have similar stuff in canada), and then wrap it in a lettuce leaf with rice/kimchi/red pepper sauce etc. etc.....it was yummy.

Yesterday (sunday), we went to a palace called Gyeong Bok Gung (try and say that three times fast!) and then took the 1.5 hr bus from Seoul to Cheong ju where my sister/brother in law have been teaching. I am presently sitting in their apartment with their wee dog on my lap. I'm not usually an animal lover but this dog is kinda cute. She's actually missing an eye, but that's another story :)

For now though, I'm going to have a bath and then read a bit. Oh! I am hoping to become very familiar with the concept of relaxing in the next little while. North America has it's way of sucking the life out of you at times....and I do realize that this period of rest will last for only a while. So I will take what I can get right now :)

And with that, I hope you enjoy the pictures! Oh! And it's actually monday right now....not sunday like the post says ;)