Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Getting settled




It's almost been a week here, and it's been interesting. The kids are getting stir-crazy in the hotel all day and it's a little hot to be outside around here and the humidity is pretty killer here anyway. And it's going to rain a lot when monsoon season kicks off, so we want to get settled in our place before that happens.
Saturday we did our dry run to Church and took the subway out there, but the bus was easier to take back, so we did that.
Then we stopped by the Korean War Museum and looked around. It's a fascinating look into the history of the peninsula from the beginning but it has a lot of coverage of the Korean Conflict from 1950.
Here's another picture we took on the street, but you can't see the hundreds of cops in the background. There have been a few riots and demonstrations here of late against US beef because of the mad cow disease scare, so you see the riot police here with sticks. There's a few around the base gates, but there's a lot more further from the base.
Having a redhead here gets you a lot of attention as well. First of all, Korean families around here have 1 or 2 kids at the most, so when they see a family with 4 kids, they think you're rich, since we just got our apartment going and the rent is nearly $3000 a month. That would go a long way in Omaha. But this is the second most expensive city in the world for real estate, so getting a 4 bedroom place in Seoul is going to be pricey.
Moving day is fast approaching, and that's good, because we need to get these kids settled!!!

2 comments:

Nikki said...

I love the picturs Jule expesuleluy the one when the kids are in the mortercickle. That was the quteist.
love,megan

Nikki said...

You guys are real troopers,and it seems like you guys will get a chance to have a lot of wonderful experiences to tell us about. Lets us know how your ward is? We had a great time with you guys at Lagoon, I am glad we got to do that. Keep on a lookout for good deals to China, maybe next year some time. I will talk to my dad as well. Hey I did find 6 Costco's in Korea!! on costco .com

Frank