We get Labor Day off, so we'll go to the amusement park while the Koreans are all at work! Then we'll get locked in the house for Chusok (Korean Thanksgiving) because to even think about leaving Seoul or trying to get around Seoul would be impossible. Everyone's cheering around here again- some Korean must have won something.
In any case, today we moved from the Chapel by Jahamun Tunnel to Yeoundungpo Chapel. It's brand new and it's really, really nice. We took a historic picture today as we moved to the new chapel south of the Hangang River. It took a few hours and driving across Seoul is never a quick task. The thing about going to church with the Koreans is this- they want to have joint activities with the natives, and then after 1 or 2 times, there's no way to talk to them and they don't wait in line for food, so that turns off the Americans. They don't drive like that, why should they wait in line for anything? It's a cultural thing- if the US was completely flattened 2 generations ago, we'd still be in survival mode, too. And we don't have a lot of guns and artillery pointed at us, either. So it makes things prioritize differently. Still, I love these people and their quirky ways.
We have our household goods now, so we have all we need. I've put the bikes together and the only problem is Julie's tires- they're those weird valve stems and I can't seem to find the fitting to fill them up. I'll just get new tubes so we don't have to deal with this anymore. Those are too expensive anyway. The best part of all this is our mattresses are here. And I'm sleeping a lot better because of it. So is Julie. And now we have more clothes so we can wash clothes every 8-10 days instead of every 6. And there's TOYS in the house finally. Just in time for school to start. I guess we'll see how it all goes. We didn't go anywhere today since we're still getting organized and putting things away. It didn't rain, so we should have at least gone to Namsan Park and looked around, but it's better to get things done. When school starts, we'll be a lot busier.
3 comments:
Hey it looks like your kids are multipling!!!!! Robin
Who are the extra kids in the photo?
Those kids are the Hildebrandt's kids. They moved here from El Paso, TX and the Dad is an Army Civilian and makes probably 2 times what I make and has a BS in Accounting. I wonder what Jeremy would make there- but they've lived in some REALLY bad places. Anyway, they'll have an apartment twice the size of ours but it's more expensive. We have 37 Pyongs here. Anyway, they're a nice family from the branch and we hang out together.
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