Ganghwa Island 강화도

We took another field trip for a few guys leaving the office. One was a commander out there at Ganghwa Island- just a mile away from N Korea. We could see the N Koreans moving around outside, but it was really cold outside, so there's not a lot of reason to be out there. There were some really grainy images on a camera they were panning around. I saw a guy on a bicycle and a truck rumbling around. It's a neat island with the Observation post on the North side to keep an eye on the 'show' village they have there to deceive the S Koreans. Interesting place.
There was also a museum that had exhibits on the invasions of the Japanese, Americans, and French. While it's a little unnerving that you're an American and they're showing your people killing their people, a little skirmish where our guys turned their cannons on a fortress and then let out a few hundred soldiers to wreak havoc on their military in 1871, is nothing compared to what the Japanese did around here. They still have a bad reputation around here. The fastest way to make friends with a Korean is tell him how bad the Japanese are. I'm not a big fan of Japan, because my kids can't be quiet on the subway here, so they'd talk on their subway and they'd hate us. Korea isn't like that, so it's nice that way. That and the subway doesn't cost 4 bucks to go 1 mile. The people in Korea are really friendly and open.
Once again, I thought I was buying manjoo on the street and it wasn't. So I gave it all away to Koreans. Manjoo is pudding-filled cake balls they sell on the street. YUMMY.