I love South Korea

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Thursday, November 27, 2008

The time is going quickly!  In just a few short days I will be on my way home.  Yesterday we went to another palace which was very beautiful.  The palace has a secret garden which was so tranquil and pleasant.  After that we went to a live performance called Nanta.  This is a comedy/percussion performance using kitchen utensils.  It was very fun and entertaining. Trent and I both got pulled onto the stage which was very very funny.  I think we were one of the only caucasians in the audience which made us sitting ducks for sticking out in the crowd.  Trent even had a fake Korean wedding while he was on stage.  On this trip I've had the pleasure of seeing him dressed up two times.  Once in traditional Korean garb of a security guard, and now for his Korean wedding.  Hilarious!!

After Nanta, we went to a traditional Korean shopping area called Insadong-gil.   There we looked at tea sets and many Korean handicrafts.  Oh, but I forogt the highlight of the morning.  Before we left Misoo's apartment for the day, we had tea with her mother and sister.  It was a lovely experience.  Misoo's whole family is just completely and utterly lovely.  They treat each other with a high degree of respect which I think is a lost art in America (if it ever existed...).

For the evening we met Jong's family at the hotel intercontinental for a very upscale buffet (not old country buffet :-) His family is in Seoul for the next week.  They live 2 hours from Seoul.  We met his mother, father, sister, niece, cousin, and aunt.  It was his mother's birthday. His family  was so so nice.  His sister speaks English very veyr well, so it was nice talking with her.  His father also speaks English pretty well, and he loves to visit and get to know people.  He was one of the less formal Koreans I have met.  But not in a bad way, in a very nice way.  They make a very cohesive family which I really loved.

When we returned home last night we went to bed early (9 o'clock) because we had to leave early this morning to go to another place where Misoo had an English entrance exam and interview for graduate schoool, but....Misoo received VERY good news last night that she was admitted to her first choice graduate school for speech language pahtology.  This was a HUGE acccomplishment as only 10 people get in out of 50.  And she really wanted to go to this school in particular.  So now we don't have to get up so early and get on the road which is nice.

I am excited for today because we are leaving Seoul and venturing out into other parts of Korea. I can't wait!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!
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chorsman
chorsman on Nov 27, 2008 at 12:12AM

Wow!
Krystal,
Your blogs keep gettiing better and better. Do you have video of your and Trent's stage performance? I would LOVE to see that :-) We are Tricia's tonight, helping with Turkey day prep. Just finished supper at Shoney's. Will miss you tomorrrow, but know you are having a great time. Please give Misoo our congratulations.

Love ya forever, Mom

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