The ferry ride was 17 hours in duration and very comfortable. We had our first Korean meal on board, some Bibimbap (shredded veggies, rice and an egg all in a delicious red chili paste) and, of course, Kimchi, Korea's national food! Nothing against Korean taste buds, but cold, fermented, spicy cabbage isn't exactly appetizing to a person who is prone to motion sickness. But nothing a healthy dose of Gravel won't cure, right? Before Corinne became comatose from her drugs, we were able to tour the ship where we discovered another Korean specialty... karaoke! (or Noraebang, in Korean). Unfortunately, both karkoke rooms were full and we were not able to demonstrate our musical capabilities just yet.
We docked in Incheon, where Jason's sister and brother-in-law were awaiting our arrival. We were extremely excited to see our friends again! Tracy and D have been living in Korea teaching English in Cheonan for about nine months. We spent our first weekend catching up with our friends and meeting some of the other foreign teachers that they work with. We watched a foreign teacher band perform at the local rockbar. Jason was excited to be drinking Korean beer and Corinne is now back on the sauce with flavoured soju! (Korean vodka)
Our life on the road as we know it (and as you know it, from our blog) has came to a screeching halt. Domestic life has taken over. We have a small apartment in Cheonan that we are renting. We are working on a few projects for the English school to keep us busy. Each week night we go to Tae Kwan Doe practice and pull some random muscle in our bodies. We go shopping in the grocery stores and actually cook for ourselves... although pb & j sandwiches probably don't count as cooking. All in all, it is a very good, relaxing lifestyle.
We are commited to living in Korea until the beginning of January at least. This may change if we are offered some teaching positions in the new year.
Now pictures!
Our apartment... it's a bit sad without furnishing but it does have a shower, hot water and heated floors for the winter!
We bought a meat cleaver! I'm not sure why, as we are both practicing vegetarians. Maybe to scare away burgalers?
What to do when there is no TV or internet in the apartment?? Let Jason play with your hair. It's not as painful as it seems, really.
This is the way to D and Tracy's apartment.
Our first snow in Korea!!! and D.
Beautiful Jason and D.
We went to visit the local Buddhist monestary near our city.
Buddha.
Picture of the temple and bell with the fall leaves.
Jason and Tracy with fall leaves, no bell.
3 comments:
Jason, are you sure you didnt bring Andrea with you to Korea!!! Cuz that picture of the lady with the meat cleaver sure looks like her! What have you done with Corinne????!!!!
I have never personally tried gravel but let me know how it works for you.
Jason, you should really curl the ends of your mustache upwards. That would be pretty. I hear ear wax works well for doing that.
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