Sunday we got up early, showered (again, the sit on the floor with a bowl of water shower), and ate breakfast. Breakfast here consists of soup, rice and veggies in your typical Korean meal. It doesn’t change from your typical Lunch or Dinner. Everyone then piled into the car Hav’s Mom, 2 Aunts, 2 Uncles and one of his Uncles wives. After a 2 hour drive to Bulguksa, we visited Seokkuram, which is a giant Buddha in the middle of nowhere. We followed a very windy road up to Seokkuram. It was a half mile walk to the site, then many steps up there. Along the way back we got to see some wildlife, a squirrel and a frog the color of the dark bark of a tree, with 2 bright green spots on its back. It was actually pretty cold in this spot. But all the walking warmed us up!
We then drove back down the mountain and visited Bulguksa temple. After ANOTHER half mile walk, we got to the beautiful koi pond with a really cool island in the middle. Then we walked all around the grounds. The workmanship is just beautiful of these temples. There are 4 kings guarding the 4 directions of the earth. I am not sure why they make all of them with scary faces.
We then went down and ate in the town of Bulguksa. We wanted Bulgogi but the woman who owned the place discouraged us from eating it, after she talked us into coming in to her restaurant, saying she had bulgogi! We got some very interesting food instead. Bibimbap consists of a bowl of rice and they place different vegetables in front of you and you mix it yourself and add a red hot sauce to it. After we ate, we headed to the Cheomseongdae Observatory. This is the oldest observatory in Asia. It was built in the 700’s. Across from this were the tomb fields of the kings, Tumuli Park. This was our last stop, however the battery on our camera had died by the time we got here. So I will have to bug Kunisumchin for pics.
We got back into town around 8:30 and Grandma was waiting on us. We spent the rest of the evening, eating some Gunmandu (fried dumplings) and watching Korean tv. Went to bed around 11 pm, slept on the floor, which is really pretty comfortable. Or maybe I am just getting used to being on hard surfaces. Got up later than usual today, around 7:15 with Hav’s mom having to wake us up. Took a shower again, this time with hot water! woot! and then picked up Grandma on our way to breakfast. We ate breakfast at Kunisumchin’s, bulgogi! and then left for the train station at 11 am.
Got some great pics of the entire family.
We arrived back in Seoul around 2 pm but by the time we rode the train and walked back to Hyung Nim’s it was 4 pm. We have just been hanging out and talking with Hav’s Aunt and Sister-in-law. It is pretty interesting but between the 6 of us and my Korean-English dictionary and Hyung Nim’s Korean-English dictionary we aren’t doing too bad.
We were supposed to meet up with Chi-Ah today but we got back way too late. I am not sure if we will get to meet her or not now. I am supposed to call her tomorrow after we visit Mrs. Cho’s home.
We get to see Ryan again in the morning!! I can’t wait to see my baby again. Need to make sure the camera is all charged up!
Will post more tomorrow!
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