Another weekend of fun.

Another weekend has passed with more adventures to report.

Friday we went out to the pub of course. Not much else to do on a Friday night. But we stopped for galbi (Korean Barbeque) first, and all had the linings of our stomachs eaten away by the spicyness of it, but couldn't stop eating because it was so fantastic. Nothing like beer to cure an ulcer!

It was a pretty typical night, finishing in a karaoke room but this time complete with dance routines and rapping. We are reaching a new low. (or high, we can't be sure.)

After the karaoke we were standing around on the street trying to decide what to do next as the night was still very young, when Shaun discovered that there were dozens of stalls on the sidewalk that were selling steamed mussels. So naturally, being the seafood lovers that we are, we sat down and had a bowl. And let me tell you, it was the most amazing food experience of my life. I have never tasted anything so delicious as those mussels. They were so fresh and tender, two things one normally wouldn't have the chance to say about mussels. And the night was so beautiful, the company amazing. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect moment. It was one of those times when you seriously wouldn't change a minute detail. A moment of perfect supreme happiness.

Saturday we climbed a mountain here in Suwon. We're such fools sometimes. We call pictures a nice leisurly hike through the forest. Forgeting that we were climbing A MOUNTAIN. None of brought enough water and I was wearing jeans and a black t-shirt. Not the best attire for hiking. And it was such a humid and hot day, we were all dripping with sweat within minutes. And, true to form, we couldn't just have an uneventful moutain climg. We had to have some misadventure along the way.

We planned out route and set out around 3 oclock. (Give us a break , we didn't go to bed until like 4 the night before.) Shaun had to be home at 6 to head to Seoul, and we figured three hours was a good time. So, after consulting our map, we planned a route that we thought would take around that time. I think that the times posted on the map are meant for seasoned climbers, though, cuz it sure took us a heck of a lot longer than that. And then when we finally got to the path that we had planned to take OFF the mountain, it was closed for some reason. (There was some speculation about land mines, but I think that was just an association someone had with the barbed wire strewn across the path.) So we had to keep going up. And up. And up. I have no idea how high that mountain is, but it felt like climbing Everest. (Which I now have no ideas of ever being able to accomplish. We prairie girls weren't meant for hills.)

Finally we found a path down and set off. And just then it started to rain. Not a nice drizzle either. Monsoon season in Korea rain. So we slip-slided down the mountain, soaked to the bone, and finally came out of the trees in a rural area populated with goats and tomatoes. Oh, and some people. We stumbled across an outdoor restaraunt under a tarp and bought ciders (aka 7-up) and the lady called us a taxi and gave us coffee. We must have looked pretty pathetic. But that lady was an angel from heaven, let me tell you. We couldn't have gone on in the rain any farther.

Anyway, after getting back to civilization we all got into dry clothes and then went to an all you can eat buffet. We sat there for two hours stuffing ourselves. I think we earned it though.

Sunday I went to the National Museum of Modern Art. It was really good, I really enjoyed it. There was one artist in particular whose name I can't recall right now that I really enjoyed. He was named artist of the year in Korea this year, so there was a big exibit of his work. Amazing stuff. I wanted to buy all of it.

And now it's back to work. Should be a good week, the kids seem nice so far. Although one of them kept calling me a monster this morning. Something to do with my shrek-like pigtails I think...