Monday, August 2, 2010

Hi - day 4 - full day in Korea Sunday. August 1. We woke up at 4 a.m. and are getting over jet lag. We decided we needed to get out of the apartment and get some exercise before church at 10:30. We decided to go for a walk which turned into a get-lost adventure holding the 2 little munchkins on our shoulders. We thought we would go to the river and on the walk/run on the trails by the river. This didn’t happen. We went through the neighborhoods - saw a lot of houses/pots/flowers/smells/animals ( a small kitten on a wire chain in a shop along w/ a Chihuahua w/ mom and daughter trying to talk to us in Korean/fires burning in the street/garbage/lots of stores - cell phone stores/restaurants/coffee shops…it was a bit crazy.- it was also very hot. It happened to be the hottest day yet in our experience and actually sunny. It felt like 100 degrees with high-high humidity. We were just dripping. We constantly switched kids from shoulder to shoulder and or back. Lonne isn’t able to hang on to our back )piggyback style) so it is a bit difficult. The days so far have been gloomy with maybe 5 - 10 minutes of sun - if that…. They are overcast and very humid. Today was unique with the sun/but it was sooooo hot. Anyway, getting on to my story. We finally made it to a bit of a river - it was interesting - not the river we were supposed to go to. We then made it home and jumped in the showers. We went to church. This was held in at TCIS is their auditorium. The music was good as was the service - it was long and the kids got a bit antsy - but made it - both Lonne and Anja fell asleep during the service. Lukas/Ailsa were good. We then loaded onto busses - we went on a 15 minute drive to the new campus. There were many shops/apartments/etc. there - it is a very nice part of town. We went into this department store - more up-scale and ate brunch. It was a huge brunch - a lot of food - all different kinds - a lot of seafood - crab legs/kim che/great sushi/ ice cream and deserts/etc…it was nice - we ate way too much then got back on a bus and headed to the new school site. Here we looked at the site and went on a tour w/construction hats on. It was a bit crazy. Extremely hot. Beautiful new campus - it will attract a lot of individuals - it must cost a lot. We then drove back to the school and went to another co-workers apartment to use their internet quickly. They bought us soft drinks along the way and then we cooled off in their apartment and they filled us in on the way of life in Daejeon, South Korea - we had lots of questions from how to get garbage bags to where to go for different things. It was interesting. They were very nice. I now am sitting on the couch while the kids are playing on the playground by our apartment. Lukas was invited to join in a neighborhood baseball game. We do have air conditioning and a fan -it is good. You can cool down quickly. We will write more soon.

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