Four Freudenburgs in Korea

Early in October, Kevin and Christine came to visit us in Korea. They arrived on October 6th. Hannah and I had that Wednesday, the 9th, off for Hangul day. Hangul is the Korean alphabet. As we had that Wednesday off, Hannah and I went to Seoul on Tuesday night to meet Kevin and Christine.

They met us in the the subway station. We went out to eat that Tuesday night. Wednesday we went to the Korean War museum and then found Garfield.

Depression? Garfield might need help.

Korean War museum.

We went back to Yangyang on Wednesday night. Kevin and Christine went to Seoraksan park on Thursday.

Seoraksan: Better in the Autumn.

 We went back to Seoul on Friday. Saturday, we took a tour of the DMZ. 

Kevin and I at Dora observatory. 

View into North Korea. You can see Kaesong city from the observatory.

After the DMZ tour, we saw some more of Seoul. 

The building behind us is city hall.

 We got some food later that night. Hannah and I got Taco Bell in Hongdae (one of two Taco Bells in Korea!). Kevin got chicken on a stick.

Pictured: The traditional trash-filled alley in Korea.

Sunday morning we went to church. It was A. Lutheran and B. In English. It was a welcome change from being sermonized at in Korean for half an hour.

Later that day we went to a palace.

Kevin bought a pig from a street vendor. Here is a picture of the pig. 

The man selling the pigs showed how they would flatten upon being thrown down and then expand back into shape. However, when Kevin tried to do it, the pig exploded upon impact. I'm glad that this blog gave me an excuse to write the phrase 'the pig exploded upon impact.' Full video evidence is on Facebook.

In other news, it's Kevin's birthday! Happy birthday!