Part 2: Fun in the Fall

As winter approached this past weekend, I would like to tell you about a few fun things that we did in the fall. A few weekends ago, we were fortunate enough to have a visit from our good friend Glenn Carpenter. He is from Australia and was invited to be the referee for the Asian Gaelic Football Games in Suwon. It was great to catch up with him and have some dinner, but even greater seeing him running around the fields in the rain. For all of his hard work, we took him to a delicious Korean meal of galbi (a beef dish that is grilled at the table and eaten with a lettuce leaf). Good times.



Here is a magnificent view of the fall sunset from the apartment. I love when it is like this, and I am pretty sure I've never seen it this good in New Orleans, but I could be wrong.



Dan and I took one weekend to visit the magical and mystical Lotte World! It is one of Korea's main theme parks and kept us entertained for hours. It is actually split into two parts: indoors and outdoors, and is the largest indoor amusement park in the world (Credit: Guinness World Records). There are roller coasters, rides, and an ice rink inside. Very cool. Here we are posing in front of a replica of Cinderella's Castle. A certain princess and her dwarves also featured around the park, but not sure if they were Disney legit or not...



One night, as we were walking to the hotel from a lovely day in Seoul, we noticed some flashing Christmas lights in an upstairs window. Unfortunately there was no Christmas music...but there were these Star Wars masks! I am sure you can appreciate our excitement. This is one of the best pictures we took out of hundreds. Can you tell who's who?



Here is a picture of the first step of making one of our favorite new foods. This is an electric stone grinder that is smashing mung beans into a thick gooey substance (like pancake batter).



The final fried and crispy product: 녹두전! Nok-du jeon (nok-du = mung bean and jeon = pancake). It is extremely delicious and cheap and should only be eaten sparingly, as it is cooked in 2 inches of oil. We love it. The lady in the picture really took a liking to Dan as well. Free chopsticks!