We went to visit Jack's father's grave with halmoni. He's buried in P'ochon, a little town north of Seoul famous for it's scenery and hot springs. It's also close to Idong, so there are tons of great galbi (bbq ribs) places. It rained in the morning, so we weren't sure if we could go, but the weather cleared up nicely into a beautiful early autumn day. We ate a breakfast of pancakes, fruit, and eggs at home before driving to halmoni's house to pick her up. Once we got to P'ochon we ate a sun tubu (soft tofu stew) lunch. The kids are tofu freaks, so getting them to eat a lot was easy. Then we drove to the grave site and walked around for a while. It was beautiful. I took photos of all the family grave stones just in case the kids have to do another family tree project any time soon.
After we visited haleobeoji's grave, we went to a hot springs and spent a good two hours soaking in the fabulous waters. The women's hot springs had an outdoor part with a waterfall--Ronan loved playing in the 'swimming pool.' Dahin, for some funky reason, loves the naeng tang (the cold pool). Every time, she tries to get me into that pool; I'm more into the soothing warm waters, myself. Oliver went into the 'guys' side with Jack--you know, since he's all manly and all (as the posting above attests). We got nice and clean. After our baths, we had some drinks and ice cream in the lobby where Ronan made friends with this massive koi who just kept staring at Ronan (seriously, look at those eyes).
Once we finished our refreshments, we headed home. On the way, we stopped and had noodles and dumplings at a pretty pleasant eatery--pleasant aside from the fact that it was swarming with mosquitos. Still, they sold these really yummy ginger and peanut cookies that we bought and ate as dessert on the way home. It was fun hanging out with halmoni. Although we live in the same city, it seems like we hardly ever get together.
We went to visit Jack's father's grave with halmoni. He's buried in P'ochon, a little town north of Seoul famous for it's scenery and hot springs. It's also close to Idong, so there are tons of great galbi (bbq ribs) places. It rained in the morning, so we weren't sure if we could go, but the weather cleared up nicely into a beautiful early autumn day. We ate a breakfast of pancakes, fruit, and eggs at home before driving to halmoni's house to pick her up. Once we got to P'ochon we ate a sun tubu (soft tofu stew) lunch. The kids are tofu freaks, so getting them to eat a lot was easy. Then we drove to the grave site and walked around for a while. It was beautiful. I took photos of all the family grave stones just in case the kids have to do another family tree project any time soon.
After we visited haleobeoji's grave, we went to a hot springs and spent a good two hours soaking in the fabulous waters. The women's hot springs had an outdoor part with a waterfall--Ronan loved playing in the 'swimming pool.' Dahin, for some funky reason, loves the naeng tang (the cold pool). Every time, she tries to get me into that pool; I'm more into the soothing warm waters, myself. Oliver went into the 'guys' side with Jack--you know, since he's all manly and all (as the posting above attests). We got nice and clean. After our baths, we had some drinks and ice cream in the lobby where Ronan made friends with this massive koi who just kept staring at Ronan (seriously, look at those eyes).
Once we finished our refreshments, we headed home. On the way, we stopped and had noodles and dumplings at a pretty pleasant eatery--pleasant aside from the fact that it was swarming with mosquitos. Still, they sold these really yummy ginger and peanut cookies that we bought and ate as dessert on the way home. It was fun hanging out with halmoni. Although we live in the same city, it seems like we hardly ever get together.
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