Joe and I aren’t feeling very well today – he’s sick and I have a bad headache so after Christmas Eve service at church we headed back to our apt. for a quiet night at home. Tomorrow we have Christmas Dinner at Kate and Kevin’s house. We hope you all have a safe and enjoyable… Continue reading Merry Christmas to All!
Joe and I just got home from what will be our last weekend in Seoul. We leave in about 3.5 weeks and are wrapping up our time here in Korea. Joe had Friday off and we decided to head to Seoul and stay at the Dragon Hill one last time. I wanted to show him… Continue reading Last weekend in Seoul
6 of us ventured to Apgujeong in Seoul last week for the Thursday Girls Holiday Party. We were sad more couldn’t make it but this is a busy time of year. (Steph, Bethany, Ashley, Kate and Megan waiting for the bus to Seoul) We ended up taking the bus, which was big mistake. I wanted… Continue reading Thursday Girls Holiday Party
The executives called from Polaris around 4:30 PM while Ally and I were at Coffee Tree. They told her that they chose her and a girl from Seoul to go to Morocco on Dec. 27th. We went to Pasta Vino to celebrate. Then we went to Baskin Robbins for some Happy Camper. My new cashmere… Continue reading Ally Made The Show – Woohoo!
That is the name of a TV show on Polaris, Korea’s new travel channel. Strike in Travel is a reality show that follows 2 young Korean girls around for 2 weeks in a different country. The show has ventured to Spain, France, the West Coast (USA) and Australia so far. A while back, Ally had… Continue reading Strike In Travel
Elise wanted to see pictures of Christmas in Korea but Koreans aren’t big into Christmas like Americans are. In fact, there was an uproar this year because the Korean B/X employees didn’t know what kind of inventory to order for the holidays and the Americans couldn’t find anything but wrapping paper and ornaments. Today, I… Continue reading This one’s for Elise!
When you’re stationed at such a transient base there are bound to be numerous going away parties every time you turn around. Two of Joe’s troops just left 2 weeks ago so we had to say goodbye to them in style with another night out at IDK. These nights are fun but Joe and I… Continue reading Hail and Farewell
He thinks he’s sorry! Gotta love it!
These are the words I used to describe our November holiday to my Korean friends – it is translated as American Chuseok (the Korean’s Thanksgiving). Many of my Korean friends were very interested to learn more about our traditions for Thanksgiving and I found myself trying to explain the foods we eat to some of… Continue reading Migguk Chuseok
Joe’s gone this week playing GI Joe with the Army. I always hate it when he leaves because that means my sole source of entertainment (i.e. watching Joe’s spot-on impersonations of myself) is gone. Well, it also means that things that are not normally logical now seem completely rational and I find myself saying things… Continue reading Flying Solo…
Newlywed Nomads 