Three months In

It has been almost a month since my last post. We have had quite a lot of stuff going on this last month and things are finally beginning to slow down. David has taken a short trip over to Yosu (down south) so I thought I would take the opportunity to update you all a bit. For starters, we recently returned from a last minute trip to North Carolina. We had to say goodbye to David's younger brother whom passed away after a long battle with MD. The lord finally decided to take him home and we have found peace in the knowledge that he is now whole and the suffering has ceased. While the occasion was sorrowful we were still very grateful to have been able to spend time with family and friends. Upon our return to Korea we have been doing our best to get back into the groove of life here in the city. I had my interview with Seoul Foreign School and are now awaiting my health exam so that I can get started subbing in the near future. This past weekend David and I were also very fortunate to have been invited on another hiking adventure.

This time David's colleague Michael and his wife asked us to hike Buchansan Mountain with them. Buchansan is the highest mountain in Seoul and it also provides the best view for miles. This hike was unlike any of the others we have partaken. It was far steeper, far more rocky and far more adventuresome. There is one leg of the trail in particular that require you to hoist yourself up the mountain by grabbing onto the built in railings. After about two and a half hours we reached the peak. The view was breath taking to say the least however, my favorite thing about it was that we were so high up, the cities sky rises shrunk to allow a perfect view of all the different mountains.Remarkably, even though the hike was quite advanced, Micheal's son Harry came with and did the entire thing right along side us. Koreans really are fantastic hikers and its easy to see why they love it so much.

After our hike on Saturday we also attended the International Fireworks Festival downtown. I wish I could say that I really enjoyed it but it was far to crowded for that. It was so busy that people were actually pushing us down the street even though there was no where to move to. The festival features fireworks from three different countries and while they put on a good show, we would have enjoyed it more had it not been so overwhelmingly packed.

Anyhow, David and I are doing well back in Korea and we are getting ready to take another trip back to the states in about three weeks. We are really looking forward to seeing our very good friends Ben and Ale tie the knot and we cant wait to see David's family yet again. I can also report that David and i just celebrated our three month anniversary and we are still going strong! I will do my very best to update a bit sooner next time. Until then,

Thanks for reading...