A Traveling Family: A South Korean Father's Day.

Sunday, June 21, 2015

A South Korean Father's Day.

I woke up on Father's Day to our new wake up call which consists of Koreans yelling,scooters going way too fast, and loud city buses zooming by. I quickly realized it was Father's Day and ran to Jack's room where I had hid our card for James. The kids were less than pleased that I had woke them up so early on a Sunday but did as they were told and slunk to our bedroom. After giving James his card we all went back to sleep for a few hours. After waking back up for the second time I felt like a new person. I guess we are finally getting our much needed extra rest from the time difference and traveling.

We wanted to end our Father's Day by adventuring out into our block of the neighborhood and surrounding areas.So away we went,off to explore new territory. We discovered that Seoul is a city of stink. Not only can we smell sewage but there is trash everywhere. This is mainly on the side streets and you do get some amazing views and smells in different areas but the kids aren't fans of the smell we happen to catch ever so often.

We walked through side streets containing fruit and vegetable stands and even a homemade soap stand.Gracie quickly pointed out the irony of a soap stand right next to a smelly pile of trash. There were tons of restaurants to choose from and a coffee shop about every ten feet. The heat and all the walking really made us tired and hungry. We stopped about five minutes from our house at a pizza place called Pizza School. The menu was in English and and it was ready in under 10 minutes. We hope to be a little more adventurous next time we order a pizza. Gracie would love to try the Irish Potato pizza while James would like the Chicken Filet pizza. I am a little more adventurous when it comes to food and would like to eat a Bulgogi pizza next.