Recent happenings.

One day we drove to Haedong Yonggungsa Temple, which is very near Busan. It was kind of rainy, but that didn't detract from the good times.

Here I am with a giant chicken man.

Most Korean temples were built in the mountains, but this one was on the ocean. It was unusual. Also, take note of the lady taking a photo behind me. An accidental photo of someone taking a photo! We're reaching whole new levels.

Those giant pointy rock nipples are made out of stacked rocks. Really, feel free to contact me with any questions about Buddhist architecture, I'm sure I'll be able to give you a completely satisfying answer.

A dragon and a bazillion little tiny statues of Buddha. I think I read somewhere that people put the little statues there - facing in the direction of their home. Some of these were directly facing the ocean though, so don't quote me on that.

I think the statues with little tiny Buddha glasses are funny.

This was a huge golden Buddha. He's always so happy. I would be too if I were made of gold. (Cause I'm living in a material world and I'm a material girl.)

Where's Waldo? And by Waldo, I mean Scott! Oh, there he is, on that bridge, right near the middle, wearing a light blue shirt. I devised this genius plan in which he went over to that bridge and stood in the middle, and then when I raised my hand, he would see that, raise his hand, and then I would take the picture. It worked perfectly.

One of my nearest and dearest friends from high school (and her husband) recently moved to Korea. We were so excited to see them that we drove to see them (three hours north) after work one Friday. We spent the weekend exploring their city (Daejeon) and just celebrating their presence. Hooray! Missy and Clint are in Korea!

Daejeon was pretty cool. It is much, much bigger than our town, thus has a lot more to see.

Like this lady, just taking an afternoon siesta, on some crates, in the middle of a crowded market.

Clint "enjoying" some street food. Ooooh, Scott and I love ddeok boki! It consists of these little cylinder shape rice cakes, flat fish cakes (which I don't eat), and some spicy sauce. And it is really cheap (about a dollar per serving).

This was a sweet area of the city. I don't have any idea what it was called. I could probably figure it out if I tried, but it doesn't really seem worth the effort.

Remember when we first moved into our bigger apartment and I told you we had cockroaches? Well, we eventually got rid of them. It was a tough battle, but we came out on top. So, all of the cockroaches are gone from inside our apartment...

But this son of gun was outside, near the apartment building entrance. He was huge! I'm not worried that he or his kin will find their way to our apartment again, but I still wanted to smash him with a rock. There weren't any rocks around though, so I took a photo instead.

Speaking of gross bugs, Koreans eat bundegi (boiled silk worm larva). Some came with our dinner just the other night! And no, I haven't tried them and don't think I ever really need to.

We were practicing our flashcards the other day and Maria had the brilliant idea to do this with the 'hat' card. Kids are funny.

Scott and I were eating an Asian pear the other day... it was really tasty (crunchy, juicy, sweet), much better than the Asian pear I vaguely remember eating in the States. Anyway, I looked away for a moment, and when I looked back this was happening:

He had taken off his glasses, put his shirt over his face, put his glasses back on, and started "chewing" a piece of the pear through his shirt. It was disturbing, entertaining, and ridiculous.

This seems like an appropriate time to end this post.