"The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up in another, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?"
- J.B. Priestley
Its amazing that the last post I wrote was about fall and now here I am writing about winter. There is something magical about the first snow fall. All of my coworkers hate the snow but I love it.
Since Thanksgiving is not a thing in Korea the closest I got was getting this weird piece of pumpkin pie from the local bakery. It was not a good pumpkin pie and was a very sad excuse of a Thanksgiving.
The weekend after I met some friends in Seoul to go and see this mall made from shipping containers. The concept was really cool but we didn't buy anything.
Then as we reached the top floor outdoor area and looked down this is the sight that greeted us. Hundreds of stuffed animal penguins. we are still not sure why they were here.
We also came across these fun signs.
So of course we had to go and take pictures with the penguins.
The penguins were cute but again what purpose do these serve? We have no idea.
On the bus ride home I was able to see on of the Seoul city gates lit up.
On the bus I was also able to check out the Christmas lights on the department store Shinsegae. The lights on the building seem to grow and change into snowflakes.
From this picture on we just have random photos that I have taken the past couple of weeks. I took this one when I saw a dog smoking in the bottom of one of my pans. Anyone else see it? Or I'm just strange which is probably the case.
For all the crazy things that Korea does one of the amazing things they do is take-out. This is just my morning coffee and scone from Starbucks. At home I would have been handed a cup and my scone. Here it is packaged up in a pretty bag with a form on the bottom keeping the coffee upright. They even include three forks because even though their is one coffee the Starbucks workers still think I will not be eating this scone by myself.
These wings are on a mural on the walking path near the river. Beth and I walk home on this path after Crossfit every week. This week I decided I had to get a photo. I really wanted to channel Angels in the Outfield.
We ended up getting a couple of inches of snow this week. Again I loved the snow until I learned that Korea has not learned the beauty of snow plows, shovels, or salt. Snow without these things is not fun.
Each week the kids are required to turn in writing assignments. Most of the time you can tell that there was not much time or though put in. I love the kid who wrote this one. He put more thought into the one page he wrote than most of the kids did in their whole essay and he apologized for not writing more.
I think decoding this child's writing means that I qualify to work for the CIA.
Snow, snow, and more snow!
Unfortunately with winter comes sickness especially when you are surrounded by snotty, coughing children. It is also unfortunate that Korea is lacking in chicken noodle soup. The closest thing I could get is Vietnamese Pho. This was the first time I got take out from this restaurant and I was very confused as to what all of these containers were.
In the end its actually quite genius how they do this. The one bowl is full of noodles and the other is the boiling soup base with water so you just need to mix the two together.
I just really hope I feel better by this weekend as it is my birthday and I cannot believe it but in a little over two weeks I will be traveling to Borneo for Christmas!
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