Dongdaemun and Yeouido....

Easter weekend we went to Dongdaemun, on Saturday, and Yeouido, on Sunday.

The weather has finally been warming up and it's been gorgeous lately. The trees, bushes, and flowers have all started to bloom. So, indeed...it's Spring. So, with all that said that is why we wanted to get out and enjoy it all. ;)

Dondaemun was a lot of fun. We went to see the baking market, but didn't see much of that before we got distracted with the food market across the street, which was so interesting! It's fun sometimes to just explore and not have a tight schedule....just to walk around and go from this thing to that. :)

The stuff we experienced was true Korea. The extreme heart of Korea.... :) At least I think so...

The food market was mainly a dried fish market. It didn't smell like fish at all....although it was filled with fish. :) I've never seen so many piles of dried seafood!

Yeouido was nice and relaxing. We took a picnic and went out to see the Cherry blossoms, but they weren't in bloom yet. So, we'll have to go back later...and picnic again!! :)

We rented a tandem bike and rode around the park for awhile. That was a blast! It actually took a bit of coordination and a different sort of balance, but once you get the hang of it it's pretty easy.

Alrighty....on to the pictures.

Our "Mass of humanity" :)

To save space the gas stations over here often have their gas pumps hanging from the ceiling. That way you can just pull in any way and fill up and not have to have all the space for cars to move and such.

The dried fish market

Squashed fish. :)

Nothing scary...just beans.

Now this is scary. :)

Yummy...yummy!! :P

Sweet baby

Fish heads anyone??

I think these grossed me out the most.....for one thing they are still whole. So, like all their insides are still inside. At least I think that's how it is......I saw the lady doing it and she wasn't gutting it. :P So, yeah....they are hung up to dry with all their insides. :P That's just kind of gross to me. ;)

Now this was good....Dried crab. :)

A little alley

Why the feet?

We all guessed that this was intestines. If you have a better idea....than let us know. Otherwise I think it's intestines. :) That's what it looks like to me!

Feet and head....why?...why can't they just eat plain strips of bacon. :) Could you imagine having this head on your plate and just chowing down. :) lol....
The sausage looking thing in the background we believe it is what they call sundae. It's a pig intestine filled with pig's blood and noodles....sometimes rice. :) Yeah...yum, yum! Eat it up! :/

The street food alley.

Beautifully cut and arranged dried squid and fish. :) Dried Squid never looked so pretty.

Grubs....



Now the next part is of Sunday~~

Everybody loves Kade and Bella. :)

Yeouido Park

Dakota and I on the tandem bike. ;) Mom said that the tandem bike has a lot of spiritual application. ;) The person in front is the leader and you have to totally rely on him to go the right way and make the right turns. You also can't see around the person in front. So, there's your bible lesson for today. :)

Some girls came by and gave us some real Easter eggs. They were so sweet. Mom told them "thank you" in Korean and they just laughed....we must sound really funny to them when we try to speak Korean. :)

Yummy chicken teriyaki...on a stick!!

Cappuccino truck! The best!! Better than a coffee shop......

We had a great weekend! And I'm looking forward to the picnic next weekend...

when we go see the Cherry Blossoms again.

Here's a nice long video Dakota made.....

Have a great week!!
K.K.M.D
1 Peter 2:24

Balls and pins.....

After the excitment of seeing President Obama that one Sunday we all went over to the bowling alley for some more excitment. :)

We haven't been bowling as a family in quite a while, so we had a lot of fun! 

Our very fashionable shoes!! 



Kade had a great score....of course...him and Bella had their own lane with bumpers...but still...he did awesome. :)

Love the shirt, Bro!! 

Bowling pictures are like volleyball pictures....you get the craziest poses. :) (Nice form though!!)

Ka-ploo-ie!! :)

 

The ball is supossed to stay on the rack, dearies.... :)

 

Have a good week....

K.K.M.D
Hebrews 12:2

Guess who waved at us?!?

We got the inside scoop that President Obama would be flying in to base on Sunday afternoon for the Nuclear Security Summit here in Seoul. So, we headed to base to watch the arrival and motorcade. We were told to go to the elementary school for the best view of the motorcade, however Dad had the idea to be by the helipad so as to watch his arrival and entourage. (Which was an awesome idea) :) Surprisingly, there were only a few people there watching.





President Obama's limo

CH-47s carrying Obama's support personnel

That's a lot of support personnel! Check out all the rifle cases....

Marine One coming in for a landing

Our family was the only people waving....and the only people in this area....so yes, he is waving at US!!!! :)








Enjoy your week.......
K.K.M.D
Romans 13:7

On a walk......

...one Sunday afternoon.
Well...it was more of a hike. You can't just go on a "walk" around here, unless you wanted to stay indoors. :) The hills,trails, and stairs...Oh my!! Stairs!!...so so many stairs around here. It's like in the "asiany" movies where there is a tower of stairs leading up to some temple. :) Anyway...we had a great walk/hike over at Namsan Park....


I do believe spring is right around the corner!!!!! Actually the first day of Spring is the 20th...yay!!!

"The mass of humanity" as we call it...

Airing out their laundry out on their roof. :)...With kimchi pots in the background...

Oh yah!!....Superman watches Jostie Flicks!!

A cool braided and twisted tree

This picture is slightly funny. :) Dakota has the undivided attention of Mom and Dad with something fascinating, I'm sure. Bella seems to be trying to grab something...a rock...twig...or leaf perhaps. And Kade just trumps along minding his own business while little boy thoughts run through his head. ;)

The stairs afore mentioned......

Me

Isn't that a cute bathroom sign! :) As cute as a bathroom sign can be I guess.....

Um...yah...that's the bathroom....and I'm only sharing because I'd thought you'd enjoy. :) These style toilets were actually pretty popular over in Italy too. Place your feet carefully... :/

Hey...check this! It's a foot volleyball court....also known as Sepak Takraw.


A little more of that "Spring" poking through the ground. :)

So, when we saw this we thought, "Is that a Chihuahua or a baby pig....or a rat?" :)



Sorry for the lack of posts lately...it hasn't been terribly interesting around here. We've been doing school, baking sourdough bread, teaching little ones to read, rolling tortillas, attacking the man of the house that brings home the mail, enjoying the nice warmer weather, dehydrating things in our new dehydrator, and overall just praising the God above and living to the glory of Him!


God bless
K.K.M.D
Galatians 5:22-23