tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53733530077354801512024-03-13T10:05:52.503-07:00Korea JourneyJosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312889630282876924noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373353007735480151.post-24730503791585217912014-05-23T06:42:00.001-07:002014-05-23T06:42:51.240-07:00Friends frenzy<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="/var/mobile/Applications/6D2BD277-F6C5-4A11-9589-29310A8366C8/Documents/Blogger/blogger-image-1423046672.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" src="/var/mobile/Applications/6D2BD277-F6C5-4A11-9589-29310A8366C8/Documents/Blogger/blogger-image-1423046672.jpg"></font></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img border="0" src="/var/mobile/Applications/6D2BD277-F6C5-4A11-9589-29310A8366C8/Documents/Blogger/blogger-image--1151835242.jpg"></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img border="0" src="/var/mobile/Applications/6D2BD277-F6C5-4A11-9589-29310A8366C8/Documents/Blogger/blogger-image-871864506.jpg"></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today I met up with my new friend Elisabeth. She showed me around and gave me tours of the school. Then we met up with other friends. They're names are Esther, Evy, Mary and Abigale. We played around then went for a movie at Evy's house. Here's a picture</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="/var/mobile/Applications/6D2BD277-F6C5-4A11-9589-29310A8366C8/Documents/Blogger/blogger-image-547554742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" src="/var/mobile/Applications/6D2BD277-F6C5-4A11-9589-29310A8366C8/Documents/Blogger/blogger-image-547554742.jpg"></font></a></div><div><br></div></div>Josiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312889630282876924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373353007735480151.post-26993137975302108752014-05-22T12:39:00.001-07:002014-05-22T12:39:33.878-07:00Still In One PieceI am happy to say that after a 13 hour flight and a 6 hour bus ride my mom and me are both still in one piece. During the plane ride we flew over Canada and actually over Alaska. Here's a pretty cool picture I took from out the window. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Ac30R0wgiDo/U35ScwEP3oI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/TP6cd5HI_f8/s640/blogger-image-2004345880.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Ac30R0wgiDo/U35ScwEP3oI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/TP6cd5HI_f8/s640/blogger-image-2004345880.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Do you know what this is? Comment below and find out later </div>Josiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312889630282876924noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373353007735480151.post-71142330144519847442013-06-26T05:09:00.001-07:002013-06-26T05:09:49.088-07:00Monday, Tuesday and todayOn Monday, we moved back to our apartment also in Seoul then went shopping. We discovered a great store called Art Box. After Art Box we went to a great restraunt called The Cup. I got honey chicken rice and Maria got white cream pasta. <div><br></div><div>On Tuesday we went to Art Box <i>again</i> and still we could find plenty of souvenirs!! :) we also went to visit the World Cup stadium and the little but very interesting museum that went along with it. Later we went to a place called Myeong Dong while my sister and mom went shopping my dad and I went to aace called the Dog Cafe. where they have dogs living there so people cam come and pet them. And we had a great dinner that was Korean Barbecue. What they do is put the meat on a grill that is built in the table and they give you a plate of raw meat to fry up yourself. </div><div><br></div><div>Today it turns out, we did not go to Art Box. We did go back to the war museum and saw lots of veterans from the Lprean War who must of been there for some sort of celebration. But we mainly went back to the museum to see a 4D movie we missed the last trip to the museum. Then we went shopping at the markets. And had lots of goodies and food. Then we came back to our apartment where I am here now.</div>Josiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312889630282876924noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373353007735480151.post-39315787651826217032013-06-23T19:25:00.001-07:002013-06-23T19:25:20.722-07:00Saturday and SundaySaturday was very very very very fun we met up with our friends the Han-Parks they have a son who's 12 named Joel and a daughter who's 21 named Jielle. We went to a restaurant that served soondubu tchigae a soup which soft tofu and usually a clam and a shrimp at the bottom. After that we went to an ancient university and went down to a creek where I skipped my first stone!!! And held my first leg-less frog.<div>Later we went to a fusion concert that was really cool!!!!!!!!!!</div><div>Then we went to a restaurant and had really good food.</div><div><br></div><div>Yesterday we left our hotel and went back to Seoul where we are now staying. We went to a palace, We went shopping and had a really good dinner after that we went to bed.</div>Josiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312889630282876924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373353007735480151.post-89279288272333790092013-06-21T04:03:00.001-07:002013-06-21T04:07:43.527-07:00Today was yesterday in your land!Today, was a very exciting day. Even know it focused on Maria we all had tears behind our eyes. Maria, got to meet her birth mom. <div>It was funny because our biggest question was answered when we first walked in, which was, "Are you athletic?" And if you know Maria you know the answer is "Yes" her birth mom was wearing an orange polo shirt that was sporty and had a number 3 on it. And her birth mom did say her self that she was very athletic. </div><div>Just hearing about her was very interesting to hear the characteristics of her that Maria has the same! </div><div>After that her birth mom and friend invited us to eat lunch with them, but our only obstacle was that the translator had to leave. But luckily for the new 21st century full of new technology I had an app on my iPhone that can translate Korean to English and English to Korean. So it all worked out well and it was a beautiful lunch but our only problem was, they brought out plate after plate of meat. Then came the soup and the cold noodles after that was the cold ice cream like dish, then finally and Iced Coffee. </div><div>The translator app after all isn't the most accurate app. At one point they typed some Korean but it translated to "Cancer I do not like" but we soon figured out it was "it was very fun meeting you!" </div><div>After that we went to an aquarium and saw beautiful fish and Bruce the shark from Finding Nemo and also Anchor and Chum, Bruce's friends. Here are the pictures from the aquarium.</div><div><img src="webkit-fake-url://421DA9F5-9F49-4F4A-B06B-A1DC2A08107A/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://ECE124FA-3BBE-40AF-BEEE-B4A168AFD750/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://401EC10E-D9CA-4127-B3C2-59020D443C9B/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://D774FC33-F6AE-41A0-9F06-ECC998844A7A/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://9D945384-08A8-4CB6-B9D8-E33BF037189E/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://A66BC8B1-3356-4B0C-958B-1ABEFCA747A0/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://26AABCA5-F567-4445-BA7D-5BE4BDE2BF14/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://1BCAB1D3-5739-4BEC-B20C-C2AF7B2133E8/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://37374476-F2EB-47EF-9C17-53E0758475E1/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://DAC8C108-5648-42DA-BE70-64A7DA9EA1C7/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://5AB78CF6-0A14-4CE9-B5FB-4FDA8FB17497/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://3F4A4FDD-1AC4-4661-8F97-49B25682EF59/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://C35A1887-6B4C-4A40-B2CF-1A39F3771ED2/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://32DFE321-3672-495D-88D3-000420988654/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://309FEFC1-B368-43F6-B56C-3B7FC21CD083/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://5FB5C2E4-FA7A-45F7-B2D8-41C03185AD7D/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://357E8408-800A-4A25-8BF3-B58BD6C010F1/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://626F6218-FB41-4E89-8FF0-57BF0394B2F6/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://5A03D1F2-CEBA-4AF3-AC3B-906F232A4FD5/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://1FF953FB-94D6-4985-A0C2-063BA4E20265/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://9E512167-651B-4558-8CDA-A2A3AA0A6CB9/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://A161F0B6-36AD-4316-83A8-C7C480651FE2/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://4CBD1BD4-6D19-4143-8348-261EA34BDA53/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://49FB9CA2-B398-4536-AE8C-222996D162E6/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://E2F37EE6-C01D-491F-AA15-F308D029EC71/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://0FB046E1-A422-4C0F-BA34-71717F9040D1/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://83BB78A1-CC80-42FA-9301-E50A1BE3B512/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://1E4F5AFD-833E-457B-A5E8-A71CD5A7013E/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://166C8581-F722-407A-AA40-2ACDD4F6221A/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://2B938786-A5B7-4890-8C2F-F7C120EB14D7/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://6992F361-B74A-4FFC-B098-04C6FAE162A9/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://B72A798A-CA7A-4E5C-951B-8555EA1138FA/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://65058EC0-C325-4FA0-A23E-7FFB5806CA83/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://9204EF72-4AB0-4AF9-89B8-247F44C980A7/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://849F69C2-2C5C-4071-8011-AC9AA9A54AD6/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://D73CF2BB-9541-46E4-BF01-37A00BDF94FB/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://EEF7B906-E28B-454D-A05B-2242EA9370DD/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://452C9E67-1757-4FF0-9F9B-20651565D689/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://6566B187-070A-4D93-88BC-35DF6D51FA05/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://D94F152C-E401-4DA2-8603-2B28E6189DFD/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://04CF9BD6-71E6-4029-8740-8F1960BF3FE6/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://87119A32-630C-4227-A942-CE72D9F2DDEB/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://85362943-FF52-426C-B4B4-8925B44DC585/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://672944DF-C308-4969-89A5-07029C97D127/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://5CFCF803-F3E8-4D13-AD5E-D77667E0FAD8/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://1CAA9A62-2211-4581-8510-191FC1416604/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://F9D89D02-49FC-4F4C-AFF4-1403ED5FE265/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://DB464560-D8A9-4EC4-8486-B2C371A58F84/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://9DE1D612-4D63-42C1-9517-9A298EBD779B/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://F3C0FE5F-1A63-4F8D-A80E-5A6876A772CE/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://B1D3DF5D-58ED-425E-921C-63BFC3C3C9D8/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://4BEBB828-AB9B-4F71-AE6E-947A2A229DDE/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://E5C7A533-5DE6-4005-AF3C-5624FB4ECDEA/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://E0653594-238B-4BF6-BAFC-004B0F4C8EED/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://67D0C30F-32BD-43FF-AC61-3BBFDD07107D/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://956BBDCC-5DA5-4409-8A1E-EB60482FB713/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://9FF19F12-15DC-476D-BF93-8FCB7F71522B/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://B14B35D8-021B-4660-A334-262E624DDF7B/imagejpeg"><img src="webkit-fake-url://AE5E9C6A-A471-4C2A-BE86-14CBDEE62C4B/imagejpeg"></div>Josiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312889630282876924noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373353007735480151.post-50759976129964084082013-06-19T02:07:00.001-07:002013-06-19T02:07:10.482-07:00Hotel<div>Hi guys!</div><div>Today we went on a train from Seoul,(where our apartment is) to Gyeonju! It was about a two hour train ride and we took a taxi to where we are now! Apparently the hotel is quite new and has awesome technology!!! Here are some pics of the hotel! </div><div><br></div><div>Card scanner to get in</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-mpXebzvGewQ/UcFztqX9SUI/AAAAAAAAAOc/AW7S8Oqawd8/s640/blogger-image-615979425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-mpXebzvGewQ/UcFztqX9SUI/AAAAAAAAAOc/AW7S8Oqawd8/s640/blogger-image-615979425.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Card holder that turns on lights</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-h1lvJnxIA98/UcFz1MGqJYI/AAAAAAAAAPM/Sy3F2BR94j4/s640/blogger-image--223516232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-h1lvJnxIA98/UcFz1MGqJYI/AAAAAAAAAPM/Sy3F2BR94j4/s640/blogger-image--223516232.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Bathroom </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-LdSrV4xv0WA/UcFz5QC7qPI/AAAAAAAAAPk/p7mfcnvRtBQ/s640/blogger-image--1915349898.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-LdSrV4xv0WA/UcFz5QC7qPI/AAAAAAAAAPk/p7mfcnvRtBQ/s640/blogger-image--1915349898.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Kitchen</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-0oTELVbuCrQ/UcFz4IHOMqI/AAAAAAAAAPc/Ba12MLjcy7g/s640/blogger-image-1024126482.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-0oTELVbuCrQ/UcFz4IHOMqI/AAAAAAAAAPc/Ba12MLjcy7g/s640/blogger-image-1024126482.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Table for eating (or possibly other things)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-RZElVIYcc20/UcFzy9voYII/AAAAAAAAAO8/JiUEZSgnfEM/s640/blogger-image--2019739949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-RZElVIYcc20/UcFzy9voYII/AAAAAAAAAO8/JiUEZSgnfEM/s640/blogger-image--2019739949.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Our bedroom (Maria and my) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-tn3B0YaDPbM/UcFzwCs6AzI/AAAAAAAAAOs/htrVvyRpAbQ/s640/blogger-image-664799628.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-tn3B0YaDPbM/UcFzwCs6AzI/AAAAAAAAAOs/htrVvyRpAbQ/s640/blogger-image-664799628.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My parents bed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0fJDwjwbRUM/UcFzxLRPzKI/AAAAAAAAAO0/PWF8g3s_ejQ/s640/blogger-image-1718022652.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0fJDwjwbRUM/UcFzxLRPzKI/AAAAAAAAAO0/PWF8g3s_ejQ/s640/blogger-image-1718022652.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div>Desk for stuff</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aIepqh_y_RQ/UcFzzzTOL3I/AAAAAAAAAPE/vQ7koBWnkuY/s640/blogger-image-935467025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aIepqh_y_RQ/UcFzzzTOL3I/AAAAAAAAAPE/vQ7koBWnkuY/s640/blogger-image-935467025.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Outside on our deck</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TKdk_xOhErE/UcF0twtqXSI/AAAAAAAAAPs/joUsHW1h-mc/s640/blogger-image-2090228570.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TKdk_xOhErE/UcF0twtqXSI/AAAAAAAAAPs/joUsHW1h-mc/s640/blogger-image-2090228570.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Views from outside</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-obCHXaygtGw/UcFz27hefHI/AAAAAAAAAPU/BU7Td3IxmTo/s640/blogger-image-819425013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-obCHXaygtGw/UcFz27hefHI/AAAAAAAAAPU/BU7Td3IxmTo/s640/blogger-image-819425013.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-RTdcAzfXCVI/UcFzvKjYwnI/AAAAAAAAAOk/s3-UDljdpUA/s640/blogger-image-177762826.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-RTdcAzfXCVI/UcFzvKjYwnI/AAAAAAAAAOk/s3-UDljdpUA/s640/blogger-image-177762826.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rIS14o18_qY/UcF0vCmp5II/AAAAAAAAAP0/yLkjLR4ozjM/s640/blogger-image--1475553933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rIS14o18_qY/UcF0vCmp5II/AAAAAAAAAP0/yLkjLR4ozjM/s640/blogger-image--1475553933.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><div><br></div>Josiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312889630282876924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373353007735480151.post-35178686530623037112013-06-18T06:41:00.001-07:002013-06-18T06:41:55.817-07:00Again two daysSorry about the again two days but when your a blogger you gotta tell the truth.(except for me) <div><br></div><div>Monday.</div><div>On Monday we got to meet Maria's foster mom. She is a very nice lady and at the little meeting time flew by. It felt like 30 minutes but was really 2 hours. After that we went to Insadong, (a shopping market very close to our apartment) and had dinner which was probably very good if I knew how to eat it. It was a meat and lettuce wrap white garlic to it on it. Apparently nobody mentioned any bones so my dad said, "watch out for bones!" And I said, " ohhh that's what it was." Then nobody told me how strong the garlic would be. I started chocking and drank a TON of my coke and after that I stopped eating. I didn't even touch the side dishes! So that was my dinner experience.</div><div><br></div><div>Tuesday is today is say</div><div>Today we went to a place called Coex mall. It sure was an experience! We started by doing a circle around the mall not knowing where to go, then going upstairs looking for the food cafeteria after that we pretty much gave up and went to the Kimchi Museum. Kimchi is a type of pickled cabbage mixed with a type of chili peppers. They showed the process of making it ,and different dishes made of it, and they also had a room for taste testing I say yumm!! Basically every Korean likes it. I mean every Korean but Maria.:( then we had lunch at mr. Pizza and went off to gangnam. We enjoyed most eating peanut butter cupcakes the most. We also went to a plac exalted the Korean War museum they had really cool stuff including multiple 4d movies!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8_W6V9ZJryE/UcBjjbwTdGI/AAAAAAAAANk/fwI37F8UbMw/s640/blogger-image-1288387059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8_W6V9ZJryE/UcBjjbwTdGI/AAAAAAAAANk/fwI37F8UbMw/s640/blogger-image-1288387059.jpg"></a></div> Planes at Korean War museum</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bn1E-C4MBU4/UcBjnmFYtWI/AAAAAAAAAOE/zzIhmJpNE_U/s640/blogger-image-1963114170.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bn1E-C4MBU4/UcBjnmFYtWI/AAAAAAAAAOE/zzIhmJpNE_U/s640/blogger-image-1963114170.jpg"></a></div>Fun with the tanks at Korean War museums </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-pFPks1bf8hY/UcBjmk5a1uI/AAAAAAAAAN8/aMZufkHvTkM/s640/blogger-image--883731934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-pFPks1bf8hY/UcBjmk5a1uI/AAAAAAAAAN8/aMZufkHvTkM/s640/blogger-image--883731934.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_QUi8g0zloY/UcBjoYjWSpI/AAAAAAAAAOM/CIJxqexUifw/s640/blogger-image--934602750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_QUi8g0zloY/UcBjoYjWSpI/AAAAAAAAAOM/CIJxqexUifw/s640/blogger-image--934602750.jpg"></a></div>Meal that made me choke </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-a7NRkzWsC9Y/UcBjkeWEP9I/AAAAAAAAANs/WCbyzmV-YiY/s640/blogger-image-1296168027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-a7NRkzWsC9Y/UcBjkeWEP9I/AAAAAAAAANs/WCbyzmV-YiY/s640/blogger-image-1296168027.jpg"></a></div>Different kimchi from kimchi museum </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qm8mw71uOeQ/UcBjiB08bQI/AAAAAAAAANc/usYGVLa1Tm8/s640/blogger-image--1529300975.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qm8mw71uOeQ/UcBjiB08bQI/AAAAAAAAANc/usYGVLa1Tm8/s640/blogger-image--1529300975.jpg"></a></div>Mannequin at kimchi museum</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eLhC6PewY8s/UcBjlT_8FcI/AAAAAAAAAN0/QkdIyLl4dvk/s640/blogger-image--451396754.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eLhC6PewY8s/UcBjlT_8FcI/AAAAAAAAAN0/QkdIyLl4dvk/s640/blogger-image--451396754.jpg"></a></div>Taste testing time</div>Josiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312889630282876924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373353007735480151.post-59189688240660969012013-06-16T17:04:00.001-07:002013-06-16T17:04:01.127-07:00Now two days<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Sorry that I haven't blogged for the last two days. It's because I have been too tired when we came home at night. So today to catch up I will blog about Saturday and Sunday.<div>On Saturday we went to Lotte world. You may of read of the place in an earlier post. It is a big indoor/outdoor theme park. My top three favorite rides were:</div><div>The Avalanche </div><div>French Revolution </div><div>The Commit</div><div> </div><div><br></div><div>On the avalanche, you have to be 53 in., apparently I grew, because last I checked, I was 51 in. But it was worth the grow. One thing that's not good about roller coasters and I is, lots of times I am really small on them so my head is always forced to go rest against the railing where your hands are supposed to go. (Fun fact, it hurts!) </div><div><br></div><div>The next ride we went on has a funny backstory, we were waiting in line for about 45 minutes and we finally got to go on it. Maria and my dad were so excited, I was so scared, my mom was waiting to take a picture right were the ride goes over you on a bridge. Finally we got to a point in the line where we could see people getting on and off the ride and Maria said "wait this is that other ride!" Oh shoot. We were almost to the end of the line so we road it anyways. But he fun part was yet to come, when we got down and outside we were supposed to meet my mom at a certain place, but we didn't find Her and my dad said, " She's probably still waiting to take our picture." So we walked to her and said "it was awesome!" And Maria said, "Did you get the picture we saw you and waved!" My mom was so disappointed but then we told her. So after that, we road that really scary one which was really cool at the same time.</div><div><br></div><div>My third favorite ride was The Commit, it was really fun because your cart spun freely and it was in the dark! </div><div><br></div><div>All the other rides were good and I fell asleep on my dads lap on the subway.</div><div><br></div><div>The next day we met up with my dads friend Chang Woo. He works for IBM and it is funny because he was just in America on Monday. Anyways we walked up a neighborhood that was high up it was called Bukchon.</div><div><br></div><div>And we also went to a museum with Chang Woo about King Sejong he was a great king who was very interested in learning and the study of the stars. Did you know that at the time when King Sejong ruled Korea knew more about the movement of the stars than Europe did? And King Sejong invented the Korean alphabet which we now call Hanguel? The reason King Sejong invented it was because using the Chinese alphabet was too hard to learn and King Sejong wanted to invent an alphabet that was easy to learn especially because he was part blind.</div><div><br></div><div>There was also a battle in the 1400s with the Korean against the Japanese in which the Korean had only 13 ships while the Japanese had 133 but Korea still won. We got to see an awesome 4D movie about that battle where your seats moved and water and air squirted out at you. We also got to do Korean Calligraphy on really cool paper. </div><div>If you ever go to Korea I would recommend going to the King Sejong museum because its really fun and everything is free!!!! </div><div><br></div><div>Here are the pictures from the last two days.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-HUB5R1xGN88/Ub5SZ0A3O4I/AAAAAAAAAM8/3bo1fCRC9Es/s640/blogger-image--137584464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-HUB5R1xGN88/Ub5SZ0A3O4I/AAAAAAAAAM8/3bo1fCRC9Es/s640/blogger-image--137584464.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-TcSU1QsV4IU/Ub5SVAX_TpI/AAAAAAAAAMc/8EDp-t0HkuQ/s640/blogger-image--2123583566.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-TcSU1QsV4IU/Ub5SVAX_TpI/AAAAAAAAAMc/8EDp-t0HkuQ/s640/blogger-image--2123583566.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-bGg2TUte3ek/Ub5SWfOBivI/AAAAAAAAAMk/TVvDVvRvp-A/s640/blogger-image-75590199.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-bGg2TUte3ek/Ub5SWfOBivI/AAAAAAAAAMk/TVvDVvRvp-A/s640/blogger-image-75590199.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-mOWYS0j64ew/Ub5SYbJK9rI/AAAAAAAAAM0/7n2DBtTEZME/s640/blogger-image--1754630005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-mOWYS0j64ew/Ub5SYbJK9rI/AAAAAAAAAM0/7n2DBtTEZME/s640/blogger-image--1754630005.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hjnU9haPWXA/Ub5SXUYbbgI/AAAAAAAAAMs/KIoqL9yejz0/s640/blogger-image-1439163941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hjnU9haPWXA/Ub5SXUYbbgI/AAAAAAAAAMs/KIoqL9yejz0/s640/blogger-image-1439163941.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ThWvOkOyzvk/Ub5STLz6JmI/AAAAAAAAAMM/tJHK0GRiDjE/s640/blogger-image-1213523796.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ThWvOkOyzvk/Ub5STLz6JmI/AAAAAAAAAMM/tJHK0GRiDjE/s640/blogger-image-1213523796.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3BUOp6kJQPw/Ub5SUBfuh_I/AAAAAAAAAMU/o1vrrRcicNM/s640/blogger-image--423009436.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3BUOp6kJQPw/Ub5SUBfuh_I/AAAAAAAAAMU/o1vrrRcicNM/s640/blogger-image--423009436.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3pwgbEodB64/Ub5Saw9eBvI/AAAAAAAAANE/1kF9RBF1Zog/s640/blogger-image-1639512053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3pwgbEodB64/Ub5Saw9eBvI/AAAAAAAAANE/1kF9RBF1Zog/s640/blogger-image-1639512053.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y6OzrMIHZ7k/Ub5Sb4E5_yI/AAAAAAAAANM/l1vMGlqqO88/s640/blogger-image--514647031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y6OzrMIHZ7k/Ub5Sb4E5_yI/AAAAAAAAANM/l1vMGlqqO88/s640/blogger-image--514647031.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div> </div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Josiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312889630282876924noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373353007735480151.post-66009781306931007312013-06-14T07:55:00.001-07:002013-06-14T07:55:29.111-07:00The struggle of jet lag<div>Today we went shopping, shopping. Oh and shopping! We were shopping for about 9 1/2 hours and now we are here at dinner.</div><div>So I was half as sleep as my dad was practically dragging me down the road!!!! </div><div><br></div><div>Speaking of my dad, he would like me to inform you that he now has a blog for Korea it's called vanderleiindustries.blogspot.com</div><div><br></div>Josiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312889630282876924noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373353007735480151.post-36476980434241836622013-06-13T06:44:00.001-07:002013-06-13T15:48:52.319-07:00Plane<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jYGF995LExw/UbnMy1vqK3I/AAAAAAAAALg/SofiU6keSeo/s640/blogger-image-564885021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jYGF995LExw/UbnMy1vqK3I/AAAAAAAAALg/SofiU6keSeo/s640/blogger-image-564885021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GQgK1YCr3fg/UbnMz5HUKuI/AAAAAAAAALo/5qmJyL8gqcE/s640/blogger-image--445084665.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GQgK1YCr3fg/UbnMz5HUKuI/AAAAAAAAALo/5qmJyL8gqcE/s640/blogger-image--445084665.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-x0Cpe1nx9z4/UbnM1jepVUI/AAAAAAAAAL4/9eB3cHjIhA0/s640/blogger-image-1781031522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-x0Cpe1nx9z4/UbnM1jepVUI/AAAAAAAAAL4/9eB3cHjIhA0/s640/blogger-image-1781031522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>You are probably wondering how are plane ride went. If you aren't you might as well not read the rest of this post. <div><br></div><div>There were good and bad things that happened on the plane ride. It started out with listening to the boring safety rules of the plane in 3 different languages: English, Korean and French. Once we took off I started watching a movie on the TVs called Parental Guidance. A great movie for kids and grown ups with a kid sense of humor. Then I watched some other stuff and did a sudoku, and read. </div><div><br></div><div>Later our food came at four o'clock. Apparently it was supposed to be lunch. (Or a linner/dunch) but our linner was still pretty good. It was beef and rice and UFOs ( unidentified food objects) <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1qaZIjrv0J8/UbnMx5dcN_I/AAAAAAAAALY/A3Dr2yAZS0s/s640/blogger-image-735096451.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1qaZIjrv0J8/UbnMx5dcN_I/AAAAAAAAALY/A3Dr2yAZS0s/s640/blogger-image-735096451.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">After that, at about ten o'clock, they brought us our night time dack (night time dinner snack) our dack was, ramen noodles!!!!!!!!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-eX0HXeeaaDk/UbnM0lqEogI/AAAAAAAAALw/maIMxitLkVM/s640/blogger-image-1839316836.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-eX0HXeeaaDk/UbnM0lqEogI/AAAAAAAAALw/maIMxitLkVM/s640/blogger-image-1839316836.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I slept for about an hour because the lady next to me put her head and pillow right in the middle of my seat. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But then, a shine of opportunity came from the sun saying, " Josie why not just put your head and pillow right on the arm rest!" </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But at that time Mr. Ruin-it-all came marching down the road as Maria (while sleeping) put her head down right on the arm rest!!!!!!!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Not being able to even breath without touching one of them I spent the rest if the night sitting there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It was morning and I actually was dozing off until a lady decided to put up her window so she could wake everybody up. ( I was just waiting for her to blow an air horn) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Breakfast was omelets and more UFOsI decided not to get the breakfast for fear that my stomach would hurt, so instead I just had apple juice. Well........ That was a mistake. I had a big stomach ache which gave me the hiccups I would of had UFOs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Pretty soon our plane ride ended at 3-4 am MI time and it was a 53 min ride from the airport to Seoul Station where we took another train to get dropped off at a place I don't know where and we walked to our apartment. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jYGF995LExw/UbnMy1vqK3I/AAAAAAAAALg/SofiU6keSeo/s640/blogger-image-564885021.jpg" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GQgK1YCr3fg/UbnMz5HUKuI/AAAAAAAAALo/5qmJyL8gqcE/s640/blogger-image--445084665.jpg"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div></div>Josiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312889630282876924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373353007735480151.post-30536951953618437692013-06-13T05:01:00.001-07:002013-06-13T05:01:41.928-07:00FinallyFinally we are in Korea! Right now we are in McDonald's (not my choice) <i>here </i>they give you plastic cups!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Ml28PL5yR38/Ubm0o2_sY4I/AAAAAAAAALI/V_ie7LgOslk/s640/blogger-image--1713625812.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Ml28PL5yR38/Ubm0o2_sY4I/AAAAAAAAALI/V_ie7LgOslk/s640/blogger-image--1713625812.jpg"></a></div>Josiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312889630282876924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373353007735480151.post-39265902828706769032013-06-12T04:42:00.001-07:002013-06-12T04:42:12.938-07:00Last nightLast night we checked in to our hotel at about 9:00 and my sister and I decided to go swimming. After that my dad went to Tim Horton's to get our late night dinner. We all slept well and we are now eating breakfast. Well almost all of us are eating breakfast...... Maria is up in our room STILL sleeping even know we were talking at a normal level. (If you know Maria you'd understand)<div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-PZQ9z0QFWwk/UbhekmhJMoI/AAAAAAAAAKo/rO4JsLe-ISI/s640/blogger-image-920517920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-PZQ9z0QFWwk/UbhekmhJMoI/AAAAAAAAAKo/rO4JsLe-ISI/s640/blogger-image-920517920.jpg"></a></div></div>Josiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312889630282876924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373353007735480151.post-20582828439051551952013-06-11T18:09:00.001-07:002013-06-11T18:09:31.289-07:00One step closer to Korea<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ztgXEGfHpJs/UbfKRnrYLAI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/Z6mMcrYJ9D8/s640/blogger-image-1372407578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ztgXEGfHpJs/UbfKRnrYLAI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/Z6mMcrYJ9D8/s640/blogger-image-1372407578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-mHP9BpZfaQc/UbfKRNS20kI/AAAAAAAAAKI/GANzN8hbEQM/s640/blogger-image-31926822.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-mHP9BpZfaQc/UbfKRNS20kI/AAAAAAAAAKI/GANzN8hbEQM/s640/blogger-image-31926822.jpg"></a></div><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ztgXEGfHpJs/UbfKRnrYLAI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/Z6mMcrYJ9D8/s640/blogger-image-1372407578.jpg"></div>Even know our 18 seated plane was crammy, loud and rocky it was worth the time to get one step closer to Korea. I also did get a pretty nice view out my window. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sI6e4V00-F4/UbfKScZ0ooI/AAAAAAAAAKY/ysAZGcblt2c/s640/blogger-image-385819224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sI6e4V00-F4/UbfKScZ0ooI/AAAAAAAAAKY/ysAZGcblt2c/s640/blogger-image-385819224.jpg"></a></div>Josiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312889630282876924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373353007735480151.post-80473682194862517932013-06-11T14:26:00.001-07:002013-06-11T14:26:36.314-07:00Leaving<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yDe5s5RajBk/UbeWCssErUI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/DCQmii1aFtI/s640/blogger-image-1467465362.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yDe5s5RajBk/UbeWCssErUI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/DCQmii1aFtI/s640/blogger-image-1467465362.jpg"></a></div>We are now leavingJosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312889630282876924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373353007735480151.post-78476374233081251702013-06-11T13:13:00.001-07:002013-06-11T13:13:26.255-07:00AlmostWe are so close to Korea!! My journey will start in 1 and 47 minJosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312889630282876924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373353007735480151.post-38908844835157738672013-06-10T18:47:00.001-07:002013-06-10T18:47:22.004-07:001 DAY!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Bursting through my heart.</div>
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Korea is fun,</div>
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Korea can be scary,</div>
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and, adventurous.</div>
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Vacation is cool,</div>
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A splash in the pool, </div>
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A dip in the lake,</div>
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Maybe some cake,</div>
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Vacation is a time to be spoiled. </div>
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Poems inspired by Mrs. Boerma (my E.L.A and Social studies teacher) and her CRAZY fun poetry classes! Thanks Mrs.Boerma!!!!!!</div>
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I can not wait till go to Canada tomorrow and my journey begins. The chances of our flight being canceled are low, the weather in Toronto (where we are landing) is supposed to be very nice and the weather says a chance of a light sprinkle for our flight time when we take off. Our flight to Toronto is scheduled to take off at 6:55 P.M. it will take about 1 hour and a half, and we will stay over night in a Hampton Inn very close to the airport and we take off for Korea from Toronto at 2:00 P.M. and it will be a 13 and a half hour plane ride. I am not bringing much entertainment because the plane does have a TV, but I still am bringing a book and a Sudoku book! </div>
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Tomorrow I will get a hair cut, I want it to look like a "cute korean" hair cut here is a picture of what I am looking for. My sister Maria, will be doing it too. I like it that we are supporting each other because she said she would if I would, I said that too! </div>
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Thank you for reading I will post more! </div>
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<a data-ved="0CAUQjRw" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&docid=UzkeOVDn2GrEjM&tbnid=5Y0r1LvDtyDDuM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmichael-gladstone.blogspot.com%2F&ei=6TO1UcqCOqnX0gH1y4D4DQ&bvm=bv.47534661,d.dmQ&psig=AFQjCNH136kXFO2Ky1SmJXtuy8obeAqkRg&ust=1370916189712270" id="irc_mil" style="border: 0px none;"><img height="378" id="irc_mi" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JyuHPiFiUcU/TrzgtrfnvoI/AAAAAAAAAHc/4a8SDAAO8aY/s1600/lotte+world.JPG" style="margin-top: 8px;" width="504" /></a> Lotte World is an indoor/outdoor amusement park located in Seoul, the capital of Korea. Lotte World is listed in the Guinness World Record Book for biggest indoor amusement park and it is open all year around. an outdoor amusement park called "Magic Island", an artificial island inside a lake linked by monorail, shopping malls, a luxury hotel, a Korean folk museum, sports facilities, and movie theaters. Some of the rides I look forward to going on is:</div>
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<dl><dd>A boat ride that allows passengers to travel along with Sindbad through an underground waterway.</dd></dl>
The Conquistador<br />
<dl><dd>A viking ride. It swings back and forth, almost reaching the ceiling
of Lotte World at its maximum height. The seats at the ends of the ship
rise 5 more meters and 24 degrees higher than the seats towards the
middle.</dd></dl>
Treeble's Hopper<br />
<dl><dd>A children's ride. The children are taken up towards a tree house as
they jump up and down over 6 meters. Only children between 90cm and
120cm are permitted.</dd></dl>
Camelot Carrousel<br />
<dl><dd>The merry-go-round located near the middle of Lotte World consists
of 64 white horses. This is also the merry-go-round featured in South
Korean drama series, <i>Stairway to Heaven</i>.</dd></dl>
Crazy Bumper Cars<br />
<dl><dd>The bumper car attraction does not permit children under 140cm. 1 person per vehicle.</dd></dl>
The Bumping Jesters<br />
<dl><dd>Bumper cars for children not permitted on the Crazy Bumper Cars.
Anyone over 140 cm is not permitted, unless they are accompanying a
child. Children under 5 years must have an adult with them.</dd></dl>
Boong Boong Car<br />
<dl><dd>A kid ride where the children aboard a Boong Boong Car (붕붕 in Korean
is the sound a car makes) and go to save Hansel and Gretel from the
witch's house. Children under 105cm are required to be accompanied by an
adult.</dd></dl>
Swing Pang Pang<br />
<dl><dd>A mini version of the Teacup ride; the children get on a twirling
basket. Children under 6 years have to be accompanied by an adult.</dd></dl>
Lotty's Kidstoria<br />
<dl><dd>A play place for kids under the age of 8 years. This play area's
theme is fairy-tale world, and kids can go barefoot to explore
Cinderella's Castle, Alice in Wonderland, and other fairy-tale stories.</dd></dl>
Flume Ride<br />
<dl><dd>A log ride consisting of a 4-seat long boat that travels through a Jurassic jungle.</dd></dl>
Giant Loop<br />
<dl><dd>A roller coaster ride made only of one big loop. Passengers are
constantly taken for 360 degree spins in a 14m-wide circular rail. The
vehicle even stops while upside down.</dd></dl>
Drunken Basket<br />
<dl><dd>A teacup ride that spins the individual vehicles left and right while the whole ride itself rises up and down.</dd></dl>
Fantastic Odyssey<br />
<dl><dd>A mega indoor theater with 292 seats.</dd></dl>
Desperados<br />
<dl><dd>A wide i-max screen theater, but the seats are in form of a horse.
The seats move in all directions to the screen image. Passengers over
120 kg and under 120cm must sit on a coach seat.</dd></dl>
The 4-D Theater<br />
<dl><dd>A 4-D theater that includes special effect glasses; visitors will
feel wind, vibration, and water. Children under 100cm are not permitted.</dd></dl>
Fairy Tale Theater<br />
<dl><dd>A puppet show featuring Jumbo the Elephant. Children under 6 years must be accompanied by an adult.</dd></dl>
Happy Picnic<br />
<dl><dd>A kid's ride in the form of a Ferris wheel. The individual cars are
different characters from famous TV shows, such as Thomas the Train, and
Jay Jay the Jet Plane. Only passengers under 140cm are permitted, and
children under 5 years need to be accompanied by an adult.</dd></dl>
Eureka<br />
<dl><dd>Magic boats that take kids up and down while spinning around.</dd><dd></dd><dd><br />
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I really look forward to this event, but sadly the day we were scheduling to go there, the forecast says it is supposed to rain. :( </dd></dl>
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This is Gangnam you may of heard of the song gangnam style it is a very popular k-pop song (k-pop - korean pop) (shout out to Mrs.Kim an AWESOME art teacher who taught me soooooo much about Korean culture!!!!!!!!!) Gangnam is an upscale neighborhood. I hope to go shopping there on my trip.<br /><br />Josiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312889630282876924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373353007735480151.post-67462564108705337542013-06-07T10:20:00.001-07:002013-06-07T10:35:12.913-07:004 Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gKnlUi_hQBE/UbIT37lxO2I/AAAAAAAAAI8/tpH74h_-tMA/s1600/SEOUL02-S03-140.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gKnlUi_hQBE/UbIT37lxO2I/AAAAAAAAAI8/tpH74h_-tMA/s320/SEOUL02-S03-140.jpg" width="320" /></a> Four days. From now until I go to Korea and my journey starts, I will be posting picture of places in Korea and telling you guys about them. So, here I start. In this picture you see lots of dresses and clothing. You may thing it looks kind of like a flea market. It is a market open 24 hours every week! (And it has everything you can imagine! Food, clothing, toys ect.) If you have ANY questions or comments just ask in the question box below.<br /><br />P.S. We actually have 5 days till we are in Korea, but four days till our journey begins in Canada!!!!!! </div>
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