Last week recap

Ok, I know it's been awhile. I got home on Monday. It's really nice to just be alone and have naps after a week like last week. Every single day was doing something. I did get to spend lots of time with Debra, my belly buddy. Justin was even able to spend most of the week with me. He had Monday, Tuesday, and Friday off. Lots of holidays.

I will post about my favorite part of the week (Sunday) separately, since it will most likely be long. Justin and I went up on Sunday and met Karin and her daughters in Itaewon. We had a brunch at Rocky Mt. Tavern. Not near as good as the last time we had it. I don't know if I would recommend it anymore. The food was small portions and was all cold. The bar is also very smoky. I was glad to leave.

Monday we met up with Debra for dinner. We decided on sushi, and were heading that way, when we say a couple foreigners with a map. They were trying to talk to a Korean. Debra asked if they needed help, and the Korean waved us away. So we walked away. A second later he was running after us. He said the foreigners did need help. We said hi and introduced ourselves. They were Mexican, just got into town, and were only in town for a couple days. They are on a boat. Debra also knows Spanish, so she started talking them up. They were so surprised. She asked if they had eaten yet, and they said no. So we brought them along for sushi. We went to a great all you can eat sushi buffet. YUM. It was funny to watch our new friends eat sushi. Especially when they didn't know how hot wasabi is. One of them dipped his sushi in it, and started coughing really hard. He had to run for the water fountain.

We found out more about them. They travel all over on a huge boat. They showed us some beautiful pictures of it. They had just come from Shanghai, and were headed to Russia next. They had no idea that Koreans really speak almost no English. So they had been really lost. How lucky are they to find someone like Debra? Someone who not only speaks English, but also their language and the language of the country they are in. After dinner, Justin and I headed home and she showed them to a PC bang, so they could get on the internet. Such an adventure!

Monday night Tim was over, stayed all day Tuesday, and we had lasagna that Karin made us before she left. It was amazing, of course. It was Tim's only day off, so we just hung out all day with him. Debra and her friend Tina came over for a little while in the evening. Wednesday, I met Debra at her University so we could head over to hypnobirthing class together. We caught a bus right from the University to the bus terminal very near to class. It didn't even take an hour. We even had time for ice cream before class.

Class was great too. We got to meet a doula and a mother who has had a homebirth here in Korea. I'm excited to talk to both of these women soon. Debra spent the night that night and made some awesome banana pecan pancakes the next morning. Justin came back up Thursday night and we hung out for the rest of the weekend. Saturday we took the Karin's dog over to the park in Incheon. They had a couple really big fountains for the kids to play in. It was so cool.

It was a good week, but very tiring!! I'm glad to be home. We had some dinner at a friend's house here in Osan last night (Tim cooked). Afterwards the boys met up with some Osan English Teachers to go see the new Star Trek movie. Justin says it was AWESOME.

Well, I will post about Sunday, then I'm off to the market. Found out there is an International market here in Osan. Gonna go check it out. 안녕