A quick update (and excuses why we haven't blogged in a month). As soon as Michelle arrived we've been going around Seoul exhaustively, all while searching for and moving to a new apartment. I've been studying Korean for about 7-8 hours a day (including my classes) and Michelle has been working and preparing her graduate school apps. More frequent posts to come (we promise)! |
| The weary traveler arrives. |
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| The only way to see Seoul is by scooter. |
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| Ready to ride! |
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| Quick pit stop at an open air market. |
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| Lovely smiling squid. |
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| Colorful rice cakes. |
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| Trying to find our way up one of the mountains behind Seoul. |
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| Making progress. |
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| Whenever you go hiking in Seoul, somehow you always happen upon Buddhist temples tucked away in the mountains. |
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| Luckily we found an overlook just as Michelle was ready to call it quits. |
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| I first thought this halmoni (grandmother) was having a feast of a picnic, but later learned that she was doing an ancestral ritual. |
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| Sweaty and disgusting, I wanted to take Michelle to a traditional Korean lunch. The main course (stew) is really a sidenote to all of the side dishes. |
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| Brown rice steamed with mussels. |
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| Michelle's favorite: dwenjang-jiggae (stew made from fermented soy beans) |
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| Chewy little fish. |
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| Beheaded big fish. |
You guys are definitely adventurous when it comes to cuisine!! Bravo to you!
ReplyDeleteWere the beheaded big fish photographed after you ate them, or were the heads served to you as the side dish?
ReplyDeleteLove the post--keep them coming! Love, Oma XOXO
Come on Mom we're not in a third world country here....haha
ReplyDeleteOh, and byyyy the way.... apologies for the annoying sweat stain on nearly half of the pictures. It was about 1 billion degrees celsius for the first week I was here, and it was just inevitable. (-Michelle)
ReplyDeletebeautiful...lunch looked like a ritual in and of itself!
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