What a fun weekend! First, on our way home after teaching on Saturday, we saw three little Korean kids dressed up in front of our apartment in the traditional Korean clothing, hanbuk. They must have been on their way to an important event or celebration (maybe a wedding?). They were so cute! After saying hi to them and then grabbing some dulce bibimbap/Korean food for lunch, we went with our neighbor Abby to San Kumburi Volcanic Crater. The small orum/crater is popular at this time of the year and is especially well-known for its fields of galdae reed. Honeymooners come to this hiking area/park to take walk the paths that surround the beautiful galdae reed. It's a great opportunity for newlywed photos.
With Keith leading us, we decided to venture off the beaten path. And what did we find? Horses...all pregnant horses! They were beautiful horses, all different colors. One looked like Black Beauty, while the others were black and white or brown and white. The horses had big bellies and were shorter than the horses you would find back in the US. We spent a good amount of time petting them and feeding them grass, which they loved and padded the ground with their hooves for more.
I love animals so I was very excited when we saw them. Actually, I was most surprised since they were far off in the fields and Abby's whistle and Keith's deep "horse" call, attracted their attention and brought them over to us. This is when we found out that Abby's family back in Indiana live on a farm and actually raised several horses and still have one today. So Abby knows lots about horses and can read them very well. No wonder they came over to us. They must have sensed her knowledge and love for them.
That night Abby went back to her place, and Keith and I met up with our other neighbors, Kyla and Mike. We went to our favorite sushi restaurant and then went to the movies and saw the new Bruce Willis movie, Red (also starring Mary-Louise Parker and John Malkovich). It was a good action movie but hilarious at the same time!
On Sunday, I shocked myself by finishing all my Christmas shopping! It was the quickest x-mas shopping that I've ever done! Keith also finished his Christmas shopping. We still need to make our x-mas cards and then we can send everything home by mail.
How's the weather in Chicago? It's getting colder here. It's coat weather and soon-to-be hat and glove weather. What's getting my mind off the cold though are the vacation trips we booked for this upcoming winter break! We're taking a 9 day vacation at the end of January to Malaysia and Singapore. Then for about 7 days at the end of February we are going to the Philippines where we plan on getting our scuba diving certificate. So much to look forward to! I can't wait!
Hope to hear from all of you through e-mails! Please keep us up-to-date on your own lives in Chicago! Miss you all!
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