Trip to town...

Today, Charles and I arranged a trip to Eumseong to walk around and see what there is to see! Justin and Kevin Cho were our drivers and tour guides! Here are some pictures of Eumseong... it's  like the  Hagerstown of Korea. It's a city, but it's not really big and there's not like internationally ranked historical landmarks or anything like that. It was just nice to see other places, too! It's like the first weekend in college... you would pay to go ANYWHERE not on campus! :)

LOTTERIA.... yummy...

Justin (one of the Tae Kwon Do masters) helping Paige on the aerobic machines in the park. Love her face in this picture! I wish I'd caught his laugh .001 seconds later.

Georgette trying it out! 

Kevin (in red) and Justin giving us a social studies lesson about the thing in the middle of the pond. 

Charles working out... the kinks in his back.

Sorry, out of order... the inside of the place. The history lies with Buddhism, the colors and flowers go with that symbolism. It  was a place  used for special events for the elite in Eumseong a long  time ago.

"WAKE UP! BLACK BLACK GUM!" 

Charles and I laughed for a looooooooong  time about this...

the produce market and a woman in traditional korean clothes. she looked like a princess...

Korean man who spoke English... kind of... he was very very old, and we're not sure what he was telling us.

Official Tae Kwon Do studio in Korea. This is a big deal. Kids cannot graduate from GVCS without their blackbelt.

The group....

Me with the group....

Mary (CA), Pat (MD), Bobbi (CA), Paige (MD), me, Briana (MD), Georgette (CA) and Kevin Cho, our translator. 

So that's my life so far... I'm enjoying my weekend, and hope you do too! Saturday was lovely... I hope it will be for you!

--e