May 8, 2010

Children's Day

Wednesday, the 5th, was Children's Day. It felt like Christmas! Children were everywhere with their parents buying scooters and bikes and clothes and candy. Vendors were giving away free cotton candy and other treats to honor the children.

Juny and I took advantage of the day off work, and went downtown! It was fun to spend time with him, and it was nice to think of something else other than the impending contract decisions. It's been really difficult on me, but Juny's been a huge help praying and offering encouragement to me.

So we went to a Korean Folk Village at the base of Namsan Tower. Afterward, we hung out in Myeongdong and had ice bingsu (ice shavings with fruit). Yummy!!

Korean entertaining dancers
Korean "yut" game. Really fun!!!
Teeter-totter that you jump on, catapulting the other person in the air...it's a lot harder than it seems :)
Traditional tea ceremony
The white dress and tall, black hat was a symbol of upper class people in old Korea
The table under the house was brought out to lay on or rest on outside
A time capsule! It was huge!!

Korean games

Korean dancing (I wish I had a longer shot of this...)

Tea Ceremony

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