24 Months In the Making

It finally happened.  When we left for Korea, I doubted my parents would be able to visit.  Nevertheless, I harassed them about getting passports and challenged them to a trip.

Welcome to South Korea!

Well I shouldn't have doubted them.  Mom and Dad Haws made it all the way to Seoul for a visit, arriving on Mom's birthday.

Happy Birthday!

What a blessing!  Unfortunately Lauren and I had to work during the week, but the evenings and weekends were filled with great times out and about and stuffing ourselves with delicious food.  We'll let the pictures do the talking though.

First meal in Seoul

Catchin' a baseball game

"She is gonna what?!"

Open wide!

Alright, not bad

North Korean creeper at the JSA

Drinks with Christina and Daniel

St Patrick's Day - Nice green/orange Mom and Dad...

Visiting BIS kindergarten

Seungmin and Eddie near Insadong

Cheers!

KTX to Busan - 300km/hr

Music lessons at the instrument museum

Water show at Lotte in Busan

Shot from Busan Tower

Mandu restaurant from the film Old Boy

Mandu

Having Mom and Dad Haws here for the week was truly a blessing.  Sharing our small space with them was an honor and reinforced how wonderful time with family is.

Thanks for the visit :)

A trip to Hapcheon

Before we know it has been almost a month from our last post, yikes!

We recently made a trip with some friends down to the small county of Hapcheon.  It is a mountainous community and vastly different from Seoul (10,000,000 people vs. 60,000).

Our good friends Younghwa and Seungmin rented a van and transported us along with 4 other friends from Seoul.   Hapcheon is home to Younghwa's parents (along with our good friend Sanghyun who is working on his masters degree at UNLV right now).  When we arrived in Hapcheon, we met Younghwa's mom and dad and visited the Hanam_Movie Theme Park.

This location has been the set for numerous films and television shows including Fighter in the Wind and East of Eden.

After touring the set, we picked up some food and headed to our rental house, known as a pension house.  We stayed the evening here cooking out and playing some card games. 

It was a quick trip, but a great time had by all.