i recently went to visit my little sister, amanda, in south korea. the army has had her stationed there for the last year and she is about to move to texas, so i had to go see her. unfortunately, rocky couldn't came with me as he is currently in arizona finishing up his training, which is a bummer because he would have LOVED every minute of it. sorry to take a cool vacation without you, rocky!i had a lot of fun seeing the sights with my sister. we lived in korea from 1990-1994, so i really enjoyed getting to experience everything as an adult and going back and seeing where we had lived. strangely, everything seems to have shrunk in the last 15 years. some things haven't changed though and i had fun remembering that:
- using the restroom can be a great workout on your legs, since squatting is the preferred method.- personal space does not exist in korea.
- there is no such thing as a line and if you believe there is, you will NEVER get to the front of it.
- my name is REALLY hard for a korean to pronounce. they have a hard time with r's and l's, so my name comes out as llaache kail. this means you have to pay strict attention to any announcements at the airport if you don't already have a seat assignment for your flight.
- any strip of asphalt is really just the bonneville speedway in disguise. i'm all about driving fast, 75 mph down a city street is just a bit much for me. one of our taxi drivers was seriously driving that fast. i saw the speedometer.
- anatomically correct statues, murals...anything really...is a must. including the pirate on the log ride at seoul land amusement park. the pirate statue was peeing into the stream. yes, peeing. i wish i had taken a picture. i did get this picture though. it's on the packaging of a toy, a bubble gun. i thought it was hilarious!- when shopping, you will be stalked by the owner/salesperson. and if you look at anything for longer than 2 seconds, it is their mission to not let you leave with out buying it. so i bought a lot of stuff.
- korean food is the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i really love it. and they advertise the food with pictures of RAW meat.
- i have a cool little sister :)
i love korea. i've got to take rocky there someday.
