We miss our UK family dearly, and look forward to seeing everyone soon we hope but I have been very lucky to be accepted into such a wonderful family and so here are a few of the experiences we have had together lately.
Buddah's birthday - On 8th April (lunar calender) Koreans celebrate Buddah's birthday by meeting with their family and going to the temple.  We met with many family members and went to Hyunwoo's Grandmother's temple to give thanks to Buddah and to his grandmother.  We had bibimbap - Korean rice and vegetables together at the temple and gave thanks.

In the picture from left to right - Ju-han - Hyunwoo's brother, Na-ri - Hyunwoo's sister-in-law, me!, Hyunwoo, Father, Hyunwoo's aunt and Mother.

At the beginning of June we went on a family picnic to a lake which Hyunwoo and I had spotted from the top of Beomeosa mountain on our last hike!
We met at the subway and after cramming into a taxi had a beautiful walk and picnic by the lake with Father, Juhan and Nari.

The lake is at Oreyu-dae about 20 minutes from our house.




The path was beautiful and went through the trees right alongside the lake



Time for the picnic - we sat up under the trees looking over the lake to eat our Gim-bap - traditional Korean picnic food.  Gimbap is similar to sushi rolls but with no fish so you have dried seaweed sheets filled with rice and vegatables and sometimes tuna.





We had a wonderful day and can't wait to take Mum and Dad here when they visit us next :)

WORLD CUP!!!

Well we have had some excitment watching the world cup seeing as we now have 2 teams to cheer for!! Hyunwoo's family have also been getting up in the middle of the night to watch the games!!

The chant - Dae-han-min-guk and Eng-er-land!!

The last game we went to Juhan and Nari's house with our parents.




Juhan with the correct cheering gear!



Mother with her horns!! She proceeded to sit in the corner and pray during the game - only looking up if a goal was scored, high five and then back to her prayers! 

Overall we have had a lovely month with our family so wanted to share our experiences.

All our love to everyone 

Cer and Hyunwoo  xxx
 



So it was a beautiful sunny day and we decided to take a walk over Geumjeong-san (mountain) to Beomeo-sa (temple) with a couple of friends. 

We started by taking a hair raising journey on the bus - no seats so we got our work out for the arms gripping on for dear life as we whizzed around the hairpin bends!!  We arrived and headed up and over the mountain - it was a beautiful sunny day and we could see for miles -perfect for destressing the soul and working the body!

Here are a few pictures of our journey up and over Geum-jeong fortress wall.





Taking a needed water stop



Heading back down from the mountain towards the temple





When we reached the temple it was time to fill up the water bottles


Joan exploring the temple






Overall we had a fantastic day - finished off with some good padjeon (Korean vegetable panckes) and mandu (fried dumplings) - very delicious!