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.
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.
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
