Andy and Brita got married.

This past week has been very eventful from the perspective of a 20 year old away from home, but pretty uneventful from any sort of academic standpoint.

Last week's highlight was undoubtedly visiting the Hookah bar "Rainbow", suggested by my cousin Morgan (who has proved invaluable in finding all the great night spots -- kudos to you sir!) It was fun to ride the subway and check out another neighborhood of Seoul; with 23 million people living in the vicinity and surrounding districts it's impossible to comprehend how truly enormous this city is. We have continued to return to "Mr. Wow" - a hot dog and sausage street vendor who is delicious. Also, Red Mango - frozen yogurt - and kareokee bars continue to be high on the list of priorities.

This weekend we visited Jeonju, a city about 300 km southwest of Seoul. It was very small and quaint, with the feeling of a Colorado or Utah Ski Resort town like Breckenridge or Park City. Here we were able to tour a traditional village, and participate in traditional Korean craft making, dancing, and a wedding ceremony. Two brave souls, Andy and Brita, volunteered for this and were the lucky couple. It was a very unique experience and very interesting as well -- that's right, I just said learning was fun! Ahh! What is happening to me? We spent the night in a traditional (starting see a pattern, huh?) Korean style hotel, which has (literally) paper thin walls and heated floors. So we slept on the floor with big plush comforters and stayed toasty warm even the the temperature was about -20 degrees Celcius outside (too warm, actually).

From there we conintued on to Muju Ski Resort where we went skiing and snowboarding for the day. Needless to say, finding boots that fit me was an adventure all in itself, and I still don't think my feet have fully recovered from the crampt space I shoved them into for the day. The snow was all man made, and even though it was in the mountains it wasn't that good of a hill; think Lutsen, except Lutsen is even larger with longer and more runs. Regardless, it was still a very good time! It was, weirdly, the busiest hill I've ever been on - I can't wait to put up pictures, because I guarentee nobody will ever call a hill in the States "busy" again. It was RIDICULOUS.

This week we have our final scrapbook due and take our final exam, so hopefully I will still find a way to get out and about and see the city... I have done everything I came to do, but I still want to experience more and just do everything! I will, as in leaving Hong Kong, truly miss this place.

Much love and God Bless!

- CM