Chuseok is the Korean thanksgiving holiday. Most people have 3 days off work and it common practice that individuals and families return to their parents or relative's hometown to celebrate. This means that traffic is crazy, and also quite sadly it means lots of work for the women and relaxation for the men in the household. I'm not this is not true for every family, but my co-teachers all confessed that they were anxious rather than excited about the holiday.
We had a great time, though. On the first day we spent time with Eunmi's whole family and her Uncle. We ate lots of delicious food and then had a small worship session together with some readings and Eunmi's brother Logi gave a short talk.
After that it was pretty much time to eat again so we ate some tomato soup that I had made, haha. I think it was well received.
In the evening we went bowling.
The next day we spent the whole day with the family again, but this time everyone was just sleeping. Then at about 7pm Eunmi's mum woke up and decided that we should eat out so we went to a meat restaurant for some 'Samgyupsal'.
The day after that we took a train to a nearby city called Miryang followed by a drive up into the mountains where we had rented a small house with 6 of our friends from Eunmi's church (friends means people born in the same year in Korea). There was a communal swimming pool and trampoline and in the evening we ate Samgyupsal, again.
It was great to hang out with some of our friends. I've uploaded some photos and video my friend made on his iPhone for you to see.
We had a great time, though. On the first day we spent time with Eunmi's whole family and her Uncle. We ate lots of delicious food and then had a small worship session together with some readings and Eunmi's brother Logi gave a short talk.
After that it was pretty much time to eat again so we ate some tomato soup that I had made, haha. I think it was well received.
In the evening we went bowling.
The next day we spent the whole day with the family again, but this time everyone was just sleeping. Then at about 7pm Eunmi's mum woke up and decided that we should eat out so we went to a meat restaurant for some 'Samgyupsal'.
The day after that we took a train to a nearby city called Miryang followed by a drive up into the mountains where we had rented a small house with 6 of our friends from Eunmi's church (friends means people born in the same year in Korea). There was a communal swimming pool and trampoline and in the evening we ate Samgyupsal, again.
It was great to hang out with some of our friends. I've uploaded some photos and video my friend made on his iPhone for you to see.
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