Saturday and Sunday. The last of our trip.

Saturday, we said goodbye to Ymo and Jim. They left 1 day early.

After breakfast, we took a cab to Insadong and walked around. Calligrapher.

We stopped at this restaurant for some yummy neng myun (cold noodle soup). Yummy. Laura ate most of my lunch!

Then she had a shark popsicle.

We visited my grandmother again and met up with a couple of my mom's best friends.


We ate at Star Super again and went back to the hotel.

We flew out the next morning and was upgraded to economy plus which gave us an extra 5 inches of leg room. That was luxurious! We had a 4 hour layover in San Francisco. These are pictures of Laura playing in the kid's section. Pretty cool.



We are back but have yet to adjust to the time change. Back to reality. It was a super trip. Hubby wants to go back next year!

Thursday and Friday

Most of Thursday was spent with my dad getting his business affairs in order. Then Ymo and Jimbo went on a sightseeing tour. We went to the Hyundai Department store and had lunch at a noodle shop. It was yummy.

Laura ate her dad's spicy noodles. She was getting pretty good with those chopsticks.

After we got back to the hotel, Laura, her dad and I walked down to the local shops near the hotel.

Then for dinner, we met with my grandmother and my uncles and aunt for a fancy Korean dinner. This was like a 10 course meal with tiny dishes.

Laura was eating some of the dishes early on and I noticed that she was developing a red rash around her mouth and she started whining. We knew she must have eaten something that she was allergic to. She just sat in her dad's lap and was miserable. I made her drink 3 glasses of water. Her breathing was fine so no need for the epi pen. After a while, I was feeling guilty so I had her sit on my lap and in 15 minutes, she vomited everything onto my dress. Nice. I cleaned myself up in the bathroom and came back to the dining room and Ymo said, "Are you going to stay and finish dinner?" and I was thinking of how appetizing the meal would be with my vomit soaked dress permeating my nostrils. Laura, her dad and I took a cab back to the hotel. I showered and Laura went right to bed but requested some chips from the lounge. Uh, that would be a no.

After I changed, my uncle picked me up and we went to my eldest uncle and aunt's new dental clinic. They have a small memorial room dedicated to my grandfather.

He prepared a slide show of some old photos of us. It was very sweet. We also got gifts from my aunt.
The next morning, I gave Laura her gift from my aunt. A beautiful hanbok dress.

After breakfast and a little workout at the gym and pool, we drove to Itaewon. Laura and her dad got some Burger King for lunch.

For dinner, my dad's side of the family came to meet us at the hotel and we had dinner at The Season. It was buffet and full of great food.

Wednesday, Sept 2: Last day at Jeju

These tangerine jewels. I miss them. They were like eating candy. So sweet and seedless. Laura ate 3 or 4 of these in a sitting.

After breakfast, we visited some of the local waterfalls in the area. This one is called Cheonjeyeon Falls.

Then we got a cab and went to Chungbang falls which is a waterfall that goes directly into the ocean. You should have seen my sister and me trying to tell the cab driver in Korean to wait for us to take us back after seeing the waterfall.

The water was very cold.

We got back, packed up and flew back to Seoul.

Tuesday, Sept 1: Full day at Jeju

Hedi and Jim went scuba diving for their full day at Jeju. Laura's family just relaxed and enjoyed ourselves.

Laura and I walked around the hotel area. Hi Hah dah buh gee!

Laura got to swim indoors. The outside pools were freezing.

The hotel lobby.
The beach. The water was really warm.

The steps to go back up to the hotel.

Then Laura swam again. We didn't know that swim caps were required.

Ymo and Jimbo got back and changed. Jimbo decided he wanted to wear his pajama pants.

After snacks and drinks at the Executive lounge, we went to the Lotte hotel because there was a free laser light show.

It was 20 minutes of "are you kidding me?" and we were pretty disappointed.
We walked around and at the Lotte hotel, they have 3 giant brown ugly windmills. One of the windmills actually has a small store that carries Dutch souvenirs. You know, I think it's because when I go to visit Korea, I want to pick up some souvenirs made from Holland.

We also went to the casino there and there were only a handfull of customers. There were more staff than gamblers. Apparently in Korea, if you are a Korean citizen, you are not allowed in any of the casinos except for 1 area in Korea. How crazy is that? We played a couple of slot machines and called it a night.