chuseok in korea

chuseok in korea

recently we had a national day of thanksgiving in korea,many people had the oppertunity to visit friends and relatives. some went to church and so on. we had the chance to go see king sejong's tomb and take a few pictures. koreans take of from work in the first weekend of october and usually everything closes down over this period.kiddies were dressed up in traditional clothing and keren even took part in the whole do..all in all we had fun just to watch the people connect with their roots and share this day with all of us foreigners.

Grace in hospital

Grace in hospital

My wife gave me a bit of a scare this week when she was admitted to hospital because the doctor said something is wrong with her kidneys. As it turned out she only had some k-stones that had to be removed ,she stayed a few nights and then the doctor said that she could go home. Korean hospitals are something to get used to,because you have to share a bathroom with everyone on the floor,but it was very clean.Got a bit of a scare when an old lady was brought into the ward ,and they just undressed her in front of eveyone,this encouraged Grace to get better in a hurry and the korean doctor felt a bit shy when we frowned on the lack of privacy..