Juno likes cake
Annie's aunt's house in Seoul where we stayed for half of the trip
Us posing outside of the house
I have no idea what I'm about to eat! We went into a convenience store and each picked a random drink and a random ice cream.
I think the top part says “Come listen to the boring guy from Canada talk...Naps will commence at 3:00 pm”
Me getting the audience primed for their naps
The bright lights of Suwon, where Prof. Yeh bought Annie and I dinner after the talk
1st course of the meal...rice porridge on the left, cold (non-spicy) kimchi soup on the right
2nd - 4th courses...cold noodles, salad with pear dressing, and lotus root
5th course...rice cakes
6th and 7th courses...shrimp salad surrounded with apple slices, and mushrooms on top of fried pork with mustard
8th course...sashimi
9th course...beef sashimi! I'm amazed I ate this, but it was really good
10th course...giant shrimp with walnuts and vegetables
11th course...stingray with kimchi and pork
12th and 13th courses...tempura vegetables (including ginseng), and squid stirfry
14th course...beef and vegetable stirfry
The rice for the meat
All the little sidedishes that don't count as a course
16th course...fish head stew
Same course, but now you can see the fish head! Yum.
17th (and final) course...cold strawberries and sweet rice drink with pumpkin
Seoul is a busy busy place
Namdaemun market in Seoul...a very busy open-air market with EVERYTHING for sale
Some of the street food we ate in the market. Rice cakes in a spicy pepper sauce! Yum!
The shoe department of Lotte World mall. Annie was in heaven. :)
One of the more interesting meals we ate in the countryside. Step 1: make stew from the meat and vegetables
Step 2: eat the meat and vegetables but leave the sauce in the pan
Step 3: Make the most delicious fried rice EVER with the leftover stock and some baked seaweed!
The old ruling class used to build little pagodas in the river to relax on
Annie outside of her aunt's house just before we headed back to Seoul.
Annie's oldest aunt's house, where we stayed before the wedding
We visited the town where the ruling class used to live. Queen Elizabeth visited there on her birthday, and they made all this food for her.
The workers houses in the old town where the Korean nobility lived. It's preserved just as it was 200 years ago.
This was someone important's house
A 500-year-old Buddhist temple up in the mountains, where we got a full tour from a very friendly guy who was happy to be practicing his English
Koreans love fresh food...so when Annie's family spotted some roots growing in the apple orchard, they had to harvest them (in their fur coats)
Annie's oldest aunt, mom, and middle-aunt wearing their tradational dresses for the wedding
The whole family posing before the wedding
Peter's wife, Nicky, just before they got married. They put the bride in a special room so everyone can take pictures with her.
View of the foyer of the wedding superplex...this place was crazy!
The first half of the ceremony was kind of western, but kind of surreal Hollywood too. What's with the Nutcracker outfits???
Me and Annie's cousin.
Annie and her cousin
The second half of the ceremnoy was a traditional Korean affair, and much nicer than the first half
Catching nuts in a blanket for good luck
Us outside of the wedding superplex. It's snowing!
The meal after the meal after the wedding (Koreans like meals)
Us in Seoul just before going on a city tour
The National Museum in Seoul. We only spent an hour or so there, but could have spent a whole day
Annie and her parents outside of Changdeokgung palace. They closed 5 minutes before we got there, but her aunts convinced them to let us in because we're Canadian!
The plaza inside the gate
Annie!
Us inside the palace
...and the plane that took us back to Boston. What an amazing trip!
