Mel & Steve's housewarming Party
cards get competitive
Colin (in the middle) returned to South Africa just a few days later
The apartment is christened
Trying out "chat roulette" and talking to a guy in Italy, who was a big fan of Erika's
Colin
Colin and Mel's former co-teacher, Yuri
Mel, Colin, and Yuri
Mel, Colin, & Yuri (they all worked at the same school)
Dave & Yuri
Mel & Steve
The non-Americanized section of Songtan at night
Sam and Erika
Cody & Emma, brand-new newlyweds, also new to South Korea
Erika & Mel
Sam, Erika, & Melinda
Cody & Emma
Posing Korean-style
Cody, Emma, Sam, Erika & Melinda
That night, we made friends with some Koreans at a bar
They were celebrating a birthday...with lots of soju
The guy in the back passed out for quite some time
Cody is fed some Korean bar snacks
Cody, Emma, Sam, Erika, & Mel
Their party group
Soju--just a few dollars a bottle from the Korean bar
Steve celebrates his birthday at Bada Bing
Walking home from Homeplus, Sam and I ran into a massacre of the ginkgo trees
Before
After
MyongDong shopping district in Seoul
Street food in Seoul (not vegan)
More street food we don't eat
Fried tater-tots around fried chicken--on a stick
Fried potatoes
Ddokbokki (chewy rice cakes in spicy sauce)-- street comfort food
Doing dinner in Seoul with Amy L and her boyfriend Coop
Amy and Erika went to high school together
