A Midnight Conversation

I worked the swing shift yesterday, so I couldn't leave to come up to Dongducheon until 10:30 p.m. or so.  I knew my hardworking husband would be asleep by the time I got to his place, so I was surprised to get a call around 12:30.

Me:  Hi handsome!  Why are you awake?
Half-Asleep Handsome Husband:  I was worried about you.
Me:  I'm fine, I'm almost there.
HAHH.:  Did you take the train?
Me:  Yep.
HAHH.:  Should I come pick you up?
Me:  No, I'm literally about 100 yards from your door.
HAHH:  Are you ok?
Me:  Yes love, I'm fine.  Go to sleep--I'll be there in a couple of minutes.
HAHH:  Hrmmmmgh.

A couple of minutes later I crawled into bed.

HAHH:  You're here...
Me:  Hi handsome.  Go to sleep.  I love you.
HAHH:  Love you to...
HAHH:...
HAHH:...I had a weird dream.
Me:  Yeah?
HAHH:  I dreamed your train stopped in Uijeongbu, and you were too stubborn to get a cab, so you started walking the 35 miles to Dongducheon...
Me:  I'm not that stubborn, I would have at least taken the bus...
HAHH:  I was worried about you in my dream, so I called you, but you were furious with me for some reason; you were so angry that I couldn't understand you.  So I hung up.  But then I felt SO guilty.  So I called you, only that time I wasn't dreaming.
Me:  Love, that's terrible!
HAHH:  I'm glad you're not mad at me.  I would have come picked you up in Uijeongbu.

I'm not sure what this says about my marriage.

But do I have a great husband, or what?

More Seoul Shots

The last of my pictures from my family's trip.  These first few are from the War Memorial.

There were several school groups touring the memorial.

This was on a reproduction of a South Korean patrol craft sunk by the North Koreans during the Daecheong Maritime Battle of 2009.  I thought it was interesting that the South Korean Navy uses the same nomenclature for damage control and location markings as the U.S. Navy.

A teardrop made of dog tags in the Korean War hall.

A replica Turtle Ship

There was a group of ROK Marines preparing for a demonstration when we left.

A statue depicting brothers--one a South Korean soldier, one a North Korean soldier.

The next few shots are from the Noryangjin fish market in Seoul, where you can find just about any edible form of sea life.

This was dinner.

My Korean tutor.  She had never been to the market, and volunteered to be our translator.

Korean sashimi; it was flopping around two pictures up.

One evening we took a walk around Gyeongbuk Palace...

...past the Blue House--the South Korean President's house,

around by the back entrance of the palace,

and through the Bukchon Hanok neighborhood full of traditional-style "hanok" houses.

We finished our walk back in front of the palace, by Gwanghwamun.

The day before my parents left we went out to Incheon and strolled around Chinatown...

and through Jayu park,

where we got a great view of the port area,

and visited a statue of General MacArthur.

I had such a great time with my family.  We had a lot of fun exploring Seoul and nearby attractions--everything made more fun by the company.

Suwon Folk Village and Hwaseong Fortress

More pictures from my family's trip.  These were all taken in Suwon, at the Korean Folk Village and the Hwaseong Fortress.