What a wonderful, wonderful day!
Amanda and I both
slept late! (Or late for us at least) We had a nice leisurely morning
and stopped at Tom N Tom's for honey butter toast for breakfast-I got
her hooked!! Then we hopped on the subway to go see Hwa Sun. We waited
for her to come pick us up at the subway station and then walked to her
new apartment. It is a bit bigger than her last one, but the layout is
very similar. We visited with her a bit and then we had lunch-kimbap
(without any seafood) and ddeokboki made with soy sauce. (Ddeok is
Korean rice cake-made from rice flour). It was really, really good! And
Amanda tried the kimbap and didn't mind it. I think I scarred her
because I had her try plain seaweed once at home and she did not really
like it....but kimbap is different (because of the rice, vegetables and
meat rolled inside it)! We played Jenga and taught Hwa Sun how to play
war while we waited for Jaebin to arrive home from school.
Finally
it was time to get him from his bus. We had to walk about 4 minutes to
the bus stop, and as we turned the corner I hear, "AAAAAMMY
NUUUUUNA!!!!!" and Jaebin comes running at me and gives me a great big
hug! :) He walked for 1-2 minutes with his arms around me and then also
held my hand which really surprised me-I mean come on! He's an 8 year
old boy with some of his school friends and classmates around! But I
loved it. I talked with him in English on the walk home; his English has
gotten quite good in the year and a half since I've seen him. He knows a
lot and as time went on he wasn't so shy to speak it either. Upon
arriving at home, he had a few minutes to relax and then we were off on
the subway to Namsangol Village-some traditional Korean houses. We
walked around there a bit and then took a taxi to Cheongyecheon. Hwa Sun
said it was their first time there. Jaebin was very busy trying to
catch the fish in the stream bare-handed. We went to Baskin Robins and
got ice cream. :)
Then we were off to Itaewon. We
walked around there a bit and then sat in a Paris Baguette to wait for
Mr. Ryu to meet us. He arrived shortly after we sat down and then we
went in search of a restaurant. They decided on a pizza/pasta-Italian
type place that they had been to before. It was cute inside and the food
was delicious! We ordered a caprese salad, margarita pizza, a steak,
carbonara pasta and a spaghetti with a type of marinara sauce. It was so
good to see them and spend time with them. They are like family to me.
When we left, I told Amanda that and she said, "they treat you like
family". I really love them and am so thankful to have met them and
developed a friendship with them over the years.
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