AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE

This weekend, Nicki and I went to Haebin and Anthony's Korean wedding. It was really nice. It was very different but it was nice. Korean wedding are like factory line. There is a wedding every hour and each party is expected to clear out in time for the next. Dispite the unusual set up, unusual to westerners at least, it was a lovely ceremony. We got to try our hand at singing Korean hymns and didn't really know what was being said. Afterwards, we found out that groom had to repeat his vows in Korean as well. Good job Anthony. After the wedding, we hung out to visit with some friends from the states. We felt like we were imposing but the Lee family was very welcoming. After eating and waiting for the newly weds to do the usual post wedding thank yous and such, we went out to eat dinner. On the subway back to the grooms apartment, a Korean man walked down the subway and slung water, or at least tried to sling water on our group. This was a very strange and uncommon experience. This caused quite a lot of frustration because it wasn't our place to confront the elderly man and no one else did. On a side note, Nicki and I thought it was a little funny but are very sorry it happened on a wedding day and to people who were visiting Korea for the first time. After some people got changed and we decided where to eat we went out for dinner. We had some very excellent Bibimbap. Due to our unexpected presence, sorry about that, we had some confucion getting back to the apartments and working out where we were going to stay. Dinner was a little late so we missed the last train back to Ansan. We decided to stay the night in a jjimjilbang. It was a very tiring day and there was some frustration as is to be expected on wedding days but over all, it was an excellent day. I would like to express, even though the receipients will probably not read this, our extreme gratitude towards the Lee family and the Wotring family (new and old) for letting us share in there special day and for treating us to dinner and the jjimjilbang.