All Relative

Sunday June 8, 2008

Today was a more mellow day for us in Seoul; It was kind of rainy today. It has been overcast almost the whole time. Does the sun ever actually shine here? Do they ever get to see blue sky? Maybe the resident meteorologist in the family could add a bit to that???We decided to go downtown to Cheonggyecheon Stream and plaza. It was a beautiful canal that has water flowing through the downtown of Seoul to the Hangang River. People walk along the stream and cool off or have lunch. The stream was originally built and used by the Joseon King and the people of "Seoul" in early 1300's for laundry and drinking water. For hundreds of years it was this way eventually became a place for housing and poverty. The shantytowns along the banks of the stream were torn down in the 1960's and replaced with a two level highway. In 2003, the people of Seoul decided they wanted to restore it back to its original water flowing form to represent their love for the environment and the government started to demolish the road and reconstructed the stream by 2005. Cool place to visit! After the stream, we did some shopping and found where all the fashionable shopping for Koreans is. Koreans in Seoul pay alot of money to wear american clothes. Pair of Levis was about $140 (exchange rate is about even here)!! Should have brought some with us I guess. They had alot of american stores sort of like an outlet mall. And Starbucks has short cups for iced drinks!!! Something we always wished for the american SBs... After shopping we went to Olympic park and visited the museum. Cool that the olympics were here in 1988. The winter olympics will be held in Korea in 2014? I think... Pretty cool day and it was nice to see some of Seoul while we wait to see the girl we came to see!!!!!!! Loves to everyone and thanks for your help and support!!!! Say hi to Lily for us and give her lots of kisses. Mommy and Daddy are almost home with sister...