Housing News

We had two bits of housing good news. First, we found someone to move into our apartment. We were looking for someone to move in that would want all our furniture and household items and we found them. We have also heard from our next duty station, and were told there will be a duplex ready and waiting on us when we arrive.

Here is a picture of our next home:

Island Hopping

Since Bonita is leaving tomorrow, we decided to move ourselves closer to the airport and do a little sightseeing along the way. We found a hotel on Yeongjong Island and spent the day climbing on beach rocks (I had to kick my shoes off to scale that one) and exploring Muui Island and Silmi Beach. When planning the trip, I was reading the brochure, and could not figure out why it was extolling the virtues of the slimi (read as slimy) beaches. By the time I realized it was a typo, Silmi Beach and Island had been christened Slimy Beach and Slimy Island.

There was a bit of uncertainty when we walked from the bus stop to the ferry crossing. When exploring alone, my philosophy has always been "when in doubt, keep walking" but that is tough when you have company. We pulled it off like pros and found the ferry. We arrived on Muui Island at low tide, and if you click on the picture, you can see all the boats stranded on the extensive mud flats. By the time we left, the Yellow Sea was back to the sea wall.

Today was truly an adventure, because other than a little information from the internet, we were winging it. Besides, if everything goes smoothly, then it is not an adventure is it? At some point one must weigh what they think to be right against what one is told to do. I knew we were supposed to catch a bus on the other side of the road, but the bus driver that stopped told us otherwise. *sigh* Sometimes you can second guess yourself too much. Other than that teensy little hitch of driving off in the wrong direction, everything went pretty well. LOL

From the hotel, tomorrow's trip to the airport will be a short shuttle trip rather than a 2 hour bus ride. After the past couple of weeks, we could all use the extra sleep.

A Day of Rest

..... at least for the aged. The younger ones amongst us headed to Soyo Mtn. after chapel services.

Here is Ever and Erin with some of the current Snelling "sons." With so many coming and leaving Korea, this group is always changing.

There were card games at the Food Court for the rest of us. After a floundering start, the females came back and won a decisive victory. The chaplain said it just took us a couple of hands to remember our old signals, but we will neither confirm nor deny that report.

Babbling Brook

Today's events included:

A stroll up Cheonggye Stream - a recently restored part of Korean history.

The tiniest of peeks into the markets of Dongdaemun.

A trip back to Insa-dong with her finalized shopping list in hand.