Day 1, Mackerel Lady & Woodstock

When you arrive here, day one is pretty much a wash, first off, guest are always jetlagged. Since we live on a military post, we have to in-process them, which mean we have to fill out paperwork, (which I do early) show copies of their passports to some higher up official whom I don't know. He approves them to stay with us here on post and then they are allowed to get a temporary ID card.  This process is really painless; it just takes a bit of time.  After we in-processed them, we took them (just Twin & SIL) to our favorite little restaurant, you all know which one I am talking about, yes, that is right, the Mackerel Lady.  Now, I have to say, I did not think this was such a great idea for their 'first Korean meal' but Hubby really wanted to do this so I went along.   You ask why?  Well, for some people Korean food has to grow on you a bit, and I thought this might be true for SIL.  I thought she might kill over with a heart attack when we walked by the Mackerel Lady and she was standing outside with her plate of mackerel in the sun, with no ice on it.....SIL did great, although she questioned this practice several times.  The in-laws also thought it was quite odd that we were eating in the Mackerel Ladies house.  We just accept this as an added treat.   

Later in the evening Twin was feeling up to going out to explore just a bit, so we took him out into Iteawon to one of our favorite little dive bars with live music...you remember Woodstock don't you.  Bob wasn't there, but it still proved to be fun.  A vendor walked through selling these hats, so I had to buy one for myself and SIL to wear to the mud festival the next day! 

As for all first time visitors, day one proved to be fun, relaxing, tiring and overwhelming.  Just wait to see what we have in store for them the next day......