Tight rope show, one of many at the village. We will see more shows when family visits. Wednesday, September 30, 2009
More Korean Folk Village
Tight rope show, one of many at the village. We will see more shows when family visits. 
Pictures from the Korean Folk Village
This is the entrance to the Folk Village. The lady is wearing a tradition Korean dress called a Hanbok. Here is a link to get some history of this dress. http://lifeinkorea.com I see older women on the streets still wearing this kind of dress today.
Class picture before we enter.
Pretty Traditional Home
These are large Kimchi Pots. Most are turned upside down in this picture. There are chilies being dried on trays around them. They love their hot chilies. They grind them up and put them in all their food. So, when making Kimchi, they use these pots to ferment the cabbage and spices. They have big lids to keep all the goodness in. I of course will have one before we leave Korea. Just have to wait for the big "Yank Tank" to arrive, so I can haul it home.
Class picture before we enter.
Pretty Traditional Home
These are large Kimchi Pots. Most are turned upside down in this picture. There are chilies being dried on trays around them. They love their hot chilies. They grind them up and put them in all their food. So, when making Kimchi, they use these pots to ferment the cabbage and spices. They have big lids to keep all the goodness in. I of course will have one before we leave Korea. Just have to wait for the big "Yank Tank" to arrive, so I can haul it home.
Korean Cultural Class
We were lucky enough to be able to attend a Korean Cultural Class. It was held at Pyongtaek University. For three days we learned the Korean alphabet, including singing the alphabet song in Korean. That was fun. On the third day we went to a traditional Korean Folk Village. American Studies students from the university were our tour guides. Since they knew we would stumble over their Korean names, they chose American names to use for the day. Our tour guide was proud to go by the name "Usher", "because he can sing and dance like Usher".
The back of our house
This will complete the tour of the house.
This is the view from our back porch. These are dorms for the single Airmen and they do have a good time. They love to come out and BBQ. Beyond that is the rest of base and the city beyond. This is a clear day for Korea. Most of the time it's very hazy.
This is the covered area for all residents to have BBQs and there is a fire pit in the grass. Hear it's fun to sit around the fire when the kids come for Halloween.
This is the view from our back porch. These are dorms for the single Airmen and they do have a good time. They love to come out and BBQ. Beyond that is the rest of base and the city beyond. This is a clear day for Korea. Most of the time it's very hazy.
This is the covered area for all residents to have BBQs and there is a fire pit in the grass. Hear it's fun to sit around the fire when the kids come for Halloween.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Rest of the house
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Mike's Man Cave Korean size. This is on the back porch. Notice the detail that my new camera picks up. Like the beer can.
Guest room. Mike painted the walls for me. He is always so good about making my ideas come to life.
Here is the dining room
Master bedroom, notice the extra space for new Korean furniture
Mallory bedroom and office space. Tiny, but she's used to it in the dorms.
Guest room, all are welcome to visit. The dogs won't let you get lonley.
Maddy and Arthog help with the tour.
So here is the rest of the house. Some things look better since these were taken, but you don't want to wait forever to see where we live.
Finally getting this Blog going
Front of Building
Our front door. Was I standing funny when I took this?
Living room
Mini Kitchen
9/29/2009
Okay, I'm finally getting this Blog going. So have pity if things are a bit choppy. I plan to post when I have something new or exciting to add. Many days it's just about living on base and doing the spouse volunteer thing. Here are pictures of our home. We have 6 families living in this row and we have already become great friends. We go to the O'Club on Wednesday night and have BBQs in the back yard area. More after I try my first go at posting lots of pictures.
Arrival in Korea
Flight was smooth and we landed on time. After having my temperature taken in case of Swine Flu, I was on my way out to meet Mike. It's so good to finally be here. The ride from the airport through Seoul was exciting. I kept thinking that Stew would love to see me now. The traffic in Seoul can only be explained by the word chaos. The city itself is an amazing mass of humanity. High-rise buildings as far as the eye can see. I think Mike quoted me something like 11 million people. Imagine them all trying to get around on the highway. Our driver was very experienced and after some slow going we were speeding out of town to Osan AFB. We arrived at the base around 9:30 pm. I was worn out so no big observations on that night. The next day we started to walk and have walking ever since. I haven't seen much more than the mile it takes to walk to the BX and Starbucks, but what I see is nice. The house is going to be great. Mike spoiled me by doing most of the unpacking before I arrived.
Leaving America
9/1/2009
Flight to Korea. I consider this my first official day as an "Empty Nester". Until now there have been details for our move and travel to visit family. Sitting to my right on the flight to Korea is another Air Force Spouse on her way to join her husband as Osan AFB too. She too is leaving behind grown children and even grand babies. We both keep reassuring each other that "this will be great", as I'm sure it will be. Bringing into focus how far she and I have come is the young Army wife on our left. She is traveling on her won with a rambunctious five year old and a tired one year old. It seems just like yesterday that I was making that same flight from Germany with our young children. Funny how it always seems that dad has to go ahead and we end up making the trip alone with the kids. I remember flying back from Greece with Garrick when he was a little over two years old. He kept going back to the nice Greek lady on the flight who gave him all kinds of sweet treats. I was too young to know that I could tell her no. Just about the time we were to land in New York to make our connection to Colorado, the candy had its way. Garrick was sick all over both of us. You can imagine how happy anyone was to be sitting next to us right then. I managed to take off the sweater that I had on. Thank goodness for the t-shirt underneath. Being the great mother that I was. I had not packed any extra shirts for baby Garrick. I had lots of pants, but no shirts. So he and I strolled into the US Customs area with Garrick shirtless like a mini body builder. I'll never forget the looks that I got. As soon as I was able to get our suitcase, he was decent again and we were on our way to the next flight.
Flight to Korea. I consider this my first official day as an "Empty Nester". Until now there have been details for our move and travel to visit family. Sitting to my right on the flight to Korea is another Air Force Spouse on her way to join her husband as Osan AFB too. She too is leaving behind grown children and even grand babies. We both keep reassuring each other that "this will be great", as I'm sure it will be. Bringing into focus how far she and I have come is the young Army wife on our left. She is traveling on her won with a rambunctious five year old and a tired one year old. It seems just like yesterday that I was making that same flight from Germany with our young children. Funny how it always seems that dad has to go ahead and we end up making the trip alone with the kids. I remember flying back from Greece with Garrick when he was a little over two years old. He kept going back to the nice Greek lady on the flight who gave him all kinds of sweet treats. I was too young to know that I could tell her no. Just about the time we were to land in New York to make our connection to Colorado, the candy had its way. Garrick was sick all over both of us. You can imagine how happy anyone was to be sitting next to us right then. I managed to take off the sweater that I had on. Thank goodness for the t-shirt underneath. Being the great mother that I was. I had not packed any extra shirts for baby Garrick. I had lots of pants, but no shirts. So he and I strolled into the US Customs area with Garrick shirtless like a mini body builder. I'll never forget the looks that I got. As soon as I was able to get our suitcase, he was decent again and we were on our way to the next flight.
My First Osan Blog
This Blog is to post about my life here in Korea. It's also for family and friends to be able to see what we are up to. I also like to think that if any Air Force families moving to Korea find this Blog, they will get some good information about what life is like here on Osan AFB. Hope you will forgive any long winded posts in the future. After all this is ultimately for my fun.
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