It's been a long time since I posted anything. I have been waiting for the wedding photos to come back and it's been a busy time. People often ask what is it like to be married now but it's not so different except for that Woogi is home every night. We are going to NZ for our honeymoon/meet the family/holiday on Saturday and trying to pack everything for a small move about 300 metres away while renovations take place in our present apartment. We have to move to a place which is very small so you may get a different answer to the 'what is it like being married' question in a month or so!

Me and me dad

Saying our vows (in Korean and English)

Friends from work and a kiss

Wearing traditionally Korean clothing. The piggyback is traditional too - to find out how strong the man is for the first night.

Me in hanbok

Last month

It was Chuseok(Korean thanksgiving) the last week of September. Friends and I went to Dokchokdo, an island off Inchon for a few days. Then I went to spend time in Fukuoka with friends.

The crew

Beautiful sunset

Taller than average.

The boys

Canal City, Fukuoka. Halloween lanterns (a bit early!)

All I really did in Japan was eat, chat, eat, chat so not many pics-too busy chatting and eating!

Sorrell and I

Back in Anam - a dog with shoes. Very cute and very sad.

Chopsticks. Which country are they from?

Lots of butterfies are feeling frisky at the moment.

It's getting cooler her now (a little) It has been the first week back at woork and has been busy. The Rugby World Cup has started though. Last night we went out to a bar to watch a game between Italy and NZ but unfortunetely it wasn't on until this afternoon! We won 76-14. Poor Italy better stick to their pasta!

Last week Woogi and I went to our first musical -Cats. It was really good. The group was from London so I could understand it all and there were subtitles to the side of the stage in Korean for the Koreans.

In the weekend I helped out at Woogi's parent's garden. We picked kochu in the rain. It wasn't cold and it was good to be doing some hard labour ^^

There was a funny dog there that sat ontop of his kennel.

Kochu drying

Lunchtime! Samgyapsal to fill our hungry tummies.

A dead lotus seed head. A man who owns land next to Woogi's garden has a carp farm which he showed us around. It was interesting.

City Hall is covered with Korea's national flower - the Rose of Sharon now.

This is what is looks like close up.

The Koreans invented an astronomical observation tower, many moons ago and it looked like this but was made from stone not from old car headlights like this one.

Old toilets

Woogi and I took a weekend bus tour down south to Uido and Bosang and to another place that I can't remember right now. Apart from it being super hot we had a fantastic time. Above is on the way to Ui do (an island).

Here we are on the island which is a big European style botanical garden. There were lots of people there and not a lot of shade to rest in. Some guy bought the island at least 30 years ago and made it into a big garden. A few years ago he died but the garden is still going.

Part of the garden - the venus garden.

The next day we went to Bosang which is famous for it's tea feilds. Actually Woogi and I had been to this same one 3 - 4 years ago when we weren't an item.

A ladybird.

After the tea feilds we went to a temple on a mountain. The temple was just another temple to me but it did have a cultural asset. For a Kiwi girl this asset is found and used all over the country when you go hiking - the most humble long drop. While others were impressed at the still used asset I left it feeling it just smelt as bad as the ones back home.

The best thing about the temple was that it was in a great setting. After strolling up the hill to see it we went back down to put our legs in the river with hundreds of others. Woogi tried to catch small fish without luck while I took photo's of insects around us. It was a good trip.

길덩 자연 생태 park (Kildong ecological park)

Wednesday was a public hoilday and the first day in weeks where the rain stopped. I had cabin fever and needed to get out. I had heard of a forest that you needed to get a reservation to go to and so Woogi and I put in a booking. They only allow 200 people in a day so it was very peaceful. Though it was a bit hot I was very happy to see the bugs and flowers there. Spring must be gorgeous.

Gourd cord

Pumpkins growing on the roof of a hut.

Some more fungi!

And the bugs......

Maybe an orchid? A very small one.

It's that time of year again when we say goodbye to teachers and wish them all the best. I don't think I ever get totally used to it. It's sad but it's life as a foreigner in another country. I try to just be thankful for the footprints friends have left on my life and appreciate the time I have speant with them.

Jenny, a friend from work, and I went for a walk up to a temple on Saturday. The setting was nice.

There aren't so many flowers about right now but there is FUNGI!!!




and chestnuts

The escalator to World Cup Stadium.
This is all you hear when you go outside - meemee mee meeeeeee........ How can this bug make so much noise!!