Hot, very hot. And humid - record-breaking humidity.
More patbingsoo than we imagined our bellies could handle.
Cheering on our motherland in the London Olympics (which we did very well in, by the way - for the tiny country that we are, we ranked 5th in the total number of medals!).
Waking up in the middle of the night to watch the soccer matches live.
Hiking along the old walls that once protected a smaller, more ancient Seoul.
Meeting his relatives, meeting mine.
Spending quality time with my parents and his dad.
A weekend in the lush, green mountains of Kang-Won Province.
Lots and lots of Korean popsicles.
Even more street shopping.
Some of the best Korean food we've ever had (the best were from the countryside, of course).
Reminiscing about the other summer that we were in Korea together: the one after our freshman year of college, when we were dating-but-not-really-but-really-we-were.
It all passed by in such a wonderful, memory-filled blur. Thank goodness we took almost 400 photos of the past 2 weeks, so we can pause at each event and remember.
It'll be difficult setting my mind back to school mode again, and so fast: we arrived back in the US today, and I start school tomorrow! (Hm, do I sense a trend going on here? Last year we returned from our honeymoon the day before med school orientation. That means next year...uh oh.)
But I feel recharged from our vacation, and ready to face what this new school year (for both of us!) will bring!
Goodbye, sweet Korea.
Hello, Philadelphia, medical school part 2, and wife-of-a-seminarian part 1!
I was in korea the summer of the beijing olympics, and oh man, that was fun! it's a whole different feel of watching the olympics there as opposed to the U.S. More solidarity there, perhaps?
ReplyDeletei have to say..i was happiest when i heard of quality time with his dad :).
welcome back to the states, mrs jeong! hwaiting!!
Time to update us on your first week of classes!
ReplyDeleteAnd of your anecdotal accounts of the correlation between adjusting jetlag and age.