So I've been trying to figure out what to do with myself. I've crossed over the honey moon line with Korea. For those who don't know about living abroad its a roller coaster ride... I've included a link HERE to the 5 steps of the adjustment cycle. These don't always go in this order, but its a general description of the feelings. I'll be honest I think I'm somewhere between mental isolation and culture shock.
Above is a picture of Eric wearing the sleeping mask I recently bought at a local shop. Its a baby dragon I think. Its silly and fun. Korea's culture is so vastly different from anything I've truly faced before. I find it very daunting, but at the same time I think this is the sort of challenge I need to grow. I feel like my personal growth had stagnated at home recently. I know I needed something so different to better my understanding of myself and the world.
Above is a picture of the dinner I made on Eric's birthday. Fried sweet potato and carrot chips, and tomato and cucumber soup. We mostly eat vegetables at home now. Below is a picture of some soup we had at a restaurant recently. The picture on the left is some of the stuff I found in the soup and the full pic is on the right. I felt like I was eating from a deliciously spicy ocean.
The main dish at the restaurant was the bacon. Here it is translated as rolled pork.
It was amazing. What a tasty feast!
Our plan for tomorrow is to return to the market we went to last weekend and buy a turtle. Then we shall make turtle soup out of it. This is a long, and messy process, which I am not certain we are equipped for. If it happens I will collate a video montage and post it here via my youtube account.
xoxo Claire
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