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Kangjin

Today we went to Kangjin for a wedding of one of daddy's cousins. Kangjin is quite far from Ulsan, so yesterday we first drove to Gwangju which is the biggest city near Kangjin. One of my aunts lives there, so we had dinner together with my aunt and several other family members that had come to Gwangju on their way to the wedding.


The next morning all of us got into daddy's big car and we drove to Kangjin. Kangjin is the hometown of my grandparents, it was the first time for me to visit there. After the wedding we visited the graves of granddad's ancestors. The small hill behind us is the grave of my greatgrandfather.

On our way home to Ulsan we passed Boseong, which is famous (at least in Korea ;-) ) for its green tea fields. We stopped at one of the fields and we had some green tea (yes, daddy let me try some too!) and took some pictures in the field.

Aunt Kathleen arrived today!

And she brought lots and lots of new clothes for me! Check out my funky swimming pants, can't wait for the weather to get warmer! Until then I've got a new hat and several new coats to keep me warm :-D

All by myself!

I pulled myself up, without mummy's help! I did fall down on my butt a few seconds after mummy took the picture, so I need some more practice standing :-)

Jeju - part 2

Me all dressed up to attend the wedding! Daddy and another colleague who flew to Jeju to attend the wedding didn't bring their invitations, so they didn't know where the wedding was taking place. They only remembered it started around 12h30, so they decided to go for a drive around Halla mountain together, and they would call another colleague during the morning to find out where the wedding was.
On the right is a picture of mummy & daddy with Halla mountain in the background, still covered in snow (I was asleep during most of the drive, so I'm not in the picture, I didn't even see the mountain!)
At 11 o'clock they found out the wedding was at 11h30... We still made it in time to have lunch there, and daddy was early enough to be in the official wedding picture with all of the groom's friends and colleagues.
After the wedding we drove around for a couple of hours and did some more sightseeing, before heading to the airport and flying back home to Ulsan. It was so nice to go on a trip with mummy and daddy, I hope they will take me on many more!

Jeju - day 1

We went to Jeju island to attend the wedding of one of daddy's colleagues/friends. Jeju lies south of the Korean peninsula and is semi-tropical... but as it's still winter, the weather was still quite cold and we could still see snow in the mountain areas. We had to take a plane to get there, and this time I almost didn't cry... Only when we were approaching the airport and my ears hurt I cried a bit. We drove around a lot in the car that daddy rented, and I was very comfortable in my own car seat. Car seats are not so common yet in Korea, but mummy really doesn't like it when I am 'loose' in the car, so she insisted we bring along my car seat.

During the weekends I get to spend some more time with daddy, which we both enjoy! On weekdays he is so busy he often comes home after my bed time, so I only get to play with him a few minutes in the morning if I get up early enough, and if he's home early, for a little while in the evening.



We visited Cheonjiyeon waterfalls in Seogwipo (south part of the island) which was really beautiful, and we could see the first blossoms this year. There were quite a lot of tourists there for this time of year, both Koreans and Taiwanese.



Daddy thought Jeju is a bit similar to Hokkaido (northern island of Japan), except the vegetation of course (no palm trees in Hokkaido!). I hope they will take me to Hokkaido once, it's the place where mummy & daddy met each other.



On the left is a picture of daddy and me with a typical Jeju statue. Jeju is a volcanic island (non-active) and it's full of black rock. They use it to make statues, walls, houses, there are rocks everywhere you look! We bought a couple of statues as souvenir, they are a little bit smaller than the one on the picture though ;-)


We drove along the south & east coast of Jeju, stopping a couple of times along the way to take some pictures and pick up some stones for my greatgrandfather's collection. I didn't see everything though, as I was asleep in the car a lot of the time ;-)

On the right is a picture of mummy and me in a flower field. There were several fields like this in that area for which you had to pay to enter & take pictures, but daddy found one that was free :-)


Sometimes mummy gives me a special baby rice cracker, so I can practice eating by myself. Eating a cracker is much more fun than getting fruit puree or mashed vegetables stuffed into my mouth! This cracker was so small, I finished it in no time... or did I?

Kahyeon's birthday party

Today mummy and me flew to Seoul so we could attend my cousin Kahyeon's first birthday party! The party was very nice, Kahyeon was wearing a very cute dress, and her mummy was wearing a beautiful Korean hanbok. There were so many people, a lot of nice food (I only got to taste some fruits though), there was a video film about Kahyeon, a photographer, a cameraman... Too bad daddy couldn't make it!
Mummy doesn't have any pictures to post here, maybe auntie Yangja can send mummy some? ;-)

My piggy face

Today it snowed in Ulsan! Mummy was taking pictures from the balcony, and I was watching her & pressing my face against the window.


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