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?