Make sure after this blog you keep reading, I already updated once about our city, and it also has some cool pictures... don't miss it! ( and don't get used to two posts in one day either!)
Korea is really fun if you know where to look... of course all you have to do is open your eyes and you can find a cool vending machine or claw game... which of course we have to play till Joseph wins....something... even if it is a pink kitty, which is now sitting on my bed and I have named it "stinky pinky"... since it is pink... and still smells like the claw machine! What a guy!
After such a successful walk to home plus, a guy can really work up some hunger ( spending 100won pieces all morning can really burn alot of calories) so to replenish we had the weirdest meal to date. Don't let all the side dishes confuse you... somehow this meal went together really well. We got it at the Home Plus food court, so it was a blending of Korean and American... let me explain.... 
The top white dish contains spaghetti with cheese... sounds normal right.... keep going... next to it in the white bowl is a kind of melon cole-slaw... it was very cold. In the top right corner was cabbage core kimchi... very spicy, next to a soup broth that had a fishy taste to it. The bowl of red stuff was a spicy bean paste that you dipped the deep fried pork chops in ( we thought it was fish, but upon tasting it found it to be pork chops)... it came with a piece of Garlic bread, and a potato with whipped cream... no no...not sour cream... that would be obvious... Koreans put Whipped cream on their potato... gives it a sweet tang that is not necessarily desired! And they threw in some fried rice just for good measure... but hey, all this crazy food cost us about 9000won, which is about $7.50 American... and we got water for free!!! *See mom, we are saving money, and eating well!!!
After our Big lunch we went off to hike around and work it all off! This is a picture of me in front of a cool statue right at the big street we had to turn to get to the POW Park and Museum.
We were not really looking for it,but we stumbled across this building that was so beautiful we hiked up the huge hill to get a closer peak. It was a fortress built in 1519, which may be the oldest thing I have ever seen in my life, but is was so pretty we stopped for a few pictures.
Here is Joseph in the Fortress!
Above is an Indoor golf place, we are not sure if it is like a putting green or if it is a virtual golf course like on the Wii, but it reminded me of my brother in law bobby since he likes to play golf alot, so I thought I would throw this out there for him!
And for my sister, we saw this memorial for the "Meredith Victory" which was a ship that saved the lives of thousands of Koreans during the Korean War. I had to put this one up too! Hi Meredith!
This is the Fountain at the entrance to the Park.
Once you buy your ticket this is the entrance to the Park. You go inside the tank and it is bascially an escalator that takes you to the top of the park and shows you cardboard cut outs of the Important military people during the Korean War.
Alot of the information was in English so we got to go in alot of buildings that had facts and numbers of the important people and dates of the Korean way, very informative.
We thought we should try to go to San Antone at some point, this was inside the worlds largest Diorama at the park, it was a scaled semi-circle that showed life in the POW camp. Very harsh, but incredible workmanship.
It was really dark inside the Diorama, but I took a picture anyway, they had Tv's that play the same piece over and over, which unfortunately was in Korean, but we could watch the footage and get a grasp on how hard it was to live in the camp.
But then we had the opportunity to giggle. This was the only face hole I was tall enough to reach... haha. Suprisingly, Joseph and I have seen many tall Koreans, which can totally debunk the idea that all Asians are short... many have been taller than Joseph. ( And I am still considered short here too... darn it.)
We went inside the museum ( no pictures of the stuff ) but they had a water dispenser, and since we had been walking so much we decided to get some water, in our bags. Yes instead of cups they have little paper slips that open up into bags.
Joseph enjoying his bag-o-water!
We then headed for the recreation area, where joseph fed some hungry POW people.
Darn he wants Seconds! Wish Joseph would cook for me sometime!
Ewww gross... they made workers in the POW Camp do this on a daily basis... lets just say this photo was taken near the restroom...which was also outside across from the kitchen!
See this guy, he was nice enough to share his rice with me that Joseph so wonderfully cooked for us!
Uh oh, me playing with some heavy machinery!
Joseph and his Tank!
The top white dish contains spaghetti with cheese... sounds normal right.... keep going... next to it in the white bowl is a kind of melon cole-slaw... it was very cold. In the top right corner was cabbage core kimchi... very spicy, next to a soup broth that had a fishy taste to it. The bowl of red stuff was a spicy bean paste that you dipped the deep fried pork chops in ( we thought it was fish, but upon tasting it found it to be pork chops)... it came with a piece of Garlic bread, and a potato with whipped cream... no no...not sour cream... that would be obvious... Koreans put Whipped cream on their potato... gives it a sweet tang that is not necessarily desired! And they threw in some fried rice just for good measure... but hey, all this crazy food cost us about 9000won, which is about $7.50 American... and we got water for free!!! *See mom, we are saving money, and eating well!!!
After our Big lunch we went off to hike around and work it all off! This is a picture of me in front of a cool statue right at the big street we had to turn to get to the POW Park and Museum.
We were not really looking for it,but we stumbled across this building that was so beautiful we hiked up the huge hill to get a closer peak. It was a fortress built in 1519, which may be the oldest thing I have ever seen in my life, but is was so pretty we stopped for a few pictures.Here is Joseph in the Fortress!
Above is an Indoor golf place, we are not sure if it is like a putting green or if it is a virtual golf course like on the Wii, but it reminded me of my brother in law bobby since he likes to play golf alot, so I thought I would throw this out there for him!
And for my sister, we saw this memorial for the "Meredith Victory" which was a ship that saved the lives of thousands of Koreans during the Korean War. I had to put this one up too! Hi Meredith!
This is the Fountain at the entrance to the Park.
Once you buy your ticket this is the entrance to the Park. You go inside the tank and it is bascially an escalator that takes you to the top of the park and shows you cardboard cut outs of the Important military people during the Korean War.
Alot of the information was in English so we got to go in alot of buildings that had facts and numbers of the important people and dates of the Korean way, very informative.
We thought we should try to go to San Antone at some point, this was inside the worlds largest Diorama at the park, it was a scaled semi-circle that showed life in the POW camp. Very harsh, but incredible workmanship.
It was really dark inside the Diorama, but I took a picture anyway, they had Tv's that play the same piece over and over, which unfortunately was in Korean, but we could watch the footage and get a grasp on how hard it was to live in the camp.
But then we had the opportunity to giggle. This was the only face hole I was tall enough to reach... haha. Suprisingly, Joseph and I have seen many tall Koreans, which can totally debunk the idea that all Asians are short... many have been taller than Joseph. ( And I am still considered short here too... darn it.)Here is a short video clip from one of the view points above the museum. It was a really pretty day. The video quality is a bit bad because it was windy too, but you can see what I mean about the Island being surrounded with mountains!
We went inside the museum ( no pictures of the stuff ) but they had a water dispenser, and since we had been walking so much we decided to get some water, in our bags. Yes instead of cups they have little paper slips that open up into bags.Joseph enjoying his bag-o-water!
We then headed for the recreation area, where joseph fed some hungry POW people.
Darn he wants Seconds! Wish Joseph would cook for me sometime!
Ewww gross... they made workers in the POW Camp do this on a daily basis... lets just say this photo was taken near the restroom...which was also outside across from the kitchen!
See this guy, he was nice enough to share his rice with me that Joseph so wonderfully cooked for us!
Uh oh, me playing with some heavy machinery!
Joseph and his Tank! This is from the last section of the park, the non-recreation section, these are actual remains of the steps from the camp that Prisoners of the Korean war walked up and down each day.
Taking a quick photo op! The real remains were kinda far!
In the main office of the head of security
Taking a quick photo op! The real remains were kinda far!
In the main office of the head of securityThe Camp was really amazing, and after our long day we headed home. It was so fascinating to learn and see some of why Korea is the way it is. It is incredible to think that less than 60 years ago the area we stood in was a warzone. Korea has come a long way in a short time, yet still retains so much of the beauty that made it Korea in the first place. We had a great time at the POW camp.
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