We traversed the KTX (Korean train system) today in order to travel to Suwon - a city about 1 hour south of Seoul and is also the home of our friends Esther and Peter Kang. For those of you who know our sweet friend EunJoo... Esther and Peter are her parents.
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| Riding the KTX to Suwon |
Peter and Esther are unbelievable hosts and treated us like kings and queens. We spent the majority of the day at the Korean folk village where we got to explore many of the historical houses and traditions of Korea. Also, there were several shows with dancers, acrobatic horse riders (I have no other idea of how to describe this...), tried a variety of foods, and bought some souvenirs.
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| Can you tell which ones are statues and which ones are Reese? |
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| No lie... this is dried squid, and I ate it. |
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| This is a woman making silk out of silk worms |
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| Mannequins depicting old traditional schooling for boys. |
After the folk village, we took a bus back to the older part of Suwon and got to tour Peter and Esther's church in which he is the lead pastor. It was such an honor to visit here and hear about the amazing work God is doing through these two and their entire congregation.
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| Entry to "Suwon Church" |
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| We found some beautiful art in the church that was painted by my dear friend EunJoo! |
Peter had made a reservation at a favorite local restaurant that is owned by a friend. They had the table prepared and ready for us when we arrived. Everything about this restaurant was perfect. We had our own little room set aside, we sat on the floor, and was provided every Korean side dish ever invented. We were also given golpi beef which is a type of beef in which Suwon is well known. The "coals" were brought right to our table, where the beef was placed in order to cook.
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| Entry to restaurant |
As if that wasn't enough, Esther and Peter reserved a night for us at a local hotel (they had been given a voucher for a free night - and they were so kind to give it to us!). This hotel is well above and beyond! It is beautiful, and I definitely took advantage of the amazing tub, bath salts, and all the other things that could be used to spoil us. The view from our room is awesome.
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| Even the toilets are high tech in this place! |
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| There are all these buttons and I have no idea what they do! |
Peter and Esther... wow. Thank you for being wonderful hosts and making us feel so welcomed to Korea. It was an amazing and unique experience.
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