Halloween Weekend

Well, Halloween weekend was very different this year from last. As I can recall, last year I dressed up as an alcoholic drink with my three best friends from school and Ian dressed up as a Mormon missionary. We then followed the night dancing and drinking. This year was spent with no dressing up, no dancing, and very little drinking. I had a very low key night of dinner and a movie with a co-worker and Ian played screen golf with a few guys from work.

Even though the excitement level was considerably lower, we both enjoyed the weekend to its fullest and even learned more about the Korean War...

Since our weekends are ridiculously short (just 1 day) we decided to spend the rest of our Halloween celebrations relaxing, eating good food and seeing the Korean War Memorial. The Memorial is about a 30 minute bus ride from our apartment in an area called Itaewon. Itaewon is basically the "America Town" of Korea. It also has the US Army Base. While it definitely has its fill of sketchy Americans, it brings back a small feeling of home.

The War Memorial only costs 3,000 Won (about $2.80) to enter and is big enough that you could easily spend three hours walking around. The most interesting parts were learning about the Korean War and exactly why there are currently two Koreas. There were also several airplanes ( even a B52), tanks, missiles, and helicopters. We could even walk into some of them! Going through the Memorial and watching a few short video clips about the Korean War definitely made us appreciate Korea a little more and gave us a better understanding of Korea's past.

We ended the day with buying a rotisserie chicken and making chicken and cheese sandwiches for dinner. Definitely not the most exciting Halloween weekend we've ever had, but it was still thoroughly enjoyed!
We have finally decided that enough time has passed (roughly 4 months) since our training to properly describe it. The horrible memories of training have finally worn off and we are in the right mindset to actually tell you about our first week in Korea! So look forward to it coming soon...