We just got back from another day of shopping and siteseeing. We started out at The National War Museum. It was great. There were so many interesting things to see on the outside. It is the largest war museum in the world. Outside there were military vehicles that date back to WWI. Very cool. This is a picture of a gigantic bronze statue out front. There is a statue on each side of a 2 or 3 story symbol that represents a sword and a tree. It was very detailed. The statue is probably 25 feet tall at the tallest point. There were also trucks, tanks, planes, submarine, helicoptor, troop transports and something I took a picture of especially for Eugene. MLR. Multiple Launch Rocket. This one was built by USSR during WWII. It was used by the North Koreans in 1957.












There is also a Memorial there similar to the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C. The only difference is that the memorial here is for all the Korean soldiers that have died in the "modern era" wars. There are even blank places for the future soldiers.

After the museum we went back to the subway and headed to Itaweon to shop. That is the place close to the US base. Lots of street vendors. Now, if you know Krista, she is a bargain shopper. You should have seen her work. She would ask the price. If it was too high she would just say thank you and walk away. The hard part was that the vendor would follow you for a minute trying to bargain. It was a pretty fun day I have to say so myself. We didn't buy much. It was just fun to be out. There were many foreigners there. And most of the vendors spoke at least a little english. It is very similar to a flea market back home. Kind of like the market down in New Orleans. Lots of the same thing over and over. Just different prices. The weird thing was, you would be in one shop, go through a door and be in another shop then go down the hall and around the corner and another shop then down some stairs and you would be in a huge room of other shops. The one thing they really pushed was custom tailored suits. Everywhere. To bad I don't wear suits to work. Another funny thing. They would see me and they would say "Big sizes" like I'm big or something. HAHA. I can't tell you how many times I have had to duck my head under things. I am surprised I haven't cracked my head yet.
For lunch we decided we needed some American food. There is McDonalds, Subway, Outback, KFC, Burger King and a few others. We chose....
Pita Time. Even though we weren't eating Korean food we didn't want to eat something that we can get at home. It was delicious. Definately would do well in any college town in the US. They are pitas stuffed with different kinds of meat and then any toppings you want. Sort of like Subway but better. It hit the spot. The pitas energized us enought to make it through a long day of shopping.

Well that was our day. The last full day without Grace. We will have her with us for good in less than 24 hours from now. We have an appointment at the agency at 3pm on Monday. That is 1am KY time. Hope everything goes smoothly.
Well gotta go. Krista is down in the nursery playing with the babies without me.
Talk to you soon
John