experience life/life experience: April 6-16: Back on American Soil

One of Stephanie's friends from college, Eric, is stationed in South Korea. When we found out he had a long weekend in April, we jumped at the chance to visit him. Although we did some sightseeing, we spent a lot of our time on military bases and so technically we were back on US soil. Ha ha ;-)

Eric's the closest thing to family we've seen in months and it was wonderful to get to spend so much time with him. Here are some highlights:

Steph wore an "apron" (aka bib) while chowing down on duck & leaf. We grilled the duck and then, along with other delicious veggies and sauces, wrapped it up in lettuce leaves.

They have piano stairs in the subway! And they really plays music!!!

Brian looking at a 500 year old book.

Although he couldn't eat anything there thanks to his allergy, Brian loved the fish market. He kinda looks like a northeastern fisherman in this picture.

At Freedom Bridge. This wall is covered with messages of hope for a reunification of the north and south.

At the DMZ. Although a cease fire was signed, North and South Korea are technically still at war and have been for the past 61 years.

Stephanie is pretty sure the North Korean guard was checking out Brian's beard.

Eric and his friends, Christy and Mike, ran a half marathon (Mike ran it with a 50lb pack on!). Brian and I got our work out cheering them on and also watching Christy and Mike's pup, Allie.

South Korea has 4D theaters! The only thing more amazing than getting sprayed with air and having your chair move when Captain America flies around is having clip-on 3D glasses.

Christy made the most amazing chocolate lava molten cake goodness to celebrate Brian's birthday.

The other way we celebrated Brian's birthday was by watching "Jump," a hilarious production combining martial arts and slapstick comedy. Here we are posing with some of the performers.