Korean night on the Town

On Saturday evening a sister from our ward invited us to dinner with her and another member of the ward. Her name is Sister Oh, she is single and close to our age, the other guy is also close to our age, he told us to call him Chad, which is a lot easier to pronounce than his Korean name. They were both really fun people who speak English fairly well. They took us to a pretty nice restaurant, where they grilled the meat in a hot pot right in the middle of our table. It was marinated pork, and we ate it wrapped in lettuce or sesame leaves with several different toppings. It was delicious, and it was really fun to grill our own meat right at our table. After our main course we had noodle soup, but they served it freezing cold, I liked it, and Christina said she liked it, even though she usually doesn’t eat anything unless it’s hot enough to burn your mouth.
After our meal they took us to a park that had a lake, and lit up footbridge across the lake. It was really pretty; we also saw fireflies hovering over the lake. There was a free cultural exhibition with traditional Korean singing and dancing. The dancers balanced pots on their heads while they danced, it was pretty impressive.
After the park we went to a movie, they asked us to pick the movie, and the only movie we were sure wasn’t rated R was “Night at the Museum 2.” Christina and I liked the movie, but I don’t think that Koreans understand American humor; we were the only ones laughing. The movie had Korean sub-titles, but I guess the humor was lost in translation. There was probably close to 100 people in the theater and Christina and I were the only ones who laughed at all.
It was a really fun night; we are so glad that we have been able to make Korean friends.
We also purchased used bikes this week and we have been able to see a lot more of the city. We get around much faster on the bikes, so we get to see a lot more than we did when we were walking.
Early Saturday afternoon we rode clear out into the countryside, we didn’t really know where we were going but we had a lot of fun just seeing the countryside. It was really nice to get out of the hustle and bustle of the city.