Christmas Party, Orphanage Visit and On the Town

Hey there!

I've been trying to take more pictures so y'all can get a better idea of what it looks like here. So here are some more for your enjoyment :)

This is the Ae Hyang Orphanage where the 36 Fighter Squadron goes every year to give the children presents and have a little Christmas party. We all carpooled to the orphanage, gave them presents and Santa even showed up! Then some of the children there performed songs, danced, and some of the older children did a drum performance; very impressive! It was a great experience.

Outside the Ae Hyang Orphanage 

The younger children performing a song and dance for the 36 FS. 

Some of the older children singing carols - they sang mostly English carols and even sang "Feliz Navidad"! Talk about culture shock ;) I was sitting in South Korea listening to Koreans sing to Americans in Spanish... I need to learn some languages other than English!

This was the drum performance. These kids were AMAZING! What a cool thing to see! 

I hope this video works because this is a little bit of the drum performance. Enjoy, we sure did!

Santa made an appearance and all the kids were so excited. Talk about melt your heart! 

It rained for 2 days straight so all the snow melted. Dad, this picture is for you so you can see that the rice had all been harvested :) 

No more snow on the roads! Can't say I like the scenery any better without snow...at least it looks like a winter wonderland with snow. Time for more snow! ;) 

I remembered to get at least one picture at the 36 FS Christmas Party, and here it is! 

Tim decided it was time for me to try authentic Korean food, so we went to Korean Barbecue after church. There's a little grill in the middle of all the tables! 

I'm a little overwhelmed by all the plates in front of me here. 

We pretty much ate it all - first taste of Korean food was a success! Kimchi...not so much, but perhaps I will learn to like it, we shall see. Everything was tasty but I have no idea what most of it was called...mostly because I know 3 words in Korean. Gamsahabnida! (Which means "thank you".) 

Songtan entrance with it's Merry Christmas and Happy New Year sign. I'm a little disappointed that the "Merry Christmas" part of the sign is soooo tiny. But at least it's there!

 Street food vendors in Songtan. Korean fried chicken is pretty doggone tasty; the other "KFC", hehe!

This is one of their beautiful bridges from Incheon. 

Mr. Lim taking my measurements for my Fiendette dress. Mr. Lim is pretty hilarious and the best guy to go to if you need a custom suit. Plus he speaks English super well and every now and then throws in some Spanish...he's been close to the Base too long ;) Thanks Mr. Lim!

That's all for now! Harrumph! ;)

~Nicki