Monday, January 22, 2007

Our First Week Back






Our return to Korea (aside from the flooding in our house) was overwhelmingly positive. One of our first outings included a whimsical evening event called "Luminarie" at Daejeon's Expo Park. We enjoyed the modern dance variety show while enjoying the warmth of two enormous open bonfires fed with entire logs and scrap wood. Now that's something you just don't see in Canada. In addition, we ascended the tower for a view of the lighted walkway just in time to see a fireworks display. What a great time! On the way home we stopped to photograph the sign on a restaurant that serves lobster from Nova Scotia, Canada. The favourable temperatures (0 degrees to +5) drew us out on Sunday afternoon for a hike up a local mountain called "Chickenfoot." It was wonderfully peaceful even though there were hundreds of people hiking on the same trail. Koreans sure are fit!

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Water, Water Everywhere...

If it seems like we've been goofing off on our blog lately, we have an excuse. When we returned to our home late last week we found our floors newly shined and our computer missing. Further inspection revealed a drawer full of water and a soggy pile of DVDs. Then we found the high water mark on the wall...
Anyway, all of these clues added up to the obvious truth: we've had a flood. It turns out that a pipe burst sometime between December 20th and January 4th. A maintenance person came by to check the oil level in our tank and he happened to notice water "coming from the house." Our MacBook Pro isn't waterproof (apparently), and LeeAnne lost a couple of special books including her favourite Bible.
We are very thankful for the efforts of the "General Affairs" office here at our school because they had most of the mess cleaned up by the time we arrived in Korea. The computer is another story...
More updates soon.