I went to eat lunch with my host family today. I wanted it to be kind of a last meal with the entire family. It didn't turn out quite like I had thought it would. We did go out to eat, but my favorite restaurant was closed, so we went to a different restaurant. We went to a chicken soup restaurant. @_@ Hmm...so I had sunddubu (Spicy tofu soup) instead of Kal Mandu Guk (Noodles with Kimchi Dumplings in Soup). It's ok though; I'm glad the host family was finally all together again!
After lunch, I met up with HaeIn, Miracle, and Lauren to go horseback riding. HaeIn drove us out to the middle of BFE for the guy to tell us that we couldn't ride the horse today. He told us that we should wear comfortable clothing and that we would get to ride, but maybe not for an hour like the other horseback riding place a little ways out of town. Lauren has worked with horses a lot because her aunt had horses when Lauren was younger and I have common sense about horses after spending a lot of time around them when I was younger, so we were pretty darn sure that the guy was full of crap when he said that the horse would die if we rode it during this hot weather at 3:00PM. >_< Our consolation prize for our drive out there...was disgusting ice coffee. We all left a little bitter and angry toward the man who had no intention of letting us ride the horse in the first place. But....that's the way it goes sometimes.
We were thinking about heading to the other place outside of town and paying 50,000 Won to ride, but instead we decided that a cafe sounded a lot more appealing and was definitely a lot more cost effective. ^_~ We spent HOURS at the cafe. I'm not sure how many, but it was really fun! We talked about sex education, bras, Korea, spiders and fears, a little bit about politics, etc. I always love getting a Korean's perspective on different topics. It's hard to find Korean women and even men who will openly talk about some of those topics. Sex is incredibly taboo in Korea.
After leaving there, Lauren, Miracle, and I went to eat dinner together. HaeIn had to take her boyfriend to the bus station. We were a little surprised that he had spent all day by himself in her apartment especially when he lives out of town. She is incredibly independent and sometimes feels weighed down by having a boyfriend, but she does care about him.
Anyway, the three of us minus HaeIn went to eat at a Ddubu jeep (Tofu House). It was delicious, but we definitely ordered TOO much food! I LOVE tofu! I think I will mainly survive on tofu next year when I have to cook for myself. It will certainly be a learning experience. It'll be my first time living on my own first of all. Second of all, I will be living on my own for the first time in one of the biggest cities in the world. Third of all, I'll be cooking for myself for the first time ever and it just happens to be in a different country. Haha! Lots of firsts next year. Lots of lasts now...but lots of firsts soon! I'm getting a little excited but am still quite nervous.
I said goodbye to Lauren tonight. It'll be the last time that I see her even though we will continue to talk on the phone and online almost everyday.^^ I also said goodbye to Miracle...even though I expect I will see Miracle again. Lauren...I'm not so sure. She's moving to either Boston or DC for her job once she finds a job. She's hoping for one of those two locations.
As Miracle and I walked home, we had to dodge a watermelon man she had had a fight with on the street. He wanted her to buy a watermelon from him, she asked if they were fresh, he cut a piece of watermelon to show her that they were, he then expected her to buy the watermelon he had cut a piece from...she was headed to meet us. It was a rather silly situation, but he had gotten very angry over it. So we walked clear past where she actually needed to cross the street to the next light down a ways. Oh well, that way we got to talk longer.^^
Hmm...packing is slowly being accomplished. My host fam is letting me keep my stuff here this summer, but I want to take a lot of stuff home this summer because 1) I accumulated a LOT of stuff this year, 2) I will accumulate a LOT of stuff this next year.
Peace out.
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