Last weekend we had our friends Danny and Kate Doerksen stay with us. We found a great English pub just two blocks from our house. It has been open for three weeks. The owners are a couple; one is Australian and the other is Korean. It was so odd to be in a place where everyone speaks English! It actually felt like we were back home. After having brunch, palying Ticket to Ride, and playing Super Mario Cart, we took the subway to downtown Daegu. We explored Korean-style department stores; merchants rent out corners of the store and sell their products. We spent quite a bit of time laughing at the “English” shirts. These shirts have ridiculous phrases in English. They make absolutely no sense. It was very entertaining. To finish off our day, we took a taxi to Costco! We were all so excited to find some American foods in bulk. Seth and I bought two huge blocks of cheese, massive amounts of beef, a box of 32 bags of microwave popcorn, and a few other small items. We were so excited to have cheese, beef, and popcorn. That night, we went home and ate slices of cheese for dinner :)
After having a great weekend with our friends, we realized just how small the world is. For those of you who don’t know, Seth’s sister, Shayla, is doing an internship at the USOC in Colorado Springs. Seth’s family went to visit her over Easter. The whole family went to church on Sunday morning in Colorado Springs. The next day, Seth got a message from Danny telling him that Seth’s parents and Danny’s parents met at church and were going to have dessert together! We thought this was sooo crazy. Seth and I are teaching English in South Korea through the EPIK program. We met Danny and Kate during our orientation. We all hung out last weekend. While we were hanging out, Seth’s parents were meeting Danny’s parents in Colorado Springs! How bizarre! Needless to say, I’m sure both sets of parents were shocked to find out that their children were both on the same adventure and were friends.
The church we attend here in Korea had a beautiful Easter service. The choir did a 20-30 minute Easter Cantata. While singing, they showed clips from the movie The Passion of the Christ. It was such a great service. Other than the service, our Easter was quite nontraditional. We had lunch at church. They served rice, seaweed soup, kimchi, and other vegetables in red pepper sauce. It was a warm and sunny day, so Seth and I got ice cream from Baskin Robbins and walked around by the university. For dinner, we made fajitas. I asked my co-teacher if Koreans know what the Easter Bunny is; she had never heard of him, so we didn’t give each other Easter candy :( I am really missing that!
-Anna
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