We went to several museums. One of which was the War Museum that was quite breathtaking. Outside the museum on the grounds we looked at all the rockets, planes, tanks, and artillery used during the Korean War.
Jenna was most excited about this one. Check out all the snow! People say it was the biggest snowfall in Korea in perhaps 100 years. Nearly a month later there are still a few piles left which have even survived a couple days of cold rain.
For Christmas we decided to celebrate by getting a cake! We got it from our local bakery just a minute or two away from our apartment. It was decorated quite nicely and tasted like many of the Korean cakes...much less sweet than our American counterparts... Oh, and Santa isn't a part of the cake and is instead a decoration on our refrigerator. The Christmas Tree looks a little more excited than I was, but believe me I was plenty excited about our Christmas Cake.
So it snowed on Christmas Day and we went out to the park near our house. It only snowed like half a centimeter but a pair of Korean teenage girls were able to make two miniature snowmen. Notice how Korean snowman only have one ball for the body and one for the head, unlike their three-ball American cousins. I guess it's like one and two hump camels.
I love the arms! I'm not sure what that yellowish-brown thing is on the one on the right's head. We approached the snowmen right after the girls finished making them. They were in the middle of jumping up and down and giggling wildly about how cute these two were. You get an idea of the size from the wood panels of the bench they're on.
Here is Matt enjoying the snow. It doesn't usually snow like this in Korea often.
Here's our refrigerator. Jenna decorated it to give our room a festive feel. The decorations were made in our school with the kids as we talked about Christmas.
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