Best Dinner

Last night our family decided that we wanted to go out to eat. On the base that we live on there is nothing, but about 1/2 mile away there is another base with a restaurant. We set off on our walk to the other base excited about getting dinner. On the way we stopped at a few Korean shops and looked around. Unfortunately, once we got to the restaurant we noticed that they were closed on the weekends. Bummer! Instead of catching a cab we decided to walk around the city and see if we could find somewhere to eat. Finally we settled on a little place where they did not speak any English. It is really cool here because no matter how nice the restaurant is they all have picture menus of their food. I have no idea what to call what we ordered, but OMG it was all fabulous! Jason and I picked an appetizer dish with a multitude of different things on it. There were bacon wrapped veggies, grilled garlic cloves, beef, chicken, and even tiny octopus all on these little skewers and a few different sauces for dipping. I did not like the octopus, but I did at least try it. We also ordered two other plates that ended up being Korean chicken wings and like a sesame chicken. Marley only ate the french fries, but the rest of us could not get enough of everything else. We all said that it was the best meal we have ever eaten at a restaurant and it probably cost us a total of 20 dollars. Sufficiently full, we headed out for the walk home. At first the maze of streets and crowded shops really freaked me out and made me feel claustrophobic, but I am really starting to love this place. The jumble of stores are completely random. There will be a nail shop next to a place selling puppies next to a small grocery store next to a junk yard. There is no rhyme or reason to it. On the way home we stopped into a place that sold blankets. It was so cool. Here in Korea instead of rugs they use these mats. The top side is either a beautiful print fabric or a very soft plush fabric sewn onto a bottom fabric that has little rubber things that grip the floor (kind of like the bottoms of feety pajamas for toddlers). They were so neat that we had to have them for the bedrooms. What a cool way to solve the problem of having linoleum throughout the house. I decided to wait on the ones for my room until we get our stuff, but we went ahead and got ones for the kids. Jackson, of course, got a solid red plush one and Marley got a solid pink plush one. The best part about the whole thing was that it cost me a total of $30. The kids love them and I cannot wait to go back and get some for my room!