We've joined the Korean Army!!!!!!!!

Well, not really!!

Today we woke up a little before noon. It seemed to be a nice and sunny day... about 22 degrees. Since we hadn't accomplished anything significant over the weekend other than the usual horse-play on Friday and Saturday, we decided that today would be a good site-seeing day. We decided on the National war museum in Seoul.

After taking the commuter train from Suwon to Seoul (much nicer to actually sit for an hour than stand), we ended up in Samgaki. There were many people outside having picnics and children playing. We bought our tickets and enjoyed an hour and a half of war history. It was actually a very interesting place complete with models and movies depicting different battles from throughout Korean history. We especially liked the "Moving direction" arrows that took us through tunnel and cave walkways, led us into the inside of a ship and into a mini airplane. After we looked at the three floors of exhibits, we went outside where Shawn noticed an American woman drinking from a Taco Bell cup. Upon his questioning, we learned that there is a Taco Bell at the army base. Unfortunately, we are Canadian and won't be able to go into the American Base in Itaewon. Oh well, I don't like Taco Bell that much anyways.

Outside, there were lots of Army tanks, jets, helicopters and cannons that children were allowed to go inside and play on. Of course, Shawn and I booted some children off so that we could have some good photo ops. The tanks are very crowded inside and of course, I hit my head on something. I'm surprised that children are allowed to run around inside those things. I can't really see that happening at a War museum back home, but it was pretty cool nontheless.

This "tear drop" made from dog tags represents the soldiers and the barbed wire surrounding the drop represents the struggles of the war.

After we left the museum, we went on the longest walk of our lives (maybe even longer than the time we got lost on the mountain). We took the subway a few stops and attemped to find a buffet restaurant that Shawn had read about on the internet. Of course, we walked forever and did not find it. So we settled on Mr. Chow's -an expensive Chinese restaurant that served pinkish chicken and crappy fried rice.

Then we took the commuter train back home to Suwon. But all in all, I think that today was a pretty productive day!