Visitors and Candy

As I post these words on the internets, Carmen's parents are on a flight from Saskatoon to Calgary. From there they'll fly to Tokyo, via Vancouver, where they'll spend six hours learning Japanese (or just sleeping in the airport) before they jet over to Seoul, spend the night at a guesthouse and take the KTX south to Daegu. We can hardly contain our excitement.

They'll spend two weeks with us in our villa, AKA a kitchen with two small bedrooms. It'll be tight but the thought of having family with us for a short time makes me want to break into song. Think Fraulein Maria meets Neil Young. Our adventures will be well-documented, I assure you.

Life is good here. It's become less of a string of bizarre experiences and more like a normal life in a place that's continuously becoming more familiar. The heat is beginning to take it's toll, even though we haven't yet hit "the hot season". It's very humid. I'm constantly sweating. I pick up Cate after her nap (she's a deep sleeper and gets very hot) and our skin nearly melts together. Luckily Carmen's school recently paid to have air conditioning installed, so the torture is bearable.

To be honest though, the heat will only be an afterthought come Thursday when I'm feasting on Kraft Dinner and Sour Kids. Sugar withdrawal is a very real side effect of eating healthy (Korean) all the time. We realize the main reason Carmen's mom and dad are coming is to see their grandchild, so we asked for a few comforts from home as payment.

Tentative itinerary: day-trip to Busan and a visit to Donghwasa Temple.