Jeongok Prehistory Museum

For the past couple of weeks, I've been really trying to get all caught up to date in my postings, and it seems impossible!!! We keep busy! hehehe... We went to the Prehistory Museum, then we finally made it to Namsan Seoul Tower, then we went to Shanghai, then I went with Hyeah to a kids role playing park and we took S.' cousins to Everland....

We've also been looking for an apt. This was one of the hardest, but I'm happy to announce we finally found one and will be moving at the end of the month! So exited to move to a new neighborhood!!! AND.... the very bestest part.... wait for it....... it has a patio!!!!!! You don't even know how happy this makes me!!!! A patio, in an apt. in the City... #unheardof!!!!  Ahhh.... to finally be able to hang my "hamaca"! : )

Back to this post...

The Jeongok Prehistory Museum, is in Jeongok-ri, Jeongok-eup, Yeoncheon-gun, Gyeonggi Province.... To remember these names... Impossible!

It's located on the oldest and largest Paleolithic site in Korea.  

The modern building rested on top of two mountains forming a connection between them. To me it looked like a giant metal snake... pretty cool...

The Misty path... ; )

On the left side, the entrance...on the right, the exit...

Inside, we felt as if we boarded some sort of spaceship. 

I've never been a big fan of museums myself, but my little guy seems to love them. Any time we go to one, he seem to be super into it and wants to know everything about everything.

It showcased the evolution of man along the Hantan River. 

Yo con guille de fotografa...  : P 

Flowers & farms always look pretty to me... 

& we did some bug hunting...

& stone hopping...

& the fire... hummmm.... we need to work on this one... : )

& we did some excavating... 

& we headed back to the main building to get some refreshments... 

Pretty view... including the boy! : ) ♥

Olivia was there too... : )

On our way out, we stopped to take a look at the river...

& I saw a pile of rocks that reminded me of a picture I took, the first time we went to Switzerland.. 

An oldie, but a goodie! Aldelboden, Switzerland 2008... Good memories...

  We miss you Mimi!!! : (

I went down by myself, to see if it would be worth for all of us to get of the car and walk down to the river. It was a no-go... It was all rocks and when I looked down, while I was taking this picture, I saw something moving really fast by me... a snake... maybe... The monkey skills I developed while growing up in Guayabotas, came in handy... I've never walked over stones faster than this day! 

Since we didn't do any research on it, we had expected to see dinosaurs and made the mistake of telling Markus... there was none... We told him we would get him one at the museum shop, but there was no shop either... : (

Luckily, on our drive home, we found a roadside toy store that had one! 

We ❤ a happy kid! 

Even though I felt there was too little to see at the museum, the surroundings compensated for it. It's a great place to let your little ones run around, while us parents take in the pretty views and the fresh air. 

xoxo

T. 

It's Summer time!

The Summer is here and it is HOT! Similar to PR hot (in it's hottest day), but over there you get the nice ocean breeze... none of that here!!! HOT my ppls... 

When you peak your head out the door it's the same feeling as when you're baking something and you open the oven door to check... Woshhh... a heat wave right on your face! It must be 100% humidity or something... you spend the whole day soaked! Hot & sticky = stinky : P 

While living here I've realized 3 things when it comes to seasons and weather;

1. I love having seasons
2. I am absolutely a Winter person
3. I don't like being hot... at all!

Ohhhhh (sigh).... How I miss having the ocean 10 minutes away! 

I guess taking 5 showers a day will have to do for now...The beauty of city living! : P

So, last month S. had a day off from work and he prepared a little surprise adventure for us. He rented a car and took us for a drive to the West side of Korea, outside Seoul. We went there maybe hoping to go and eat some seafood by the ocean. We had just seen this episode of a Drama where the guy took the girl to a sashimi restaurant right on the water... it looked sooo beautiful in that scene!

Well... we didn't find that place (apparently it's on the East side, where beaches are nicer). We still had a great day... if I don't take into account the 3 hours we spent driving there... with 2 little ones... locked up in the car... you know what I mean!!! ; )

This beach was called Muchangpo in Boryeong-si, Chungcheongnam-do.

The drive itself was beautiful. I got to see some pretty scenes, cool bridges and really beautiful landscapes and rice farms, not the flat ones I've seen so far, but ones in mountains. They looked like stairs almost... really pretty! As much as I tried getting an image of this, from the car it was impossible. Also, it was a very gloomy/misty day... not the best visibility. We didn't stop because the kids were sleeping at that point, and we have one car rule;

If kids are asleep

• NO STOPPING

& we finally got there...

Supposedly, something really cool happens during the tides of the Summer season, similar to when Moses parted the Red Sea, the ocean opens up and a path emerges from it. You could walk through it for a couple of hours a day. They say you can come across snails and octopuses stranded on this path.

We did not get to see this. : (

& Marky was sooo exited...

& Olivia was happy to...

She looooves water! Came out a fishy, like her Daddy. ♥

Little girl playing... 

& we went shell hunting...

& I put her on the bare sand for the first time... ever...

Then Da-da picked her up... : )

& Marky tried to build a sand castle...

While the girls wondered around...

& found some interesting things...

Like some tiny villas. They must be vacation rentals. I peaked inside and it was empty. It's basically just so you could sleep indoors... most Koreans, as you may know, sleep on the floor. They each had a stack of chairs outside and a table with the BBQ setup in the middle. 

& instead of beach chairs, there are beach tables. Pretty smart if you ask me... your food won't get sand on it. : )

& there were clams waiting to be eaten...

& fishies too... 

& we rented a bicycle...

& we went for a ride...

Since it was pretty chilly that day and the water was cold, no one went in the water. We also did not eat there, cause there wasn't really anything for Marky or me to eat. The restaurants there were either sashimi, (which I'm not there yet) or clam and oyster based soups (which I happen to be allergic to shellfish)...  How "shellfish" of me... poor S. he refused to eat by himself. 

So we hit the road once more... 

& we stopped at a rest stop and the food there was pretty decent. No McD' ppls... We had dok ramen, kimbap & miso soup with a side of pickled radish, cabbage salad & kimchi. 

And after, a whole other 3 hours drive back home... 

Yes... I think 5 showers a day will have to do for the Summer...

xoxo

T. : )

Anseong Farmland : )

Good Friday to all! : )

As you may already know, we do not own a car in Korea. Besides the fact that they are really expensive, they are also unnecessary here, as Seoul has THE most efficient and easy to use transportation system I've ever used... and really clean! 

Whenever we want to go somewhere outside Seoul, we rent one. It's quite nice getting into a brand new car, each time! : ) 

This time we had no clue as where to go, we just started driving. Usually these types of "adventures" are the ones that turn out the best! And so it was... we had, yet another super fun day! 

I had remembered I saw on a website on things to do with kids in Seoul, something about a "Dutch Village". I thought it would be similar to the "English Village", so that's where we went!

Anseong Farmland is basically a very beautifully landscaped and really big petting zoo. It's built with a "Theme Park" feel, but it really worked as a relaxing escape from the hectic city. 

(What I could tell you is based on our experience only. You can see the official website here, but, it's only in Korean).

He looked like a tourist asking for directions. 

Marky was so exited to see horses, he couldn't wait to go in. 

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You can pet and feed the animals. The coolest part was, some of them where walking freely and I guess because they are used to having people around, they where really friendly. I found out too late, you can get horseback rides too... Marky would've looooved it! 

To our surprise, he was not afraid of any of the animals. As for Olivia, hummm... after getting startled by a Cow, wanted nothing to do with animals. : ]

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& he finally got a chance to pet a real horse! He was very cautious and gentle. His happiness level was through the roof!!! ♥

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Livy wanted nothing to do with Cows, but we found a beautiful field, filled with Poppy.... she loooooved it! 

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Well, she kinda' liked Mr. Moo too... : )

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This moment absolutely made our day! As soon as I put him on top of the cow & out of nowhere, he yelled; "YEEEEEEHAAAAA".... took his hat off and waved it in the air... SERIOUSLY hilarious!

The kid is a clown, just like his parents! 

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We picked up a pinwheel.... 

I think you where supposed to write a message or a wish (not sure... there was no English translations anywhere). 

I just wrote a very "Boricua" thing...

"We were here! Much ♥ from Puerto Rico"

The M.O.S.T crew... 

Markus, Olivia, Sean & Tania

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& you plant it into the ground...

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It really wasn't as easy as we thought. The ground was as hard as concrete. I gave it a couple of shots, then tried in another spot... nada... gave up. 

S. took over... nada... hahaha..

Tried yet another spot... Impossible, gave up too.... 

In the end we just took an empty stick out and replaced it with ours. : /

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& we went on the Tractor ride around the field. 

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& saw the most beautiful views...

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& the most green I've seen since I moved to Seoul. My camera had just died, so I had to take these with my phone. I wish I could have captured the tons and tons of butterflies everywhere!

There was also a "Dutch Village" (a village with buildings that resembled European style cottages). There was a German restaurant, a couple of shops and some fountains where kids were swimming as if it was a pool. (I absolutely forgot to take pictures of this) : P

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The friendly and well cared for animals, the fresh air, the beautiful views, the butterflies and my Markus' level of happiness, turned this day into another great adventure! 

 We all came back super relaxed and SUPER TIRED... straight to bed... at 7pm... all of us! ; )

xoxo

T.