Darrell and I finally got a well deserved break from work. Darrell finished intensive classes last Friday and the relaxing began. After a few days of relaxing, chillaxing, and not doing much of anything, we were off on another adventure. We left Sunday afternoon to Seoul to visit with our friends Heather and Seung Jin. After arriving in Seoul, we met them at Itaewon for supper. After being a little saddened that the Hard Rock Café was closed, we hunted for another restaurant. We went to some sort of American-style restaurant. I will admit the place was a little sketchy, but the food wasn’t too bad. We had a nice chat, catching up on news since the last time we had seen each other. Then we were off to a foreign food market to get sour cream for the nachos Heather was making that night. It was very hard not to buy things. I saw sooo many cheeses – brie, cheddar, mozzarella and even Philly cream cheese; however, when I looked at the price, I was a little turned off. Just have to wait 3 months…I think I can, I think I can…The nachos, I must say, were AWESOME…I couldn’t stop eating. We enjoyed them while playing bunches of board games. We began with a classic – the game of Life. I won, which was again awesome, but very sad when I didn’t get any children on my board game journey. In the game of Life I was married to Jude Law and somehow didn’t land on any children boxes. I blame Jude! We also played Sequence which I had never played before and was a little worried. Heather and I were against Darrell and Seung and somehow Heather and I won each time. I think this was making up for not having children in the game of Life :P Finally, we finished with an intense game of Uno…I can’t remember who all won those rounds.
In the morning, we had a full day at Caribbean Bay: one of the largest water parks in the world. Darrell and I were quite excited! After a horrid bus ride down (for me), we made it. We arrived I believe at 9:30am and were planning to stay the entire day. We bought our tickets, locked up our personal items, picked up our bathing caps and PFDs, put on sun block (except Darrell) and were set for the day.We started with the wave pool. The waves were incredibly big and fast. As soon as I stepped in a lifeguard stopped me and told me to take off my earrings. I didn’t understand why at first until I saw the giant wave coming at me and this wave was filled with people. All I would need is one wave with a person to pull on my earring and my ear would be done for. After a grand time in the wave pool we set off to the lazy river. This river was mighty long and had a strong current. Darrell and I had to hold on to each other’s tubes so we would not get separated. I am regretting that after we came to a waterfall and Darrell pushed me under it again, and again, and again. One does not have a lot of control when your butt is stuck in a hole and your hands and feet can barely touch the water. Thanks Darrell!
Darrell and Seung did a few rides together while Heather and I relaxed. Since Heather was 7 and half months pregnant she was limited with what she could do. Hot tubs were a big No-No, since she didn’t want to “cook the baby” :P I finally agreed to go down one of the giant tube rides with Darrell. After asking him many times “are you certain it will not flip” I agreed and went. You know what happened? It flipped! When we reached the bottom, Darrell told me to lean back which I did…just to the side :P Over we went…good times had by all!The day was about done and we had an awesome time. We got to have fun on some amazing rides and enjoy a little sun too. Darrell might not have enjoyed the sun as much as us…due to not enough or hardly any sun screen…haha, but we had a great time. It was great to spend time with Heather and Seung Jin again. We are looking forward to the next great adventure!
