rick-rolled, korean style

Sad, but true. Rick Astley's "Never gonna give you up" was playing over the loudspeakers in the grocery store as Katie and I were shopping the other day. We were just minding our business, shopping for groceries and enjoying the mix of American music they were playing when all of a sudden it happened... rick-rolled. It hit us like a ton of bricks and before we knew it we were singing along because, sadly, we know all the words.

Katie and I had been planning on going to a town called Jinhae to see their cherry blossom festival last Saturday, but we had to change our plans because we had to wait on the movers that were bringing us furniture from the apartment of the American teacher that recently left. So instead we took a ferry to an island named Yeonwha-do. Here are some pictures from our latest excursion:

This is typical of what you can see from the ferry. Steep, mountainous terrain shooting out of the ocean all around (I have decided to refer to them as "mountain-islands" henceforth). You can see another island behind the first; there were just rows upon rows of islands surrounding us.

Bijindo Island - It's hard to see, but there's a small strip of land that connects two mountain-islands. That strip is actually a beach and I have decided that it is the coolest island/beach ever, because I'm assuming you can swim on both sides! We will be visiting this island when the water warms up a bit more!!

Beautiful flowers, shrubs, and trees outside of a Buddhist temple. The electricity poles give this scene a modern feel, haha.

Artwork on the outside of the temple. This scene reminds me of The Chronicles of Narnia.

The view from halfway up the mountain

A big statue at the very top of the mountain overlooking the bay. It reminds of the huge statue of Jesus on top of that mountain in Brazil.

Apparently a good time was had by all!

As a special bonus, I'd like to add a few pictures from the dinosoaur expo in Goseong, a neighboring town (we had been once before with the American teachers, but this time we came with the children).

This is an overview of the expo. Katie took this picture from on top of a hill where they have arcade games and a big swinging ship ride. I have numbered the notable attractions:

1. The tent that housed the dinosaur skeletons. This was probably the coolest and definitely the most relevant exhibit.

2. A unique combination of sturgeons in aquariums (lower level) and a restaurant with terrible service (upper level).

3. A cartoon-ish exhibit of dinosaurs and cavemen. The kids loved it!

4. A 3-D movie theater and a live performance including a man wearing a tyrannasaurus rex costume with his legs completely visible the entire time, haha

5. Me and my kids resting in the shade for a while

Katie's infamous 6-1 and 6-2 classes. Apparently these kids are troublemakers! She tells me that the kid at the top right of the picture, the one trying to like cute and sweet with his hat, is the worst of the bunch, haha.