Summer

Summer is into full swing now and with the rainy season just past, the weather is hot and humid. We rented an air conditioner for the summer which is very old and ugly but does the job well enough so we can sleep at night.

Last week we went to a beach near Buan with my wife's parents. Here is a picure of my wife and I frolicking on the rocks. The beach was very crowded with so many people going to the beach to cool off so we didn't stay long.


After going to the beach we went out for barbecued eel, which I have been told is "good for stamina." I don't know if that's true but it seems that anything that tastes terrible is accompanied by the words "good for stamina" or "good for health." Dog meat for example is also good for stamina. Actually the eel was pretty tasty although tough in spots. We spent two days with my wife's parents (who stayed at our apartment) which was a nice change although I'm happy to have our home to ourselves again now.

We just received some wonderful news just over a week ago. We received my wife's passport back from the Canadian embassy in Seoul with a new Canadian immigration visa in it. Our long wait for her permenant residency is over and we may now return to Canada at any time within the next 10 months. We won't be going back until I finish my contract at the beginning of March but it's a big burden lifted off our minds. At one time we thought of staying here another year but now we're very happy that we'll be returning to Canada early next year.