I am going to share a little about our son and daughter-in-law’s wedding in Seoul. To protect their privacy, the pictures I am using will not show their faces. Our daughter-in-law is a Korean citizen and her family lives in Korea, which is why the marriage took place there. They were married in a wedding hall, which is typical in Korea. The wedding hall staff handles all of the details of the wedding. The bride’s mother typically wears a pink…
Our son and daughter-in-law were married on a Saturday and on Sunday, we had a wonderful lunch with them and our daughter-in-law’s family. After the lunch, our daughter-in-law’s aunt and uncle offered to take us to Imjingak Park (also called Imjingak Station and Imjingak Retreat). Imjingak is located in the town of Paju, South Korea and is only 4 1/2 miles from the Military Demarcation Line. It is the northern most place South Koreans can travel without a permit. Imjingak…
On a day when our son and daughter-in-law were more heavily involved in wedding preparations, we toured the Changdeokgung Palace. When visiting Korea, we found that there were far fewer people who spoke English when compared to other countries we have visited. The hotel concierge wrote down where we were going and gave us a card with the name of our hotel which we could give to our taxi driver, ensuring that we got to where we were going and…
We spent just under a week in South Korea in November, 2009. The highlight of our trip was our son’s wedding. He married a wonderful girl who is a citizen of South Korea. Our daughter-in-law showed us some of the sites in Korea amidst wedding preparations. Seoul was beautifully decorated for the upcoming Christmas holidays. A “hop on – hop off” bus helped us travel easily around Seoul. I have included pictures of some of the sites we saw. The…