Osan and Saturday

A couple days before I left (It is still hard for me to believe that I was still there less than a week ago)  we went down to Osan shopping area for the day.  We had fun walking through all the stores down there and looking at the interesting Korean merchandise one last time.  After walking around there we went back home for awhile and then went onto post to let Alden play on the playground and get some energy out after being on a bus and in a stroller for most of the day.  It was a fun day that wasn't too stressful or long right before leaving.

These are a couple pictures of the more run down areas in Osan.  In parts of the shopping area I feel like I took a wrong turn and I am in some back alley but it is just the way it is set up.

Alden had fun in the stroller watching everything around him and eating his snacks.

This is the main street in the shopping area.

Alden was tired when we got back on the bus because it was time for his nap but he stayed awake until we got home and then fell asleep.

I had fun watching the sun set at the playground.

It was dark by the time we left the playground but that also meant that it had cooled off a lot so we weren't hot on our walk back to the apartment.

It was a fun and memorable day.  We all had a blast being together and for us that was the best part of the day.  Just being together as a family and doing something fun!

Olympic Park Picnic

The last Friday night I had in Korea we packed up a dinner and went over to Olympic Park to eat there.  We figured that it would give us a chance to be outside and give Alden a chance to play.  The weather ended up actually being really nice, which was lucky because it had been raining earlier that day.  Here are the pictures from our little evening outing.

We went over to the rose garden first because we didn't get a chance to go by there the last time that we were at the park.

They had this cool piece of artwork in the middle of the rose garden.

We had fun looking at all the different flowers that they had.

 This was where we stopped for our dinner.

Alden had fun playing with his bottle cap while we ate dinner and making Drew and I laugh.

 This bird was hopping around nearby and Alden enjoyed watching it, just like he enjoys watching all animals.

They have a nice playground at Olympic Park that we let Alden play on after dinner.  He enjoyed playing on this horse and running around following all the big kids.

We left the playground when Alden started getting tired.  We all had a good time at the park that evening and it was nice to let Alden play somewhere a little different for an evening.

Times Square Mall: Seoul

A little over a week before I left Korea we went over to a mall called Times Square Mall in Seoul, just so that we could have somewhere new to explore.  It was a really fun mall to walk around in.  Drew was really excited to find an arcade that he could go to to play games.  Alden really enjoyed watching all of the people around us.  My favorite thing was walking through the stores and seeing the similarities and differences between everything there and everything back here in the states.  This mall actually had a lot of stores like Express, GAP and Guess that are common in the US.  The only difference was that their merchandise seemed to be more expensive in Korea.  However, I didn't look too closely so that may not always be true.  Anyways, we had a great time exploring and seeing somewhere new.  Here are a few pictures of the mall.

It was a huge mall, and these pictures only show the upper floors, not the basement or attached underground shopping center.

We ate at an AMAZING Japanese curry place for dinner.  WE thought it was really good and Alden had a good time playing with his cup and eating a little bit.