Sunday, September 23rd was my birthday. We decided to celebrate on Saturday. Brady and I went to a Korean Folk Village near us. We had been meaning to go for a while, but the summer was so hot we didn't want to stand around outside all day. It was a beautiful fall day when we went. The village is created to mimic what life was like for Koreans hundreds of years ago.
They have performances throughout the day, so we saw a traditional farmer's dance, and a very old man on a tightrope. Both performances were very impressive, and exceeded our expectations.
After the folk village we went to Songtan. Songtan is the town the U.S. military base is located in. There are a lot of restaurants with international food there, and more interesting bars than we're used to. We went to a bar that had a porch outside and drank martinis. I like martinis, but haven't had one since we've been in Korea. We started talking to the people at the table next to us. They are from South Africa, and working here as English teachers as well. The two guys told us that their first language is a click language. I think that's what they spoke at home, but they must have learned English very early on as well. That was the first time I've met someone who speaks a click language, as far as I know.
After martinis we tried to go to a Thai restaurant we had heard about, but it was out of business, so we got burritos. The next day our co-worker, Pamela, was having a birthday brunch, because her birthday is a week before mine. So we went to that, and there were a lot of people there. It was nice. And that's the story of my birthday.
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