After the train ride where we experienced the now familiar mob of people that flock to our children, we set out to find lunch. As we walked and stared in awe at the seemingly millions of restaurants awaiting us with menus written in Hangul, a small sign with pictures of waffles on it beckoned to us. Boys #1 and #2 started cheering for waffles, so in we went.
Little did we know, we had just discovered the most delicious waffles in the world. Really. These were the best I've ever had. I was actually pretty disappointed that I had ordered something else and had to let my adorable little boys decimate the entire plate of waffles. Next time, boys, Mommy will have her own plate of waffles. And she's not planning on sharing. Oh, and to top it off, the waffle comes with a mountain of whipped cream, fruit, and a dish of gelato. Brilliant.
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We wandered around for a while, visited our first E-Mart, and drooled on the windows of at least 5 of the bakeries that I will soon live by.
Turns out the temperatures here are so cold that the beautiful, grandma-made mittens we brought with us are not quite warm enough when we spend hours wandering around outside. Today boy #2's hands got so cold I had to lend him my mittens. Then my hands were so cold that I ended up popping into a children's boutique and buying two pairs of ridiculously expensive (but thankfully quite warm) mittens for the boys so that I could have my mittens back.
We then got brave and ate at a little noodle shop! The employees were quite kind and smiled while we pointed at what other people were eating and held up two fingers. I felt pretty silly, but it got us two huge bowls of hot noodle soup. The boys are being really great about trying new foods. Boy #2 even tried cabbage kimchi but wasn't a big fan. I think I may be starting to understand why people here eat it with everything. It's really good!
Also, I made an interesting discovery. After looking in one of our Korean phrase books we discovered that not only are people complimenting us on our boys and how cute they are, they also frequently think that #2 is a girl (too cute for his own good I guess), and they also sometimes offer to take the boys off my hands! One lady today even tried (jokingly) to lead #2 away with her. He wouldn't go with her, just gave her flirty little smiles and hugged me.
And finally, just because every blog post is better with a baby picture...
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I love all your posts so far! It's so fun to read & remember a lot of our experiences too. The kids being flocked by ajuma's and the ceaseless comments - that is so fun :) lol. And the bakeries are SO good! We gain weight when we've gone in the winter just from frequenting the bakeries :) If you see one called A Twosome Place, you've got to try their hot chocolate. I've never had better & I crave it all the time! At least in the summer it's much more pleasant to walk off those calories :) B & I have even talked about opening one here someday. Mmmmmm!
ReplyDeleteThat's the breakfast of champions right there! Yum!
ReplyDeleteHi we really enjoy reading your blogs its almost like we are there with you. And the pictures are really cute.
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