Monday, May 3, 2010

Our final night (May 3rd)




So it's our final night and we've come full circle. Our first day at Hwalan's house is now our last day. We're all here together writing our final blog. We missed a few days and planned on catching up on this today but it's already 11:40 and there's no time so we'll have to fill in the blanks from home. Today was our first day where we weren't on the go. There was no pali pali (hurry hurry) and we were able to sleep in. A place which once felt foreign to us now feels like home. We woke up and made French toast just like our first morning. After breakfast, we helped Hwalan and Soho weed grass clumps, till, and plant grass. It was the least we could do after everything she has done for us. Hwalan is the Korean's GSE Coordinator and if it were not for her careful planning, this trip would not have been so smooth. It was like a game of Tetris packing our belongings after 29 days of living out of our bags. We had our final barbeque dinner in Hwalan's greenhouse with our previous homestay families. Just as we thought we couldn't eat anymore kimchi...we discovered our favorite. All of us plan on keeping in touch with each other and all of the people we have met along this adventure. We would like to thank all of our homestays, the Rotarians, and our interpretors for making this an unforgettable life changing experience.

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