Happy Anniversary Eric!  May 1st marked mine and Eric’s 3 year anniversary. We were pretty excited and to celebrate we decided to take  little trip together.   We have wanted to do this for a while and never had the opportunity but that weekend we did!  We took a bus to a neighboring city of Ansan, called Icheon.  Icheon is the major Korean pottery and ceramics city in South Korea.  Sounds nerdy?  You bet!  We went and stayed at a little house in the country, that was located at the foot of a mountain and beside one of the most amazing sports facilities I have ever seen.  This facility was brand new, as you can see in the photos, and had not even opened yet.  You can see that the beautiful soccer field had been untouched.  We took a hike in the afternoon/evening in the mountains and returned to the house to enjoy some wine and cheese on the roof patio at sunset.  The next morning we were up early for our pottery class with the artist who owned the house.  She was a really nice lady, who did not speak a word of English so we knew this class was going to be interesting.  We were doing it with a Korean family that included two very adorable little boys.  Eric and I decided to make mugs.  Not just anymugs…but the biggest most excessive coffee mugs we could make in 3 hours.  Eric was much better at it than I.  I think this is because he has a lot more patience.  Regardless we were REALLY happy making them, and we are still waiting for the finished product to come in the mail.  In the afternoon we were going to go to a hot spring spa.  We thought we were on our way there…until we realized we were on the wrong bus and ended up at the Ceramic and Pottery festival that was conveniently going on in Icheon this weekend.   At 4:00 we reached the hot spring spa called Termeden.   Now this place is not just a spa,  it is a mini water park.  There is a huge outdoor pool with fountains ,body massage water beds,  a water slide and an indoor pool section as well.  There are several different kinds of hot tubs and saunas you can go into.  All of the water in these pools has no chemicals in it, it is pure hot spring water.  This makes it an incredibly comfortable temperature, and really good for your skin.  I don’t have any pictures from here because I didn’t  think it would be appropriate to take them.  Regardless, you can check out some pictures on the website link.

http://www.termeden.com/english/facilities/facilities_3.asp

Still to come; Dad Visits!  Buddha’s Birthday!! Grandma Visits!!!

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