history class. outdoors.

I had history this weekend.

History of Korea at the Korean Folk Village. A different experience in the winter. Seeing life in the coldness of Korea in ancient times of winter. burrrr. fires around. dances for farmers. acts for children. and food for all.

we ate at the food court, and luckily we were able to find a room inside. warm on the floor.

I skated like old times with a board and picks into the ice. It was pretty with a little snow around too.

Kyoung Bae helping Jane swing.

"Oh dear!" Karla.

Then we learn of the Korean jjimjillbang, aka sauna. its a big social thing here. very nice and warming, except the cold room. But its very much a spend the day at the jjimjillbang.

Then on Sunday Jane and I journied to the DMZ. learning more about Korea. and its history. its a very young country, and as you might know, the only country left in the world with a DMZ and is still divided. On days like the Lunar New Year up and coming everyone spends time with their families, people go to a village near the DMZ to bow to their ancestors of the north. Korea, the Republic of Korea or South Korea, has no natural resources and needs to import 100% of energy, electricity, etc. They have mother of pearl, amatheyst and 2 other things. and Samsung and Kia.

So if the 2 separate countires would join again, South Korea would have cheaper access to fuel, etc. They could also take a train all the way to Germany, and now they can't. We visited the last train station of the south, and hopefully the first one to the north someday. Its all ready and waiting.