a rainy day for thinking

Christian has been sick today, so it's been about the quietest day we've had here so far. We walked to a grocery store down the street to pick up apples and broccoli and kimchi and rice, and have been lazing about since then. Well, I have been lazing about and watching movies. Christian has been reading and sleeping and recovering from illness. I rewatched The Dark Knight and then watched 3:10 to Yuma for the first time. I recommend them both.

Since landing in Korea almost three weeks ago, I have spent a lot of time sitting around, some time reading, many evenings eating out with Christian and other friends, a lot of hours on buses around Jeju Island, and generally had a good time.

Christian and I walked down to the ocean another day, to Jungmun Beach. We walked backroads and got a bit lost on the way, ending up on one of Jeju's Olle trails, long wooden-planked walking trails that snake their way around the Island. We took a lot of pictures. Once we got to the beach we took off our shoes and socks and walked in the surf, chilly though it was. That was one of the warmest days we've had, it got up around 60. I made Christian laugh by standing ankle deep in the water and shouting "Hit me!" at the bigger waves as they came in, and then shrieking when they obliged and soaked by jeans up to the pockets. My lower half was pretty thoroughly drenched, and all the local high school boys working out on the beach had their belief in the weirdness of foreigners reinforced, by the time we left.

We went with three other friends to see a "Mongolian Horse Show" depicting the life of Genghis Khan. There were a few acts, with Temujin as a boy on the Mongolian plains, a youth in battles, and as King. There was soundtrack and narration provided over loudspeakers, but it was in Korean so I got very little out of the words.

Hmmm. Christian's feeling well enough to watch Eddie Izzard, so I'm gonna join 'im.