MERRY CHRISTMAS

Here are a few pictures from the holidays...though there was no real "holiday" only one day off work, then back to the grind!!!!

Eleri, Sharon and I watching Sex and The City...where is Yvon...reading a book I suppose, or taking the picture!

Where did we go???

Jacques and Jenn Christmas night

The Happy Hosts!

Our tribute to Christmas Dinner...squash, mashed potatoes, chicken, gravy, roasted veggies and STUFFING!

Jenn and I
The Carriere Clan in the kitchen...thank you Lise for being the project manager and making sure we all ate before midnight!

Charlie Brown tree ain't looking too shabby!
Our presents from Colin...Merry Christmas!!!

SNAP SHOTS!

This is what Busan...or Korea as a whole looks like. Koreans do not seem to live in houses, rather they live in these types of buildings, that vary in height. I guess it would make sense considering they are cramming 48 million people into a landmass the size of Eastern Ontario. When you can't build out, you build up! It is quite impressive at night, when all you can see is a sea of lights from all these apartment buildings. Ours of course, is a puny, going to blow over in the next Typhoon kinda buidling.
Lunch in Daegu, where we went to Costco. A day trip for the sole purpose of food that is more familiar to us. The burgers here were pretty good...though Yvon took the bacon out of his...*Took the Bacon OUT*....he's gone all Dirty hippy on me...the plan is working!
Sharon mingling with the locals on the subway..they didn' t take much notice of her...until she made her pillow on her neighbor's shoulder.....

This is Jenn, she's my new frien'...... she thinks the bugles are for her hands...she's from Ontario it's not her fault! The train ride home from Daegu was certainly an exciting one...

Sleepless in Seattle Shop...in Daegu....I got tea...Yvon got nothing...go figure..

And Finally, this is our very own Charlie Brown Christmas Tree. The size of the tree makes the bundle of presents that much more exciting...though I am gratefull there is anything under it at all!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

LIGHTS!!!

Just thought I would show our world at night, or what it looks like these days. We took a walk after dinner around the island that is near by. Ran into some Reindeer and a frog that nearly got squashed under my sneaker..I didn't see him...or wasn't expecting him perhaps!

Christmas seems a lot more present after this walk!!!

It has been a long time since we took pictures, since we did much of anything really...I guess I could take the blame for that one, getting sick did not help with the discovery of Korea much beyond the hospital. Last weekend was our kick in the pants to get back out there!!!

This past weekend, through Sharon, we met some new friends, James from Daegu (which is 2 hours away) Justin from Seoul and Jen from Haeundae. Jen is from Ontario and only got here about three weeks ago and I was happy to find out she lives about 10 minutes from us..which is great. We spent Sunday walking around the beach. We were out for a good 5 hours before we stopped for dinner and a movie.

Yvon and I have put up Christmas lights, stockings and play Christmas music as much as we can handle. I think it will be tough to not have the snowy scenery for Christmas this year, but, we will make our own fun...having Jacques and Lise here will help a lot. I asked Santa for some of my family members..we'll see what happens.