Shon's family

A big black saloon with tinted windows pulled up out the front of our weird hostel and out stepped Shon's mother a vision of fashion, Shon's sister and her friend Seong-Hee. It was so exciting to meet his family at last. Shon's sister looks just like him.. much to her dismay and has the same happy disposition. His mother is very genteel and a snazzy dresser. Seong-Hee is a very down to earth woman who enjoys teaching and speaking English. They drove us up into the mountains to see a very famous Buddhist Temple and to see the changing autumn colours . It was the best day we had had as we learnt a lot about the culture ,the food and the habits of past and present Koreans. Poor Nick he was the only guy and the car was very noisy with 4 woman chatting and laughing at anything and everything. Shon's mum took us to many important sites that we would not have been able to access in one day. What a generous person she is. She paid for everything that day from entrance fees to lunch , dinner and even our accomodation in a very posh hotel. Of course Shon's name was bought up many times and was the butt of many jokes from his sister and us. His mum misses him terribly and constantly asked us about his well-being and his new life in Australia. She was happy to meet us as we were the first Aussies she has met so I am sure it was a huge culture shock to her. I really want to thank Seong-Hee for her invaluable English as we learnt a lot more about Korea from her. It was a fantastic experience today and Shon now has an Australian mother and father and a Korean mother. Watch out Shon!! We have been told to look out for you and make sure you are behaving.