Without Family on Easter

As hard as it is to be away from your family, try spending that time in Korea without the opportunity for much communication with them on Easter.

Sionna and Paulina were down in the slumps this past weekend as Good Friday and Easter are HUGE holidays celebrated in Bermuda. I learned these holiday are full of the infamous hot-cross bun, kites, the beach, Easter egg traditions, and many friends and family. I also learned this is all accompanied by a ton of food and very many gifts. So when Sionna's Easter package couldn't get cleared from customs in time due to the fact that Koreans have never seen a care package quite so large and full of homemade goods and candy (31 pounds to be exact), Sionna was more than devastated and I couldn't even fathom what she was going through. I've missed so many holidays over the years that I mistakenly disregarded how important it was to her. (Si - I am so deeply sorry).

After working many hours on the phone trying to clear the package, it came down to the worst case scenario: Sionna would be hot-cross bun-less for the first time in her life on Easter.

So after many tears and not so many happy moments, the three of us picked ourselves up on Saturday afternoon and headed into Seoul for some day-time strolling. We spent some time shopping underground in the subway and each of us excitedly purchased three Korean pieces. We decided after how much we spent (which was close to nothing) we would never shop above ground again!!

Eventually, we made our way back to Suwon, enjoyed some duk galbi, and then Sionna and I parted ways with Paulina as she had some urgent business to deal with in the morning. Si and I decided that the only thing we truly needed was a distraction to get our minds off of things: i.e. a hopefully crazy night in the Hongdae district of Seoul.

TO BE CONTINUED...