Kindness

So, here we have more examples of Korean kindness. Jeremy and I go to this food place called Steff Hotdog. The hotdogs are great! We've been there probably about 5 or 6 times already, so the lady behind the counter really recognizes us. :) Well, last week when we went there for lunch, we had to pay more than usual. We couldn't quite figure out why our total was more than 4,000 won more than usual. We just shrugged our shoulders and said oh well. A few days later we were out walking, trying to find something to eat before work. When we headed back to the school, we walked past Steff Hotdog and the lady shouted to us. We stopped and slowly looked back into the place, and she was motioning us to come in. So we did. To our surprise, she was giving us some money back!! She said it was her fault, made a mistake, and charged us too much, so she was giving us back the extra money. Now tell me this doesn't happen back home?! We were shocked! Of course, we went back today to get lunch. :D The next gesture of kindness... We go to this one restaurant called Honey Chicken. It's a great place for chicken. With the weather having been good, we usually ate outside at the table. Last week when we went, it was kind of cold outside, but we still sat at the tables. The owner recognized us (who doesn't though, right?) and motioned us to go inside where it was warmer. We declined, even though Jeremy was wearing a short sleeved shirt. The owner walked back inside, then a moment later brought out his jacket for Jeremy!! What a nice gesture!! Again, we were shocked at their kindness. The owner doesn't know anything about us, yet he offered his jacket to Jeremy! Can you say that happens back home? Not very often!

Pink birds that aren't flamingos :)

A yellow colored skunk

Look how close he got!

Giant Anteater

Odd looking male pheasant

Their spots looked different.

Have MANY Condors

Not suppose to feed the monkeys people!!

We also went to Seoul Grand Park on Saturday. It was the first outing we had in a week because of my knee!! It only cost 3,000 won each (about $5 for the both of us to get in). The weather was cloudy and was threatening to rain. Of course we brought an umbrella. :) The zoo is GIGANTIC! You have to definitely walk a fair share to get to the different areas of the animals. This zoo isn't quite setup with the animals grouped together like the Oregon Zoo. We saw three different areas of primates and two different areas of crocodiles/alligators. Some animals were still grouped together according to environments. We saw many of the same animals that are in the Oregon Zoo, but we also saw many that we wouldn't normally think would be in a zoo or would see in a zoo. Some crazy ones were: a raccoon, a yellow skunk, coyotes, Elk, buffalo, Texas Longhorns, beaver, white nutria, armadillos, a Toucan, a giant anteater, and some others. I tried taking pictures of the animals that we wouldn't see at home, and of ones that just looked different than at home. Surprisingly, they had no Panda Bears. :( After 3 hours in the zoo, we ended at the botanical gardens. But by this time, it had been raining on us for at least the last hour or more, so we only saw the indoor botanical garden. Nothing too special about it. Starving, we paid 2,000 won (less than $2) for a corn dog, which was a regular corn dog, but battered again. It was old, but still tasted okay. We headed for home, but were trying to think of what to eat. We decided to stop at Hangyang University station to find this amazing fish and chips place. We did find it, and we enjoyed a delicious meal. The owners chatted with us about life and many other things, it was great. We got free Pepsi with our meal, but when we found out they were getting married soon, we paid a little extra and told them to put it towards that. They fought hard to give it back, but we just kept walking out the door. :) Finally they accepted it and we said our goodbyes. We will DEFINITELY be going back to them!