Well another week is behind us and it was a great one. We managed to get some free time and the guys went golfing. Towards the latter part of the week, we had the pleasure of having female hosts. This was a nice change since these women really had their act together. We met the Mayor of Yuseong whose wife was the President of the local Rotary club that was hosting us for the day. We visited two nursing homes which the Koreans call "Senior Welfare Centers" and actually had the opportunity to volunteer help. We learned that there are four levels of services and they are based on health and depending on what level of service you receive the government will pay for some of the cost. When I say government I mean insurance, there are no private insurance companies. The ladies treated us to a fabulous lunch with a setting that felt like an antique home and after lunch we had tea. Our host was a professor in tea culture so we learned about tea etiquette. We ended that day with an art performance by Grigio Moiso who is a very famous Italian artist who's style is much like Jackson Pollock. Very interesting!! On Friday we had another female host who was more laid back. She really wanted to make sure we were comfortable. We finally got to visit City Hall and met some really nice women who Lesley had previous contact with through her job. Yesterday was Parent's Day, so we were given the morning off, so Jim and I took the subway to the market which was fun because I got to eat at McDonald's. It was the best Big Mac I'd ever eaten!
Some things we have done but haven't the time to blog right now:
Had a wonderful lunch at one of our Rotarian host's home.
Went shopping at the Eunhaeng-Dong Market
Visited the Chilsung bottling factory, distributes Pepsi products
Experienced a traditional Korean play at the Arts and Culture Museum
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