Christmas 2012 at the DMZ and Yongsan Base!

 

Great planning! Vincent and his wife Jenna joined us for this year’s Christmas celebration and of cause took the chance to get some impressions, shopping, cultural points and interacting with us.

Happy me :)

 Three hours delayed but they also seem to be very happy!

Now all those intensive days we plan for and look forward to for a long time have past in a really rapid speed. However, we look with great pleasure back to the time we had together, with a different Christmas celebration up in the DMZ enjoying a fabulous Christmas table and a visit of Santa Claus! A Christmas Mass in the open at the Bell  Hill, and in the evenings  lots of charades and games.

 

 

 

 

We took the young couple to: Namdaemun, Dongdaemun, Changdeokgung Palace, several typical Korean luncheon restaurants and of cause the obligatory favorite “our” Bulgugi restaurant. We didn’t forget to give them some time for themselves to stroll around Itaewon and a City Tour with the possibility to visit some other “must” see places.

On our way to.....

Goodbye and Thank you to Major Lee

Santa is coming!!!

where????

 

  There!!!

 Michelle was sooo very excited and happy

 

 Love you Santa!!!

................... Me Too! Santa!

Traditional and fabulous Swedish Christmas table.

Swedish Table brunch and Christmas Mass for the Security Batallion, JDO and their families.

 

After the ceremony we all went to the Swedish Club for some Swedish Glögg & Pepperkakor. Then we gathered our things and departed for Yongsan Base, were also Jaeyeon would join us for our Christmas celebration, starting off with some:

Charades!!!

 

 "Casablanca"

"Hindenburgh"

 

"Bullet"
 

 

"Moulin Rouge"

"Hitta Memo"

 

Finally dinnertime, and then........

The obligatary written Christmas poems for everyone and by everyone :)

Second Christmas Day was dedicated to "cultural points"!

 

Jippie!

 

 

 

 

       Done!!!

 

And then of to Ipark, eMarkt and dinner at the Navy Club on base....

 

Last chance to take some Christmas pictures and then all our time together with Vincent and Jenna is over. Well spend days that, as mentioned, past by really rapidly.

 

Now it’s soon time to reflect the year that went by, make some New Year resolutions and prepare for the last nine months here in Korea. I, from a cold and snowy Seoul hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and wish you all the best for 2013!