Making plans

So far this trip we have been pretty much consumed with meeting Jordan and getting over the jet lag. On Tuesday and Wednesday it was very, very rainy here and we had to buy umbrellas. Even with the umbrellas we were soaking wet after walking the streets of Seoul. So after lunch on Wednesday afternoon we decided to go back to our hotel to take a short nap because we were still trying to get adjusted to the time difference. We intended to take a 30 minute nap or so, but ended up sleeping for 7 hours!! We completely fell into a deep sleep and were shocked to wake up and find that it was dark outside. Yesterday we managed to stay up the whole day but still went to bed early at 9:00. After meeting with Dr. Kim, having lunch with the Eastern staff, and meeting Jordan, we hung out with some new friends who are also adopting from Korea for the rest of the day. The big news is that yesterday Luke managed to arrange a trip for us to Kwaangju. We are going to visit the daycare center that is in the spot where his orphanage once stood. Someone at Dillon kindly set us up with an organization here in Seoul that provides volunteers to travel with Korean adoptees to their birth cities. So tomorrow a gal from this organization (along with her friend) is accompanying us on our trip to Kwaangju. We are taking the train out of Seoul and spending the night there. The lady who runs the daycare center has spoken with Luke several times now and she is so excited to show him around. She is arranging for hotel rooms for us for Saturday night. It should be an interesting adventure!

We hope to visit some markets today and try to bravely navigate the subway system. Saturday and Sunday is our trip to Kwaangju and then Monday we will leave to bring Jordan home!