There are lots of markets in the countryside but sometimes we just go to the local supermarket.
English subs will be up later… You can see how basic my Korean is.
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There are so many spiders right now! Korea is different to Australia because of the seasons. Australia’s climate is mild so I feel like the numbers of spiders don’t dramatically change through the year. In Korea, when it’s summer there is a spider BOOM. There were thousands on the bridge. I’m guessing it’s this mad rush for them now because they all disappear in winter.
What has been interesting is that I have developed more of an aversion to spiders. I’m not scared of them, I’m just annoyed at their numbers. Mr Gwon’s phobia of them has lessoned a lot. He says Korean spiders aren’t as scary as Australian ones. If you are scared of spiders you simply can’t live where we are right now. He has had to just deal with it. Personally I would rather have 1 huge spider in the corner of the room, rather than millions of little spiders EVERYWHERE.
What about you guys?
AND OTHER THINGS WE GROW!
The main crops are strawberries and kiwi fruits, but those aren’t in season right now. These are all vegetables that we grow for ourselves, so most of what we eat is from the farm. Though one time Mr Gwon told me everything on the table was from our farm, but I held up part of an octopus and asked where the octopus plants were… We still need to buy things like meat.
Also, potatoes are really easy to grow. My mother in law always laughs in disdain when on TV there will be people selling and promoting “organic potatoes”. They are always organic because you don’t need to do anything with them here! They just pop out of the ground. Don’t believe anyone trying to sell you organic potatoes at a higher price.
We filmed this Commenting on Comments outside in the fresh air. The heat is really horrible and fans don’t work well….
We see house centipedes quite often. Mr Gwon hates them so much. I’ve dealt with way more insects in Korea than I have ever had to in Australia. In Australia I would carefully take spiders and moths outside but in Korea my patience had gone and I just kill whatever comes in our bedroom. There are just too many and I’m done with being nice. Australia is nothing compared to what we deal with in the Korean countryside.
I deal with things like this and my husband deals with any frogs that come inside.
Quick video we filmed while riding our bikes around. This time of the year is really nice. Everything is so green and nice and it’s not too hot yet.
I’m realising how big the World Cup is in Korea. I naively thought that my husband would just watch games with Korea or games with Australia playing. I now realise that he tries to watch every single game he possibly can… and gets no sleep because of it. If he can’t watch it on TV or his laptop, he is watching from his phone. That’s why we haven’t filmed a Mr Gwon Time for this week yet.
So when I go out on the roof at 3am, it’s usually pretty quiet and peaceful. Not at the moment!
Are you enjoying the World Cup? Who are you supporting?
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