Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to everyone! Hope that 2009 is a generous year for everyone. We went out and celebrated with the hundreds of people on the streets of Seoul to see the count down and hear the traditional ringing of the bell. The only way i can describe the streets is "mosh pit"! There were so many people on the steets the we could not move. The entire croud would sway one way or another becuase people were trying to push their way through, and the only way to do that was to literally push about twenty peopl at one time. It was really amusing to see soooo many people hudled together to see the countdown (either that or we were all huddled together to keep warm lol) It was FREEZING cold out side! Korean's celebrate with "fireworks" that are really just roman candles held by thousands of people in the street shooting them into the air. There were tons of police officers out on the street to keep peace as well. We hung out around the fire works for a while and then went out to get a few drinks. We made our way to a bar the had tequilla shots for 1,500 won, which is about $1.30 maybe. Marie and I had one and we were in good shape :). Then after another beer, we made our way home to finally get under a thousand and one blankets to get warm. :) That was how we celebrated New Years this year. Happy New Years to ALL!!!! Enjoy 2009!

p.s. If you are reading this before i have posted pictures here... then check the blog again in a day or two. I will have the pictures up by then