This week is Chuseok in Korea – Thanksgiving. It’s one of the two biggest holidays (the other being Lunar New Year.)  The official “day” is Sunday and many people were off Friday and will be off tthrough Tuesday. A large portion of the population will be on the road, back to their hometowns for the holiday. The roads will be jammed and a trip that should only take 4-5 hours will be 9-10 hours.

We’ll be going to Pohang again where MyeongHee’s mother lives. We’l probably leave on Saturday evening after MH cuts a hundred heads of hair. She’s been really busy the last few days with lots of folks getting prettied up for grandmother. She’ll likely be busy again tomorrow, so we’ll leave around 6 or 7pm.

I’d personally rather delay going as long as possible. Its not that I don’t like her family – they’re all fine people. Its just that it’ll be an entire weekend of sitting on the floor. The only furniture will be the short table we’ll sit around while we eat. My ass just can’t take that much hardwood. I plan on carting my bicycle up there for the weekend. At least I can sit on the small cushion while I pedal my way around the mountains.