A New Chapter

So, we are moving to Germany!  Peter had his last day in the Army as Captain Watt today and is not just regular Peter. :)  He changed out of his uniform in the bathroom of his building and came out in shorts, a t-shirt and his sandals.  I saluted him. 

We will be going back to the states soon.  We'll take a road trip and plan to go to Seattle to visit my sister and we'll also be going to St. Louis to see our dear family and friends.  It's been 3+ years since we've been home so this visit is long overdue.

So, in short, I have really been horrible about keeping up with this blog.  I was hoping to be dedicated and disciplined, but the number of posts in the last couple years shows my neglect.  My apologies.  Here's a brief summary of what has happened so far in 2012.

• We ate our way....er....went to Hong Kong, Tokyo and Taipei.  All 3 cities were amazing in their own way.  Hong Kong is a very laid back, cool, yet upbeat place.  The contrast of the old and new, east meets west was all very interesting and beautiful.  Tokyo was surprisingly different than Korea.  I figured they would be quite similar, but I was wrong.   Japanese people are very polite and also more western than Korean people.  They look quite different from one another and seem to be more structured people than what I have observed in Korea.  Taipei was just a food lovers dream.  Any and everything that is deep fried can be found at their night markets.  We tried everything from stinky tofu to scallion pancakes and bubble teas.  yum!
• We found out we're moving to GERMANY!  Since Peter is getting out of the military, I picked up a job transfer to Germany at the military school.  I will be teaching at the elementary school and it's our hope that Peter will also get a job there. 
• School is out for summer!  Summer vacation feels even better as an adult!

We are really going to miss Korea.  more to post soon...