Day  5
Market day....

I woke up so excited because today is Market Day!!! Sarah is taking us to the market to find a 'yo' (a floor bed used in Korea). I am looking so forward to this, but Matt .... well, not so much. We meet Sarah at the Dunkin' Doughnuts and she shows us how to get to the main market which is about a 40 min walk for us (thankfully, she has a car). Not 10 minutes after we get out of the car and start walking through the market we see.... wait for it..... wait for it..... two old ladies getting in a fist fight!!! Yep, our first front row experience of two little ladies going at it like it was WW3.  I was trying not to laugh, Sarah looks over at me and says ' do you want to stay and watch? It will take them a while to battle it out.", and Matt is behind me pushing me ahead to get the hell away. I kind of wanted to see if they would start throwing the fruits and vegetables, but Matt was on the verge of a panic attack, so onward we went. Matt found the market a little traumatizing, overwhelming, and miserable, but I thought was the most fun, belly laughing, and interesting experience so far. Poor Matt.... he just doesn't have a shopper's bone in his body.
Since Matt really had a rough time coping with the culture shock this morning, we decide to stay in and watch a movie. Matt was feeling very blue and home sick. I was too, but more from going crazy in the little apartment. Now that we have been here almost a week, we are starting to see how each other copes differently, and how we are responding differently to the culture.....  I like walking around,checking out the little stores, and exploring. Matt just likes chilling in the house or at coffee shops, because walking around the crazy traffic, seeing Korean guys openly stair at my boobs, and not being able to communicate with anyone drives him nuts.
Though we are so much closer, this experience is  bringing out different qualities in our relationship. So far, we are doing well....... better than the little old ladies anyway.