My girlfriend was born and raised in Ulsan and that is where we met each other. So, I have fond memories of the place plus have a few friends there. Dave and I went there when we first came to Korea in April 2000. Two of the guys that recruited us, Peter Cory and Dan Gauthier are very special people to us. Peter got married last year or so and has a Korean wife and this weekend on April 30th, Dan is getting married to a Korean girl also, who I have met several times and is a really nice girl.
They happy couple plan on going back to Canada to attend university in Vancouver and study Oriental Medicine. I am not sure of the time frame, but they are thinking in the region of 3 to 5 years of studying. Wow!!!! Dan is a real go-getter and full of energy. Not bad for a guy that is in his 40's like me!!!! I wish them the best of luck in the future and in whatever endeavours they aim to accomplish.
Dan is getting married at the very presitigious and famous Lotte Hotel in Ulsan. It is attached to Lotte Mart, which is a very nice shopping centre at the rear of the hotel. Dan is having over 300 guests and it should be a great wedding.
Dave, Kyoung Hee and I are going to leave at about 9pm on Friday night. That way we will avoid all the crazy traffic. It should take us about 4 hours to get there. I will be leaving straight from work and I will meet Kyoung Hee at Samsung Plaza. We will leave from there with Dave. It is approximately 386kms from Seoul to Ulsan.
Below is a pic of the outside of Samsung Plaza. It has about 4 different entrances... This is just one of them.
It will be nice to see our friends Tony and Rob as well as Gareth from the soccer team and of course all the other acquaintances that we have met over the years. Probably, a lot of them will be at the wedding. Ulsan actually has a large foreign community that hang out together on a regular basis.
The wedding starts at 11am and wraps up at 3pm. That is normal for Korean style weddings; short and sweet. It is great as you are not tied up all day. We will be leaving after the wedding, but not sure what time. Dave will know the best time to leave as far as avoiding the traffic is concerned. He has drove from Bundang to Ulsan on quite a few occasions, eh Dave!!!!!
My girlfriend is looking forward to seeing some of her friends after a 3 month absence. All in all we are all looking forward to going to Ulsan. It should be a good weekend. I will have some good pics hopefully to post on the blog.
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