Come and Knock on our door

One of the things that we have learned fast about Korea is that they are a nation of extremes. Back home it might get a little sunny, and sure when it hits 40 degrees people think it's hot, but oh no, only after seeing your bellybutton sweat in 90 percent humidity can you truly appreciate the heat.

It's the same for rain. In Vancouver it rains a fair amount but so far in Korea it's rained two out of every three days, and for a good five week stretch we didn't see the sun once. We were taking bets on whether or not it was even there anymore. The only sign of it was that even though it was raining it was a good 45 degrees. If it rains this much during the summer you can bet that by December we will be floating your way with the good captain Noah and his Ark full of animals.

Anyway, the point of this blog, and yes, there is one, is that the comma just isn't used enough.

Actually it's that Koreans love to advertise. Not only do they love it but, like the heat and the rain, they take it to the extreme.

There are 15 channels (no joke) that advertise food, and not content just to rule the airwaves they also spam your cell phone every few hours with some great deal on sea toad or kimchi.

But if that wasn't enough, they have taken a page out of the Book of Mormon and they come right to your door.

So we thought we'd write a quick post to make all of you feel better about the junk mail delivered to your mailbox on a daily basis.

Here is our door when we go to work in the morning....er, early afternoon:



When we return every evening it looks something more like this:



Here is an advertisement for some delicious sea toad:

Though it was kind of strange at first now we look forward to it. We appreciate the effort and actually look forward to seeing what type of food is on sale each day. Although it probably wouldn't matter even if we hated them. Our friends posted a sign on their door asking the poster boys to skip their door and instead they posted a few advertisements right on their sign.

Ahhhh, something to say about tenacity.

Korea, ya gotta' love it.

Jo and Shayne