our lucky day

woopi, her husband, and two kids met me downtown daegu for lunch at a japanese restaurant and a visit to the daegu hanggyo confucian academy. as luck would have it, a traditional korean wedding ceremony was taking place as we arrived. woopi was jumping up and down with excitement as she's only seen one other traditional wedding ceremony in her entire life! i found that hard to believe, but she said that western style weddings have replaced the old rituals for the most part. she kept saying to me, "we are so lucky! we are so lucky to see this!" as i gazed upon the bride and groom and all the older women in hanboks, surrounded by traditional korean buildings, i felt as though we'd stepped into a different world...traveled back in time.after the wedding party left, we had the grounds to ourselves. it was so quiet and peaceful, except for tommy's squealing and our laughter as we threw leaves in the air and let them fall down around us. i felt like a kid again. that is, until tommy decided to demonstrate a leaf tornado and i ended up with dirt in my eyes!woopie, cookie and me