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Debbie, congrats on your decision to adopt from Korea! It's truly an excellent program. We adopted our son in 2003, and we would have adopted from there again, but we aged out soon afterward. Our two daughters are from Guatemala and Michigan.
If you can possibly travel, do it! South Korea is a wonderful country, and DH and I really enjoyed the week that we spent there. Some people go for only a few days, but we figured that we had traveled so far, we might as well spend a little time! We met our son the first day, afte arriving the evening before, then we went to the Holt Korea office again a couple days later to be there for his pre-flight check-up, and then 3 days later, we picked him up for the flight home.
In between, we went to wonderful restuarants, places of interest (I really liked the temples and palaces), and did some shopping. One of my favorite memories is of getting lost in a residential area, looking for a specific restaurant. The neighborhood was so interesting to me, and the people (who spoke little or no English) were very kind, and I never felt unsafe. We DID eventually find the restaurant, and it was worth the hunt! That was on Thanksgiving Day, and we enjoyed our meal of bulgoki and all the accompaniments.
I look forward to going back some day, with our son, and his sisters.
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