LOST IN MARRIAGE!

It started with an email of my friend Sunghee, who i had met in Korea during my travel.

Sunghee knew i had a great time in Korea and i missed the country and its food. Back home friends gave me a cookbook of the fine and delicious food of Korea and i was trying to make the bulgogi at home. But there it was the email of Sunghee, who wanted to introduce me to one of her friends who still lived in Rotterdam. So i responded that i was always happy to make new friends and in a short time i made an appointment with Sunghee's friend. Making sure this wasn't a date in anyway, we said to meet eachother in a noodlebar in Rotterdam. At arrival i saw her standing outside waiting for me in the rain, first thing to see was her boots and skirt under a red umbrella. After dinner i didnt want to split at al, so i propose to go for a cup of coffee somewhere else. When we did finally split, the first thing i thoughted was, the date that was suppose to be a date, sure felt like i date. This was my first impression of Su Young. Was i falling in love here? Next day i still felt that something special happened that day and i could not wait to meet her again and i invited her to come over and teach me how to make Kimchi. Well i was very surprised how much red pepper and garlic goes into the kimchi, but it spiced up everything. From that day on, everything felt like a rollercoaster trip. Result of Sunghee email, on the 18th of July we are getting married in Busan Korea. I am wondering, at the last night i was in Busan on my last travel, the owner of the backpackers hostel wanted to read my future. I kindly refused. If he had told me than, i would return to Busan within two years to get married there, i would have laughed. The owner might be as surprised as me. He gave me the advice next time to take it more easy in Korea, because i was one of the most busiest travels he had ever met. I don't know if this is according to his plans.

Last month Su Youngs parents, who still lives in Busan, has been really busy to arrange the marriage in Busan. Yesterday we got the wedding invitation. I know i can keep the blogsname 'lost in translation' because the invitation is in Korean. I hardly can find my own name, even i dont know where the place, where i suppose to be, is. Getting nervous here!! Probably i wont be the only nervous one, Su Youngs parents have never met me before. Can you imagine how it must feel, her daughter bring a foreigner with her, who actually is going to marry her within two weeks. It seems her parent are really kind and warm hearted persons, because they are really happy for us.

This sunday i will start my travel to the east again. Fist traveling as a single person, through Japan and later to Korea, a bachelor on it's way to his traditional wedding.....lost in a wedding?

Somewhere in the middle on the right side there is my name: wilbertjan