September in Korea brings slightly cooler weather, and much less humidity. What a difference that makes!!!
Sadly, we said goodbye to our lovely Korean teacher, Hyunjung Lee - she has moved to the US to go to university!!! We managed to fit in dinner at our place before she left. Hopefully we will still see Sonya and Jeff from time to time......
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| Russ is trying to teach us all something new about rice (what else??) - he even had Australian rice ready.... |
Alice had a trip to Bali in mid-September, with her Habitat for Humanity group at school. They spent most of the time there building a house.... well, they did do the foundations for 2 houses, so that's pretty good!!! It was an amazing experience for her! They worked hard, and also had lots of interaction with the people from the local village.
That's Alice down in the hole ("I dug a hole!"), while Jasmine is doing the work......
While Alice was in Bali, Bronwyn and Matt arrived - Al returned part way through their stay with us. It was a fun, and busy, 10 days in Korea, then Bron and Matt headed over to Japan for another 10 days!! Thanks for coming, guys!!!
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| A piece (well.... 3) of the Berlin Wall (yes, that's right!!) in the middle of Seoul.... |
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| Out with the Freemans, sampling skewer meat - very nice, now that we've learnt what to order and what NOT to order!!! |
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| Matt at the Seoul Folk Flea Market - checking out the alligator skins and shoes... |
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| The view from the 63 Building (Korea's tallest building) is magnificent - even though it was a bit hazy this day! |
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| I know it's on every tourist brochure, but I love this street! |
We even managed to see a baseball game while Bronwyn and Matt were here - the crowd is more entertaining than the players.... We couldn't get seats on the 'home' side, so were sitting on the 'away' side (which happened to be the winning side, as it happened).
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| The crowd has to be seen to be believed when there's a home run! |
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| We had to have a photo - actually, I MADE them stand there....... |
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| ....but they did the actions to "Gangnam Style" all by themselves!!! |
Our visit to Seoraksan was great - it is a very famous, and popular mountain and national park in the north-east of South Korea - beautiful!!!
One of the simple pleasures of life has to be riding along the Han River in Seoul, on a warm Spring day.....
The Icheon ceramics village was largely deserted when we went, but a fun place to be....
And so life returns to 'normal'...... Russ is travelling, Alice is at school, and I am dividing my time between the school (substitute teaching) and the coffee shops!!! We are enjoying this warm weather before the cool months arrive - they are just around the corner!
Life is good, and we are thankful for many things, not least the experiences we are having and the wonderful friends we are making.
Not only is it my privilege to feature in a blog yet again, but it's been great to visit these guys and see just how well they have settled into life in SK.
ReplyDeleteIf you get a chance (all you blog readers out there) - go visit them for yourselves!
They can not only give you a great B&B deal, a room with a view, but can translate the local bus network, take you on a subway ride, help you order dinner and buy all sorts of goodies - not to mention take you on heaps of site seeing trips and tours; they are a 'one stop' shop for exploring SK.
My personal favourite is the one with Matt and Alice pretending to be the "Be Careful" bear......
DeleteWow, Leanne, what a great way to share your adventure an travels with us at 'home'! Thanks so much. Really enjoyed the travelogue an picture parade! Bron's suggestion is tempting! do we rate as bnb possibles? and did anything come of your on-line tutoring app to UNE? Here in Armidale, back to frosts after hot week of summer! We're off on 10 day cruise in Pacific middle of next week! Jean's 70th b'day pres.! She's already had an amazing week or two! Tell you sometime! Cheers, Barry
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