I'm sorry that this blog has been so long coming, I guess I've just been lazy. It's hard for us to remember, sometimes, that this blog is you people at home's way of keeping up with our lives. We started this blog thinking of it as a "travel blog", but the longer we're here the less it feels like we are traveling and the more it feels like home. This is a good thing. We are comfortable here, and enjoy our lives, but it makes us crappy bloggers. So, this blog is a recap, mostly pictures, of what we've been up to the past couple of months. This will catch us all up, and then, we promise, we'll update a little more regularly. Oh, and this update is not necessarily in chronological order. It's just a ... read more

I last left off with South American music in an Indian restaurant. The next day was even more eventful. My friend Rob from Weyburn and his little sister, Kristen, were in Seoul for her last weekend before she flew back to Saskatchewan. Anyhow, I had not seen Rob (or Kat) in ages and was looking forward to sightseeing with them. Rob called around 10 AM and asked what we wanted to do. Anyone who knows me well knows I am incapable of making decisions. It was actually not that difficult and we decided to hit up Namsol Hanok Village. We had seen it from N Seoul Tower and were wanting to know what it was. Rob and Kristen were staying close by so we called when we were on the train and met them in the ... read more

So after Mudfest we were pretty broke and did not really do anything too exciting. We did however get directions from Yumi, the other Korean co-teacher at my school to go to a Lotus Theme Park. We had never seen lotus flowers, so we were pretty excited to go here. She got us directions for taking a cab and we headed out one Saturday afternoon. The drive was pretty nice, since we have never really been anywhere above ground. The subway can really skew your view of things. You never see where you are going, only the beginning and end points. A taxi is a nice treat once in awhile. It cost us about 16000 won to get to the park, so for two people to travel 30 minutes that seemed fair. Now when one thinks ... read more

I have noticed that I talk a lot about what we do here, but very little about my work. I guess that is because work is not a fun thing to talk about. I like my job, although being a teacher is pretty draining. For the summer I have lucked out and only have to teach until noon. They are holding summer camps at my school, which I am actually stuck teaching and planning all of since the other teacher here, Geoff, has decided to leave his contract early to attend school in the US. Planning these was the bane of my existence for ages. I put a lot of work into them, and essentially was terrified to go to school. Only me would be afraid of small children. I was afraid I would not be ... read more

Hello again. I promised last time that I would not be so lazy with my posting, and I have failed. This time, however, laziness is not the issue. I have been incredibly busy. Between real life and school, I have not had a lot of time to post. I normally would write these in the afternoon at school when I have nothing to do. Lately, as many of you know already, I have been planning my summer camps like a crazy person. Anyhow, I thought I would write a few shorter blogs to update you on some of the fun (or not so fun) things we have done lately. On the weekend before Canada Day, there was a celebration in Seoul. Lisa, Ryan and Amy invited us to go with them, and after hemming and hawing ... read more