*****If you want to see a VERY GREAT show while in Seoul go to see "NANTA"!! It was FANTASTIC!!****** Scott surprised us on Thursdau buy purchasing tickets for the NANTA show. I was skeptical as I originally wanted to see JUMP for months but I was happy to actually happy to have tickets to atleast one of the two best known shows in S.Korea. I also was not sure the kids would last through the performance or be intrested in it. I WAS WRONG!! The kids LOVED IT!! The show is not verbal and is equal to the American broadway show [View Full Entry]

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****My Birthday week was AWESOME!! Why? Because I have amazing friends and a great hubby!Plus everyone from back home spoiled me as well with cards and calls. "I love you guys!!". I won't mention my age but I realized I get tired more easily than in earlier years. Everyone knows I EMBRACE my right to celebrate my life on my birthday every year with more excitement than a regular person. Hey, if you don't celebrate your self who will?!! Go for it Babe!! PARTY IT UP!! First my friends totally pulled wool over my eyes by inviting me over to "scrapbook" [View Full Entry]

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****This is for our family and friends. We like to walk around our neighborhood on Saturdays. we usually pop in at one of the Paris Baquette Bakeries and stop to try a new type of Korean ice cream from a side store. The children like looking at the fresh seafood thats still ALIVE in the tanks outside the restuarants. No need to go to the aquarium here! Yes, we even have 7 elevens here! [View Full Entry]

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***Today the kids and I wanted something diffrent than sandwiches for lunch. Everyone back home knows all about the Kimbap that Lina eats all the time. So here are the pictures! Its very cheap too! We bought 2 Kimbap rolls and a bucket of spicy noodles, 2 permisons, along with a bag of chips and it all costs about $4.50 cents. We love the buckets of spicy noodles. Put in a slice of Kraft american cheese and it's even yummier! That's Damien favorite! Lina ops for a simple kimbap roll with just ham (spam) and rice rolled in Seaweed. The traditional [View Full Entry]

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***My son's 3rd grade class went on a field trip close to Seoul, somewhere in the mountains to learn about using plants to naturally dye cloth. Nobody seemed to know the exact name of the location of where we were at and it was such a shame because it was a unique and diffrent expeirence to do. As soon as the children got off the busses the had one assigned Korean intstructor to lead them to an area in the hills that would be their classroom for the day. Each "classroom" was a stairlike platform carved out the side of the [View Full Entry]

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****Saturday we woke up and we cooked American pancakes...because I am such a good traveler that I know to pack some food items to keep my kids happy and my hubbies pocket happy too! :o) After breakfeast we headed across the street to Waterpia, which is a water park that is awesome! Only because it has wonderful spa things that can be shared among the family and keep ME very happy as well. First of all if you plan on going swimming inside anywhere in Korea you must have a swimming cap on. You can even rent them and return them [View Full Entry]

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***Let it be known that my husband knows how to "tame his beast" ...ME, his wife of course! All he has to do is take me on a trip and throw in a lil spa action and he is out the dog house!*** Scott planned a special treat for us with his coworker buddy Rob. We shared a condo for the weekend at the Nanwha resort. We had a BLAST!! After driving two hours from Seoul in Robs decked out Volvo SUV; we dropped off our stuff in our room and decided to head out in search of some fun. Our [View Full Entry]

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***It seems like Korea has tons of festivals throughout the year! I highlighted some of the ones I wanted to see while living here. One of those was the Lotus latern festival. Truthfully; because all the pictures I've seen are so pretty and I had to see it myself! I'm not a follower in Budha but I can respect the idea of world peace. I even put of going on a free trip to Japan to see it!! It did not disappoint at all. We took the subway after researching the events and location on the internet. Fairly easy to get [View Full Entry]

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***Sometimes taking a short trip to a close by area is a cool thing to do here.** This particular Saturday we flagged down a taxi outside the gate and went to the Artsy area in Seoul known as "Insadong". On saturdays they block the streets from cars entering so thats a good day to take your kids as well. There were alot of shops dealing with tea and tradintional lil rice snacks you would eat with tea. The Koreans ideal of sweets is a diffrent than the American pallet. The tend to use honey of frutose derived from fruits to sweeten [View Full Entry]

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***Now that I have this blog up and going I am going to backtrack some of the cool things we have done this summer in S. Korea.*** It is so true what the guide book tells you about cheap accomidations in Seoul, well if your back packing it or need a day to yourself. The "Jim Jim Bah" is a WONDERFUL place, in the states we call it a SPA. In Korea its a place to relax and take advantage of wonderful stuff you can't afford on a regular person's salary! It cost's 8,000.00 Korean won which is about $9.00 U.S [View Full Entry]

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