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Published: September 21st 2006
Gym full of Korean Kids
This is a picture in our gym as we\'re organizing all the kindergarten classes. Not the greatest pic, but it gives you a rough idea of the amount of kids on the trip.Today was a special day because we were taking the kindergarten classes to the Seoul National Railway Museum. I was a little nervous at first because I was told that we're in charge of our kids while there. The last thing I wanted was 10 little tikes running in every direction with me chasing them like a chicken without its head. The day turned out a lot better than I was expecting because surprisingly the kids were all on their best behaviour.
While at the museum we got to see a bunch of information as to how the Korean Railway was started. I didn't understand a lot because the majority of the writing was in Korean, but you could still pick up on the key concepts by visual displays. The highlight as we were told was getting to ride a train. Lining up the kids and waiting for other kids from other schools to get off the train was interesting. We waited for a good 25 minutes until we got to board the train. Once we finally did, the train drove about 200m, and then stopped. At this point the conductor walked from the front of the train to the
Trouble Makers
No, they aren't really trouble. James (on the left) is pretty smart and can cause problems at times, but only because he finishes before others. The other kid is Tim. He's usually quite, but can be trouble. back, at which point we started up again and headed back to the "station". We waited a long, grueling 25 minutes for a 2 minute ride!! Oh well, the kids loved it; even though the longest part of the ride aside from waiting to actually get on was the time it took the conductor to walk from the front to the back. The lunch with the kids was interesting. The school always provides us with a lunch, but today they had bought sandwiches for us, along with some Kim Bop (a Korean favourite - basically a California type roll of sushi). The sandwiches were great!!! Not because they were Western food (although that was nice), but because they were an egg salad sandwich with extras - crab meat, pickles and tasty spices!
After lunch we got to see a large model train set (based on the geography of Seoul). It was in a room roughly 35ft x 10ft with a large viewing window separating us from it. The model consisted of a couple of mountains, many apartment buildings, the Seoul Tower (similar to the CN Tower, but not nearly as tall), tunnels and finally about 7 different types of
Soo Bin & Justin
These are two students that make me smile during class. Justin always has something to say, and can be quite a handful at times. Soo Bin is pretty quite and always draws pictures for me. My Korean teacher/helper is on the right. trains. The display started off with an old steam engine. Following this was 5 other trains that would be considered average, yet noticeably faster than the steam engine. The final train stole the show. It was the KTX, Korea's high-speed train. The announcer of the display emphasized that the train was KTX and got all of the children chanting "KTX, KTX, KTX!!” Needless to say, I was glad to get out of that room.
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Debbie Rathbone
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Verrrrrry Interesting!
Hi Charles- Read with interest your travels so far. Sounds wonderful - what a terrific experience. The kids are very cute! Your apt looks great - as you said a bit small but it looks pretty nice and there is so much to see you probably won't spend much time in it anyway. Look forward to reading your updates. I only have one more thing to say......BUNGEE JUMPING????????