Besides work, I went to a beach two weekends ago. We headed off to Muuido, which is a little island off of Incheon. We had to take a bus to Incheon (the airport in Seoul), transfer to another bus, take a ferry to the island, and then take another bus to the beach on the other side of the island. It was definitely worth the trip! We stayed in little huts on the beach, and crammed five people in each hut.
The hut we rented out for the night
It was warm out but cloudy the first day, and we went swimming right when we got there. Getting to the water was a hike, it probably took about 20 minutes to reach the water by walking over the mud flats. The tide goes out so far during the day and leaves a wide expanse of mud to walk through, full of tiny crabs. That night we made a fire on the beach and all the foreigners staying in the other huts came and joined our fire. The second day was sunny and hot, and I got really sunburned. We all had spicy instant noodle bowls for breakfast, and it was a surprisingly delicious breakfast. An older Korean man tried to offer me some of his kimchi to add to my noodles, but I thought it was spicy enough haha.
A family out exploring the mud flats
Last week one of my students (Amy) had a birthday, but nobody told me so I didn't bring my camera. Birthdays are a big deal here. Amy's mom brought in this delicious raspberry cream cake, clementines, bananas, juice boxes, and a cup full of candy for all the kids. We finished up the cake really fast, and Amy got presents from her classmates to open at home. I guess she was so excited about her presents that she couldn't go to sleep that night! Last week was when I also went into Seoul all by myself. I thought that it was about time that I rode the bus by myself here to see if I could do it, and it went just fine. I just went to Myong-dong (to Forever 21 lol) to buy a coat. I discovered that I should just have my camera on me at all times because there's always something that I want to capture. For example, I walked by this fancy looking store, and there were three mannequins outside. There was something about the mannequins that made me take a second look--they looked so real but looked plastic at the same time. Then one of them blinked! What a strange job that would be. They were doing a really good job looking like mannequins though, I don't think I could stand perfectly still like that.
Then this last weekend I took it kind of easy. I was sick, the same as everyone else at LCI. I think we're all probably going to get sick at the same time all year, that's just kind of the way it goes in the schools. On Saturday we went to a soccer game in Seoul at the world cup stadium. There were special tickets for foreigners, so we got a free hot dog and free tall beer with our ticket (just for being a foreigner). I like the way they do sporting events over here because you can just bring in your own food and drinks and nobody cares. Also, they don't jack the prices way up on food and drinks in the stadium; they just charge normal prices.
Me and Meghan at the game
After the game we went out to a really nice bar in Jukjeon for one of our coworker's husband's birthday. I found out that playing pool here is free, so I played quite a few games. I mean, it's free so why not? Then on Sunday I actually went for a little jog along the river. I plan to exercise a lot here (starting now) and get in shape so I can tackle these crazy mountains! Sunday night I went to a neighboring city, Suwon, to a bar called The Big Chill. It was open mic night and one of our coworkers was performing. We also did a poker run there, where we had to hike up to this fortress and find the four stations to pick a card from (and then pick the last card at the bar) and then the people with the best hand and the worst hand get a prize. It was fun and really beautiful walking along the fortress with a view of the whole city. I definitely want to go back to Suwon.
Here's a random pic I thought I would share; this is LCI, the school where I work. We're on the 6th floor and we only have an indoor play gym, which is really kind of sad for the kids I think.
LCI Kids Club. We eat lunch out on the roof which is pretty sweet.
Observation of the day (from Saturday): Don't try to take a picture of a cute box of baby bunnies in the subway station. I attempted this, and an old woman grabbed a hold of my camera and pushed me forcefully away. Lesson learned.
This weekend coming up is a long weekend so we get Monday off, and I'm going to Seoraksan with a few of my coworkers to go hiking and maybe to the beach one last time. I'm really excited!! Three more days of work! Oh yeah and I'm planning on getting a flikr account to add more pictures, I just haven't gotten around to it. So I do have more pictures to share, it's just taking me a while lol. I will try to post again soon!
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