Continental Hotel Gwangju

Well its been a couple days since we could write in our blog so we went to a local PC Bang to upload the pictures and such. <br> <br> On the first day after the airport we went to downtown Gwangju to buy some appropriate clothing for our day out. Preston bought a Unlce Sam shirt which was the most American shirt we could find. I bought something with writing on it that fit since nothing fits my ...

A girl could get lost tonight I'm finding every reason to be gone Nothing here to hold on to... Could I hold you? Ok so quite a lot to tell since the last entry. We had our last days savouring Seoul (and each other's company) and parted ways on Tuesday morning. It was sad... So James was on a long ferry ride to China whilst I was on a bust heading south to Daecheon beach. It was such a shock to the system ...

... en Coree (apres deja 20 ans de dictature). Les etudiants de Gwanju, ville pauvre et traditionnellement insoumise, manifestent pacifiquement pour demander de vraies elections democratiques. Le nouveau gouvernement fait passer la loi martiale, et s'en sert comme pretexte le 18 mai 1980 pour ouvrir le feu sur une manifestation d'etudiants et lyceens. Mitrailleuses et snipers sont sollicites, le tout sur fond de l'hymne ...

... week once) because they had some very different burgers we wanted to try still. Jeff's was a squid burger, whih was kinda good. I had a bulgogi burger, but instead of a bun it was two sticky rice/vegitable patties. It sounds (and even looks) weird, but I actually really liked it. Today we took a 90 minute bus south through some mountains to Boseong to visit Boseong Nokcha Dawon (the tea plantation of Daehan), which is ...

... i chok, saadan en venlig dame, som jeg bare sidder og snakker med, er lige pludselig en tigger - det ente med at jeg gav hende nogle moenter bare for at komme vaek fra hende - saert saert. Nu har jeg fundet ud af hvorfor folk fatter Denmarke - det er fordi de har en maelk som hedder "Denmark milk" det er aabenbart beroemt maelk hernede. Ji-yun spurgte om den ogsaa var beroemt i dk......nae..... Idag tager Ji-yun og jeg med ...

Well its been 8 months now living the Korean life style. so maybe its time i write to my blog and fill everyone in on whats going on. I am working in a Hagwon (private school). I am contracted to teach 30 hours a week but there is only 25 teaching hours at the minute so i am not complaining. I don't teach mornings so start everyday about 1 not so bad. My kids are great the are so easy to teach and their English is great and getting better all the time. So Korea ...

After my time with my mother's family, it was time to visit my father's. My grandfather was a farmer and had three sons and four daughters. He lived and worked the fields in a small village near the town of Kimje, also in the North Cholla Province. He passed away last year at the age of 93, but my grandmother is still living in the same house. The primary reason for coming to Korea was to visit her as she is in not the best of health. Except for ...

My mom's 3rd sister, her husband and I drove from Bundang to Chunju so that I could greet the rest of my mom's sisters and to do a little sightseeing together. Chunju is the capital of the North Cholla Province. The first stop was in Iksan, where my mom's 1st sister's daughter (my cousin) lived. There we met up with my mom's 1st and 2nd sisters and their spouses and my niece. That evening we did a little cookout on their yard then the following morning we did a little ...

... However, the event was 'completed' by the introduction of fireworks and flares by the supporters after goals were scored. Our Co-Teachers On the last day we met our co-teachers and, thank God, they spoke good English! Looking around at our group I think we got the pick of the litter as we saw many of our group looking very worried as they tried to explain things to a blank faced Korean. Mathew got a lady called Mrs Yoon who has been an English ...

... breakfast, lunch and dinner was provided.. breakfast was western and lunch and dinner Korean.. 1st lunch was interesting - there was a burner at the end of the table with a spicy soup, rice is served to each person, then there are about 10 side dishes eg. kimichi all of which looked very new and interesting...we found about 3 we liked and steered clear of most of the others eg. dried little fishes or spam..(I know spam, u know the stuff it is a delicacy over here and I think ...