Imperial Palace (Superior) Seoul

... Not wanting to waste the day, I decided a second visit to Itaewon was in order, and surprised Ania by taking her to what was supposedly one of the best galleries in Seoul.<br><br>The Leeum Samsung Museum of Art was a very asthetic looking group of buildings, and it was pretty evident a lot of money had been spent on it. It was designed by three world renowned European architects, who each worked on one of three museums that made up ...

... him go but again it's the nature of the beast. I told my grade one students that I would not be their teacher next year and little Emily wondered why? <br><br>"Well I'm going to go traveling and then go back to Canada."<br><br>"But when will you come back?" she queried.<br><br>As a student of mine for two years now those words kinda broke my heart. It's going to be rough for me to leave but I need to go. Not out of escape or unhappiness but out ...

... to purchase tickets, and as soon as I got back from Japan we were ready to go.<br><br>The festival was held at the Han River Nanji Park, a nice setting beside the Seoul's huge river and beneath some wooded hills. After checking into a nearby guesthouse, we got the metro and then a free shuttlebus out to the festival site. We arrived about half an hour before The Potbelleez started, giving us a bit of time to wander round and see what a Korean festival was like. What I found ...

... Korean controlling it decided to bounce it even more, resulting in a girl falling off her seat (no belts to hold you in!) and onto the floor while the ride continued to bounce her around the whole ride!!! All the restaurants look fairly similar, with the traditional wood fire bbq in the middle of your table being the common theme. But instead of choosing that, we decide we fancied curry and go to the only curry house we had seen in a while! <br><br>It stormed on Saturday ...

Hey guys!<br>This morning we had a second lecture on Korean language.  It was really fun and interesting- I would consider taking the challenge to learn Korean if I were to use it more often, but I doubt I will have many reasons to use it in life.  I learned how to say: I like my little brother (nea-tong-seng-i-cho-sim-ni-da) and I have red hair (pal-gon-mori-ka-its-im-ni-da).  We also learned how to say other things like my name is ____ and I come from ____, but the ...

... I might also be greeted as &#8220;Reuben&#8217;s mother&#8221; because he is my oldest son (Sorry Erin). Spouses might even refer to each other like that also. <br> <br>There is etiquette for drinking/drunkenness, gifting, dinning and more. Of special note, teachers were to discipline children and could use corporal punishment until it was outlawed in 1997. &#8220;Shaming&#8221; is still allowed.<br> <br>Our lunch that day was a formal Korean meal and ...

Okay, I am feeling so much better right now compared to the other morning! But before I tell you more about how my week has been going, let me first start by telling you I made the mistake of letting one of my middle school students be in charge of a round of "Simon Says"............before I knew it, he had the whole class shut their eyes and open their mouths! Ahhh! Okay, only teacher facilitated games of Simon Says from now on! Haaa! Okay, this past Sunday I met up with ...

... And it will only be a matter of time before Korea can once again reclaim the glory that Gyeongbokgung used to hold. <br><br> It didn't occur to me that I'd get to see the palace up close and personal after first seeing it on a cable TV feature that hardly impressed me. At that time, I felt Gyeongbokgung wasn't in the same league as the Pyramids of Egypt, the Sydney Opera House in Australia, Buckingham Palace in the UK ...

... soy sauce on it from a squirt bottle...not bad, but not fantastic either. Then I ordered something else that looked interesting. It was a little loaf cake that tasted exactly like a pancake with an egg cooked on top....it was so wonderful!!!!!!!!!!! So, my $2.50 adventure at the street vendor was a success! Then I found a bakery today. The first bakery I have seen in all of Seoul, not that I have been to too many places in Seoul. Apparently this particular ...

... A: Well, there's really nothing to "drop" since this lovely economic situation has left me with nothing to begin with. The plain and simple answer is- I applied to a bunch of jobs (both teaching and regular), and this school in Seoul gave me the best offer. Q: So, you're only teaching just because it's the best offer you got? That doesn't sound like a very good reason. A: That's not the only reason. I made the decision to go teach a few months ...