Lotte Hotel Seoul Downtown

... left.

We arrived there and went towards the vending machine thinking that would probably be easier than talking to a real person. It was quite an experience because there were so many decisions to make and we kept changing our minds. Also, half way through we kinda crashed the machine and there was an error message in Korean. It was a bit surprising that there was English everywhere, but then an error message shows and there is no ...

... don't do it, you get fined. i'm not sure exactly how one would get caught. anyway, you know i'm all for the environment but the compost bins are really, really nasty. like crawling with flies. i'm petrified to open the lid because of the ungodly smell that will be released. not to mention the preposterous fear i have in my head that a million maggots will come flying out and attack me. maggots don't fly ...

... So somewhere I am featured on Korean You-Tube playing a Ben Harper Tune.

So yeah, Korea was pretty great (all 27 hours of it I had during my lay over). I think I'll try to stay a little longer next time... go on tour with the band, spend some time with the fansm the usual Korea stuff.



Ok, off to meet Yasmin in India.

... three day excursion.  I am really excited, especially since I really have no idea where we are going!  I am going to go running early with Jan before breakfast and talk to my mommy.  I do not know if I will have internet connection for the next three days, so stories and pictures may have to wait until Wednesday or Thursday, but I will update next time I can.

TTYL
-Lauren

P.S. My dexterity in my fingers has improved immensely allowing me to excel greatly at using chopsticks!

... to join me, so we spent an hour or so just walking around the neighborhood looking for interesting pics. Here are some of the ones I took. Hope you'll enjoy them! Feel free to leave comments (both positive and negative). I'm still learning! :)

... of the park yet.

As we ascended the escalator into the park we were tempted to try some of the many indoor attractions but instead headed straight to the outside area, Magic Island, in an attempt to beat the forecast poor weather. Of course I steered the group towards my most anticipated ride first, Atlantis Adventure. This fun Intamin roller coaster is pretty unique as we travelled in 8-seater single cars, were launched by linear induction motors at the start, giving great airtime ...

... lush-green wooded mountainside. The center sits in the ****** of a valley which blesses it with quiet refuge from the city so very close. The people have been very friendly but not nearly as warm and hospitable as the Vietnamese people were (excluding the government officers of course). Maybe that is one drawback to modern life? I stay for another day and then head to southern mountains for a couple of weeks

... year-olds the same 15 questions! AND......each of the 15 questions has AT LEAST two sections! Sometimes up to four sections per question! So really I was asking the same 40 questions to these 35 kids for three straight hours!!!! And, the program directors decided I didn't have enough time to test all the kids they have on my schedule so they added another day of testing to my schedule.....how sweet of them!?!??!?! Ahhh! I now have four more days of testing, on top of my ...

... My computer just died, so I just purchased another one, which hurts because I was going to use the money to travel, but oh well. Thanksgiving in Hong Kong: - During Thanksgiving in Hong Kong I had sushi for dinner and then went to see Kylie in concert. It was actually the very first concert I went to in my life. haha. It was really fun though. Christmas in Hong Kong: - I didn't get to do anything for Christmas. I was stuck in my apartment with the ...

... of skiers hit him. Shiza! We wrapped up at 10pm and James and I rode back to Uijeongbu with Gavin and his girlfriend Donna. The rental shop guys drove the rest of our crew back to Uijeongbu. They're good people! Today I have been mixing sleep with marking tests. I have to also prepare a play for my grade one class for the end of the year performance. It's a little extra work but fun. I have tried to include the class I the ...