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186-54, 2-ga Jangchung-dong, Jung-gu, (formerly Sofitel) Seoul, Korea Rep., 82-2-22751101
Time just flew by over the past 10 days. I can't believe it was time for Justin go home. His flight left early on Monday, so we stayed in Seoul Sunday night. After a relaxing morning in Hanam, we got his things together and took the bus and then the subway and then a cab (ok, I thought I knew where I was going) to our hotel. It was located in the Myeongdong/Dongdaemun area, near Seoul Tower. The hotel was really nice and had the first soft bed I've slept on in a long time. Once we were in and...
Seoul, Korea Rep. heatherannOK, so my trip is almost at an end and it has been incredible thanks to my lovely girlfriend Heather. A few days ago we visited Insa-dong Market so I could do some shopping for a few people. Insa-dong, is just a long street with shops on both sides, many of which contain the same trinkets and pottery as other shops, and most of which are pretty expensive. Heather bought herself and me little marble columns with our names written in Korean on the bottom that are used as stamps. As for the mark...
Seoul, Korea Rep. jknoff22...Our last day in Japan, we are going to miss this place. We are going to the place of the unknown. How much English do they speak there? 8:05 AM ... we are catching the airport bus to Narita Airport. This is the last gleam of Tokyo. They might drive like the English here but there are many things they have gotten right: air conditioning in the subway station and trains, wider subway trains, etc. Air conditioning, the best invention ever, but the English have not yet been introduced to it. G...
Seoul, Korea Rep. phungster...We are now back to Seoul, the capital of South Korea. This is a lively city. It is sure busy here. Capitalism is alive and well here. People, specially young men and women, are very trendy and up to the latest of fashion. We are up at 5:30 AM in the morning. This is the day that we are heading north with the USO. Riding with us are 14 Brits, 11 Americans, and 10 Canadians, and others, making me feel like home. I am no longer feel porky. I feel slim and good. On the bus along Highway 1 and ...
Panmunjom, Korea Rep. phungsterThe visit to the DMZ yesterday was unreal and totally another world. We are not ready to step out an experience Seoul as it meant to be. Before start out the date, we must go to mass at Seoul's catholic biggest catheral. It is a Gothic cathedral, which was build in the 1800's. We missed the English mass at 9:00 AM. It is now all in Korean for us. We do feel like one of the natives... Yea, people are speaking to me in Korean here. I cannot event try to pretend that I understand. Who knows... t...
Seoul, Korea Rep. phungster
... for a while at a little lake when I was approached by a Korean student that asked me if he could perform an interview with me for a paper he had to write for his university. I agreed and so had my moment of fame in this interview that the student taped on his little tape recorder he brought along.
In Korea the food didn't look quite as promising as in Japan, and we actually started off eating Vietnamese. I managed to pick the most spicy dish ...
... of what it means to be a god or goddess. As the party continued I was persuaded by many of the powers to make a sojourn with them into the city for an experience at a drinking establishment amongst the local population. I agreed tentatively and soon found myself in the eyes of the Koreans who wanted pictures and to hold Mjolnir, my ...
Uijongbu, Gyeonggi, Korea Rep. morpheous... how fast the days go- I'm almost finished with my first full week of teaching! I LOVE it!!!!! I am working with 3 Korean teachers- 1 studied in Australia for 4 years and married a Canadian man, 1 doesn't speak English, 1 majored in French and lived in Paris, but is not teaching English. There are 2 other foreign teachers- 1 man from Canada who has been here for 2 1/2 years and one man from Seattle who just arrived in Korea but has lived here ...
Seoul, Korea Rep. truddickMy mom sent me a care package today! It was wonderful!!!! Peanut M&Ms, antibacterial supplies, BioSilk, gum, and refried BEANS!!! I was so excited to see those! Ha! And perfect timing, I was able to bundle together some of the pencils and highlighters and stickers to give to my 35 students as New Years gifts (Lunar New Year is bigger than Christmas and gift giving is customary). I wanted to participate in the holiday, but lets be honest...I also want to buy their ...
Seoul, Korea Rep. april.abate... good too. My favorite part? A little squeeze tube of chili paste that looked like a little mini toothpaste container. I love little packages. Forget the taste, it's all about the package. OK, well, maybe it's about the taste too. 13 hours on a plane. 4 more to go. :-/ I guess me and my numb bum should board the plane for Bangkok. I can't wait to get there!
Seoul, Korea Rep. katiegrip... than any 50 year old I have ever seen in my whole life. Like so young she could be on one of those Oprah's that are all about how to look young. She looks about 30. So I have decided to pay attention to how she eats and lives so maybe I can stop the damage that has already started. Misoo's family's apartment is wonderful. It is all wood floors and cork floors. The floors are heated. So are the toilet seats ...
Seoul, Korea Rep. khorsman
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