Ansan Hotels - Reviews and Rates

My last day in Korea, i.e. my departure day finally dawned sunny and warm. One would say a few days too late. But, of course, nothing happens by chance. Sung Jae, too, expressed a wish to meet me once again before I left. I tried to talk him out of it. I saw no point in his riding the underground for hour an a half on Saturday morning all the wa...

Sung Jae was on time. And there were no misunderstandings today. "I've never been to Ansan before," he said. "Then this is the first Korean town I know better than you do," I laughed. Since it was so, we settled for another random walk around town. We first headed in the Hwarang Public Park direction, but soon our feet took us elsewhere and we f...

We were back in Ansan relatively early and Su Yeon concluded she wouldn't go home as yet. Besides, my right shoe was in no better condition after a walk in Seoul, so I asked her if we might try to find here a cobbler who could help. It was not impossible in Asia. As they don't have such strong workers' unions as we do in Europe, and working and ...

I've just begun my sixth week of teaching. I can't believe I've been here for a month and a half already! - That being said, I've enjoyed every minute of it...even the teaching..hahaha (especially when the kids are listening!!). I feel like I've gotten past the initial learning curve you can expect with any new job. That being said, I don't thin...

It has been one full week of teaching. Towards the end of the week I started to get into my own groove. The kids have been very receptive and hopefully are taking everything in (one can hope, right?!). On Friday we had what was called 'stamp day'. The kids over the course of 3-4 months collect stamps from both the Foreign and Korean teachers. Th...

Settling in... After my whirlwind overnight in Vancouver (a city i'd def. like to see again...), my 12 hour flight over the pacific ocean, a few days to get used to my surroundings, food and of course a full day of teaching english...i'm finally starting to feel like my body is getting used to its new schedule. I'm sure it will take some more ti...