Hello all!!
Sorry for a late update (again). It's getting harder to keep up with this.. or maybe I am just getting lazy???
Last weekend Kim and I went to Yeouido (여의도) with our friend. Since spring is here it is cherry blossom(벚꽃,さくら) season. We went there and spent a few hours walking around and looking at the trees. While walking around there are many things to see and do. There are stalls selling food and souvenirs and also many people bring their guitar and set up on the street and sing. At one point Kim and I thought the radio was playing but it was actually a live performance and they were amazing!! After walking around we went to this mall that goes underground for 4 stories. We ate and shopped for a few hours then headed home.
Those are cocoons....
During the week we met a friend and had Chimek (치맥) which is chicken and beer. It was absolutely delicious!!
Mommy sent me a nice big package full of delicious food! (If any of you would like to send some stuff to I wouldn't object!).
My friend let me a book that is called 'The Little Prince (어린 왕자) It is written in English and Korean so my goal is to be able to read it all in Korean and understand it! I don't know how long that will take though.
This past Friday we had a culture class (문화 수업) and went on a field trip. We went to Namiseom (남이섬) which is an island about 1 1/2 hours from Seoul. It was a lot of fun and very beautiful. Also the air there was amazing, it was so fresh and clean, very different from Seoul.
My classmates.
My teacher.
Doing laundry here kind of sucks. We don't have a dryer so we have to hang dry our clothes on a rack and our clothes get stiff and somewhat uncomfortable to wear. Also they get stretched out some because they don't shrink back in the dryer.
Today Kim and I met up with our friends' parents' friends. (Confusing right?) Our friend and his parents live in Michigan but they wanted Kim and I to meet up with their family friends. And I am glad we did. They are a very nice family. They picked us up from our campus and took us out to a delicious Korean style 5 or 6 course meal. Then afterwards they drove up the mountain side so we could see an amazing view of Seoul. Later they took us to a Buddhist temple where we saw a famous Korean hanbok (한복, traditional clothing) designer. After they took us to Myongdong (명동) to see Seoul's largest church and bought us coffee. After that Kim and I walked around and did some shopping and then came home.
I also hope you like the new background background and set up of the blog.
Love you all!!
Stephanie
OH BONUS WEEK! Finally pictures of my boarding house (하숙집)!!!!
Our "kitchen".
