They have arrived!

The rest of this week went very fast! I have learned that each day here, while you are teaching, goes pretty slow because we teach from 9:45am-7pm, but the weeks fly by! Its hard to believe that tomorrow starts another week.

Last week was pretty much the same as usual. We went out for dinner after work a few times. One night we went to a fried chicken place here in Suji and I was not impressed. I have had chicken in the next city over, Jukjeon, and it was really good. Another night we went to this little Korean place by school and close to our apartments. The owners are this older couple, 65ish. The man speaks broken Engish and is excited when we come in. We go there around 3 times a week, for lunch or dinner. The best part is that nothing on the menu is over $4.50.

On Thursday at work we had a student get sick all over the staff room so that made for an interesting afternoon. On Friday after work a few of us went to this bar in Suji that has a rooftop with some tables. We were the only ones up there and it was gorgeous! We had a great view of Suji at night. Apparently it was too hot outside or the Koreans just don't like the roof because everyone else was inside.

Yesterday, Saturday, Britney, Blake, Steve, Michael and I went into Seoul to go to the largest Electronic market in Asia. There are actually 2 markets, the old one and the new one. It was not at all what I was expecting. The buildings they are in are nice and clean. Each 'store' has its own booth set up inside. They are like huge malls but only with electronics. One of them was 9 floors! There were cameras, computers, vaccums, ect everywhere. It would be a great place to go if you needed something or if you like electronic! You can get anything here for cheaper, except Apple products, but the quality is not the same as back home. You can get fake iPods for pretty cheap but the real ones are very expensive.

After the market Britney and I went to our favorite Korean place again, we have named it Tomato Korean because there are tomatoes on the outside windows. Then we made our way to THE HOTEL to meet Shauna and Christine. They arrived from MN last night around 8pm. We walked with them around Suji and showed them the school. They seemed pretty excited and not too overwhelmed. I think the fact that they came together really helps.

We are meeting them today in a few hours to show them around some more.

This weekend I get to see Fred for the second time since I have been here! We are trying to figure out if he can make it up here or if we should meet somewhere. I will keep you posted!