Hello, Korea: 2008-11-02

In no particulat order, the following is a complilation of pictures of our lives thus far in Korea.

Halloween at our school

We Hiked a mountain in Korea. Justin knows the name, but I forget. It was not exactly what I was anticipating. I imagined sweating and pushing my body to the limits at we scaled the mountain. While we were on the bus, my expectations seemed to be correct because all the other Koreans who were mountain climbing were dressed in hiking gear, boots, and walking sticks. I felt a little unprepared. But to our surprize, the mountain was fully equiped with a cemented side walk and wooden stairs. There were even bathrooms the whole way up.

Our city down below, if you can see it through the pollution. This is why I think I've been sick for 4 months. Someone told me a lot of the pollution comes over from China.

An average city street.

I keep telling my kindergarden kids that Korea is a very small country,

but it has more people than Canada.

Some of the local beverages.

We visited the island of Jejudo on our summer vacation. It was beautiful, some people compare it to Hawaii. These are grandfather stones, that are really famous on this island. Our entire stay there we just laid on the beach. We made plans to climb a mountain and explore lava caves, but just couldn't pull ourselves away from the beach.

This is one of the stinkiest things in Korea.

Bundegi, silk worm larva, just imagine what that would smell like heated for hours.

A monk playing the drum at a Buddhist temple in Insadong.

He could really jam.

These women are wearing traditional handboks at the Korean folk village.

This is Lisa, my favorite kindergardener.

I know I'm not supposed to have them, but just look at her. I love my job.

We went and had a picnic at the Han River. It was beautiful. Everyone had kites.
These are ahgeemas, old Korean women, they love to cover up and wear huge visors,

so as to not get any sun.

The night sights of Busan.