tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25796994958545581602024-03-05T20:35:34.444+09:00Korea take 2!We are teaching English in South Korea. This is our second contract. Last year we were teaching in Gyeongsangnam Province. Now we are teaching in Gyeonggi Province. We are looking forward to a year full of adventures...Becky & David!Becky & Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721810663304262322noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579699495854558160.post-72564826452080218242010-10-22T16:33:00.005+09:002012-03-02T21:53:00.266+09:00Back on English soil<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">David and I arrived back in England early in the morning. We were greeted my David's family at the Airport. They had made a banner and had some delicious English goodies for us in the car (amazing!) When we got back to David's house there were more banners and a Korean flag. David's Mum and his sister had also put together a very scrumptious buffet, with Union Jack plates/banners/napkins ect. The buffet contained all of David's and my favourite foods. It was sooooooooooo GOOD! I have missed you English food!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Day 1: Foreigners car boot sale in Seoul. Had lunch in Shinchon and went shopping in Ewha and Hongik.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Day 2: Went back into Seoul window shopping at the electronics market. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Day 3: Went on a ride on our scooter! Went to Geumcheon and shopping in Ilsan. Had some delicious donuts. Finally started to pack some items.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Day 4: Had a lazy morning then decided to head into Seoul even though it was raining. The bus journey that normally takes 40mins took over two hours due to the main road being flooded! When we eventually got the subway it couldn't take us to where we needed to go as it was flooded! After a gurgling walk and a taxi we finally got to our destination. At this point we were soaking wet. It was the wrong idea to spend the day Seoul in torrential rain!!! What do you do in Seoul when it is raining? EAT...They only thing we could think to do is cafe hop! We started off in Smoothie King. Then we moved onto Korean Cafe, Kebab/Snack Bar, Mister Donuts, GS 25 then we decided to head home with full bellies and soaking wet, everything. What a day! At least it was productive?!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Day 5:David spent the night in Seoul. I went on a ride on my scooter and went to Munsan. I walked around the shops for a couple of hours and bought some bits. Then had a variety of donuts and coffee in Dunkin-Donuts. I came back home and went for a long walk with David. Then went to a budae jigea restaurant in Paju. In the evening we came home and watched a movie.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Day 6: Went into Ilsan on the scooter and had lunch in Mc Donalds. Then went to Tesco/Home plus and David and I both bought some shoes. We done some more shopping and got a coffee and some donuts. After this we went into Geumcheon and looked round the shops and bought more items. I bought a dress and David bought a coat. After Geumcheon we headed back to Paju and had dinner in a Chinese restaurant. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Day 7:Went for a walk around Paju/ Heyri and done some packing.</span></i><br />
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</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Day 8: Today we had to work in ODP (one day programme) This was a nice relaxed fun work day!</span></i><br />
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</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Day 9:Attempted to do some packing!</span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well we didn't really stay in and pack all of our stuff but we did have a great week pottering around! :)</span></div>Becky & Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721810663304262322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579699495854558160.post-56722900282548340572010-10-01T03:17:00.001+09:002012-03-02T15:59:48.177+09:00Final Day in Insadong<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As is it near the end of our stay in Korea I am really appreciating everything! I have been shopping in Insadong and I just know how much I am going to miss it when I am home. I love Insadong as it is a little different from the other shopping areas in Seoul. It is more traditional and certainly has a lot of Korean character. Insadong I will miss you!</span></div>Becky & Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721810663304262322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579699495854558160.post-4198108330377457102010-09-30T22:25:00.004+09:002010-12-17T01:59:16.146+09:00Posting it all home :(<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3q5lNxOykIPVfuTZCR7V3oY8s41QFy1YxuYknvVMy5duZraivzA5xDObIt2dIZj-vXFK6LH1P_k-zPKNhhp6obg_Fafy5nw0QhOe9ejLRmZJ8Dwfl6o2MetRYo001PJT3GNfranhrAkHg/s200/IMG_2037.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551317688765442898" /> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fOeo7qyKRn4K16Jt3Vo8eXjBiAcopvTHvYrHJY8CJEoIGtix6doGw6wKfQxmOryhx-Z8Mp9TG4p-IgK-K8wCBfWhWrURdTSIJtIkgOUkmN1HuyiMziBJvSMcTnQdBFJreINX7GNSSRJH/s200/IMG_1923.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551317677742812786" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fOeo7qyKRn4K16Jt3Vo8eXjBiAcopvTHvYrHJY8CJEoIGtix6doGw6wKfQxmOryhx-Z8Mp9TG4p-IgK-K8wCBfWhWrURdTSIJtIkgOUkmN1HuyiMziBJvSMcTnQdBFJreINX7GNSSRJH/s1600/IMG_1923.jpg"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>Oh dear I truly hate packing. I have accumulated a lot of crap in the past 2 years! I think I have posted 10 large boxes home in total. The photograph on the right is what was left after I went to the post office. I am only allowed to take 20kg on the plane. I think I will have to send some more boxes home!!!</b></span></div><div></div>Becky & Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721810663304262322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579699495854558160.post-62422431199907780372010-09-29T03:34:00.003+09:002012-03-02T14:31:53.407+09:00All of my Korean stuff<div style="text-align: center;">We did it all come from?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwm9MYFD9biVcOsfQJUkgjovr71IRsBSrflofg7eWnnIB8oMVQPzzVx6pfZsp_DN8kfmSQDE_1Akz2K3ZuLinyGBKq86WxR4dqXdwNYQwV0NbQbGXUnbRMceufCs9dAw4Rd-4pC01yMMjp/s1600/IMG_1923.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwm9MYFD9biVcOsfQJUkgjovr71IRsBSrflofg7eWnnIB8oMVQPzzVx6pfZsp_DN8kfmSQDE_1Akz2K3ZuLinyGBKq86WxR4dqXdwNYQwV0NbQbGXUnbRMceufCs9dAw4Rd-4pC01yMMjp/s400/IMG_1923.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Becky & Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721810663304262322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579699495854558160.post-69838995359076874792010-09-28T17:53:00.000+09:002012-01-14T16:39:42.179+09:00A sad day!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">David bought an AMAZING remote control helicopter from Iteawon. It was huge and it cost less than 10 pounds. I think I have seen him play with in every day since he bought it. He loves it! Yesterday I decided to watch the helicopter in action. Some how the helicopter flew too high and went out of range. It disappeared behind our apartments, over the mountain, off the cliff! David lost his toy. Sad times...here is what I got on camera before it died...</span></div>Becky & Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721810663304262322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579699495854558160.post-50394912171952471832010-09-24T15:52:00.000+09:002012-03-02T14:26:15.863+09:00Scooters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjElyfQd4t0dX5WPaayzkhjAeW0KaWk651_Ui2rswHrrzg5ppOGI_eNvxvX-vRphwHXMtAHTJ57Bw0xFowKYMvLEBcNTBQfky7korFV_LwmmtwxI2mIMTJ15SnYjcKYUnhGch9F4Ul8nljj/s1600/sept+(103).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjElyfQd4t0dX5WPaayzkhjAeW0KaWk651_Ui2rswHrrzg5ppOGI_eNvxvX-vRphwHXMtAHTJ57Bw0xFowKYMvLEBcNTBQfky7korFV_LwmmtwxI2mIMTJ15SnYjcKYUnhGch9F4Ul8nljj/s320/sept+(103).JPG" width="240" /></a></div>Becky & Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721810663304262322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579699495854558160.post-43094875708821186012010-09-24T03:27:00.005+09:002012-03-02T16:00:19.693+09:00Bye scooter<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;">I sold my scooter to a friend at work. I will miss my scooter. I hope the new owner, Rita will enjoy riding it around Paju. </span></div>Becky & Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721810663304262322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579699495854558160.post-31206736661252324032010-09-22T03:09:00.001+09:002012-03-02T16:01:07.734+09:00Nature Cafe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">I love Cafes with animals in them! This cute little sheep lives in Nature Cafe in Seoul!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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In Korea they have many items for 'couples'. They have 'couple' sweaters, 'couple' bags, 'couple' jewellery AND they also have couple underwear! I guess when your in love and a 'couple' you want to tell everybody!!!! </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmJeJuAVnCDPXSGZVB5-oQNRQGMiubvvKHWtsVygQa1rrc-auSY0R47oh4zeMB8QvLzC2nZeVcP4-Rj6YFNhhh040c0Iofger415XVQTsRXOg0XlpzegreUBVQKGIb9kwPpQfZYpI_YW0/s1600/IMG_1915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmJeJuAVnCDPXSGZVB5-oQNRQGMiubvvKHWtsVygQa1rrc-auSY0R47oh4zeMB8QvLzC2nZeVcP4-Rj6YFNhhh040c0Iofger415XVQTsRXOg0XlpzegreUBVQKGIb9kwPpQfZYpI_YW0/s320/IMG_1915.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Becky & Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721810663304262322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579699495854558160.post-47470291051631655052010-09-12T17:51:00.001+09:002012-03-02T16:02:27.564+09:00Car Boot Sale<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Saturday David and I participated in a foreigners car boot sale. We collect all the junk we had around our apartment and headed into Seoul. It was a hard journey carrying it all. After 4 hours of hard selling, it was realised it was well worth the hassle. Even after donating a shuck of our earning to charity we still earned ourselves nearly 100 pounds! Awesome or what? It was such a fun day. David and I have been to many Flea Markets/ car-boots in Korea and have always liked them. Now we have done our own. There was a lot of media there interviewing us and recording us! I wonder if we will see ourselves on TV or in the paper?! </span></div>Becky & Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721810663304262322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579699495854558160.post-8790161344777339102010-09-12T03:07:00.000+09:002012-02-02T11:22:42.817+09:00Photo Booth Fun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0Uj_81J80F4OQFlB4M6I2TZCusicLBr9OJZgR-m0e-JBrEMR7ZH2S2NR93twkEaavvpa1irmeLMeHHc-Py49iH-2hOO7XWI0zcos4e50CLumPK7aLXWETU_IyBuxk28SKlYqB9wMRJ89/s1600/74367_462095670269_505115269_5382174_4023449_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0Uj_81J80F4OQFlB4M6I2TZCusicLBr9OJZgR-m0e-JBrEMR7ZH2S2NR93twkEaavvpa1irmeLMeHHc-Py49iH-2hOO7XWI0zcos4e50CLumPK7aLXWETU_IyBuxk28SKlYqB9wMRJ89/s320/74367_462095670269_505115269_5382174_4023449_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HaVhLHI3Ysh4FWrqJgEql-L14w-MjNi2Y5cwnweRJUALqBykIU3NFm_Xhn8gP1bXdv6x2pKcqodEfTsxTFzlDh66Hg3Ysb5x9jhivesib5YUDWH7J1Va2gmJibMNkQPZNmhSsRVlJjtn/s1600/IMG_1967.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HaVhLHI3Ysh4FWrqJgEql-L14w-MjNi2Y5cwnweRJUALqBykIU3NFm_Xhn8gP1bXdv6x2pKcqodEfTsxTFzlDh66Hg3Ysb5x9jhivesib5YUDWH7J1Va2gmJibMNkQPZNmhSsRVlJjtn/s320/IMG_1967.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTgw4SPEGqWlhvQxhk-xiwsDIYmaR3tfqyErr-eG9a39BlfB42vW9mjJt2z9i1alxQ6vsRdtrpzB2Sd-b302YghMO5EO0Lks4Pk_DkG_bTqukAlUMbN_7nz7SBBh7GrvtGJtXgZRBuNRH/s1600/IMG_1968.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTgw4SPEGqWlhvQxhk-xiwsDIYmaR3tfqyErr-eG9a39BlfB42vW9mjJt2z9i1alxQ6vsRdtrpzB2Sd-b302YghMO5EO0Lks4Pk_DkG_bTqukAlUMbN_7nz7SBBh7GrvtGJtXgZRBuNRH/s320/IMG_1968.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Becky & Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721810663304262322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579699495854558160.post-28727309386830923962010-09-11T03:15:00.007+09:002012-03-02T16:03:00.603+09:00All night shopping!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I love shopping. On our day off David and I went into Seoul in the evening. We decided to go to an all night shopping mall. it was open until 5am. We got there around 2am and it was extremely busy. I love the fact that Korea never sleeps!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This weekend, David and I went on a 'Temple Stay'. This special two day trip was at Geumsansa Temple, which is in Jeollabuk-do provience. This temple is apparently one of the most famous temples in Korea.</span></span></div><div class="im"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #444444; line-height: 18px;">When we arrived at the temple on Saturday afternoon we got allocated our rooms. (David and I had to stay in separate dorms of course!) We got given our funky monk monastic wear. After a short orientation with the monks we explored the grounds of the temple. The whole place was extremely beautiful, even in the rain.</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At 6pm we went to dinner. All of the group had to walk in two lines in silence to the cafeteria. Whilst eating our food we had to maintain our silence. After dinner we took part in Yebul chanting. Then the monk showed us how to bow to Buddha correctly! </span></div><div class="im"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">After this everybody took part in Zen meditation and silent asceticism.</span></div></div></div><div class="im"><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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