Day 100

Yesterday was day 100 in South Korea...hard to believe isn't it?!

It was a great day that we'll remember for a long time. We had a beach picnic with the other English teachers at school and it was a blast! The weather has taken a definite turn for Fall in the past two weeks, so we put on our jeans and sweaters and went to our favorite beach, Gwangan. We spread out our beach blankets and feasted on wine and mandu (Korea's version of an eggroll) while we laughed and talked the night away.

We had fun people watching and halfway through the night a lady approached us selling some small fireworks. We figured since we missed 4th of July this year, we'd give it a whirl. Bob had a lot of fun lighting off fireworks into the water.We finished the evening with desert waffles, coffee and a round of the card game UNO at one of the many coffee shops along the boardwalk.

Day 99 was pretty special too. Bob and I went to lunch with the other married couple at Corem, Kadie and Ryan. The four of us usually eat lunch together on Tuesday and Thursdays, but this Thursday we went to a new Chinese restaurant up the hill from school. It was delicious and there was even a cute stray cat hanging around the front of the restaurant. I managed to capture a GREAT picture of him!

On the way back from lunch we cheered Ryan on while he played an arcade game on the street and won a small robot toy from one of those claw machines. (FYI: it is just as impossible in Korea as it is at home to win anything from those claw machines, so it was super exciting when he did!).

Then the four of us discovered a pottery shop with all kinds of handmade vases, pots, plates and other very beautiful crafts. It's the perfect place to find some unique and traditional Korean souvenirs. To top it all off, it was a PERFECT Fall day - warm, breezy and sunny!


***Bob and Lindsey***