Yum.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

It was a little difficult explaining this holiday to our students and co-workers but at least they have Guinness on tap in Korea.

Happy Birthday Eric!

Eric's birthday was this past Friday, the 12th. We had an easy day at school getting ready for Seollal and spent the night celebrating with some other English teachers at our favorite expat bars in Islan.

Seollal - Lunar New Year

The three day holiday of Seollal is one of the most important traditional Korean holidays. Typically, each family visits their grandparents in the country and honors their ancestors. We celebrated Seollal in kindergarten on Friday by having each student dress in the traditional hanbok and playing traditional Korean New Year games.







Because Korean's are required to give gifts to so many people, most opt for conveniently pre-wrapped gift packages. This was our favorite.

Seoul Museum of Art - Andy Warhol Exhibit

The Seoul Museum of Art lacks a significant permanent collection, with the majority of the museum being dedicated to exhibits. We got to catch a surprisingly large Andy Warhol exhibition, with the majority of it on loan from the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. No pictures allowed inside of course, but we snagged a few in the lobby.

Deoksugung Palace

Typical of Seoul, we turned a corner on our way to the Seoul Museum of Art and stumbled upon this procession. Later we took a walk through the palace grounds despite the cold. While not nearly as expansive as the other, more well known palaces in the city, Deoksugung Palace is still a nice stroll, and conveniently located next to city hall.

Where We Are

Where we are in relation to downtown Seoul.



(Click for a larger picture)

This is the view from our roof in Wondang, taken in November.

Cebu City - New Years Eve

We spent New Years Eve in Cebu City, the second largest city and location of the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.

Magellan's Cross. The cross was planted by Magellan on April 21, 1521 and stands in front of city hall.

Fort San Pedro

The center city circle as seen from our hotel room.



To ring in the new year, everyone in the city sets off fireworks from their roofs. We could see hundreds of fireworks in every direction. Incredible.

Tarsiers

We spent our second day visiting the Tarsier Sanctuary on Bohol. Tarsiers are the second smallest primate in the world. Although they were once more widespread, today they are only found on the islands of Southeast Asia.

Alona Beach, Philippines

For our winter vacation we spent four days relaxing on Alona Beach.

These are the Oops Cottages, where we stayed.











This area of the Philippines is known for its dive sites, so on our last full day on Alona Beach we went diving. This video is taken off of our beach, and while what we saw wasn't quite as amazing as this, the video gives a relatively close impression.

Merry Christmas

Christmas Eve dinner in Hongdae

Christmas tree in Ilsan





Our Christmas tree

Ahn-Yong

Welcome to the blog, we'll be posting much more soon.