Another Hot Weekend

Not much to report from this weekend.  Once again it was just too hot and sticky to enjoy being outside much.  However, the video games on our new TV got quite a bit of use this weekend!  We did enjoy a big meat filled dinner at a Korean BBQ restaurant and made a trip to Costco so that two other teachers could get their new apartments stocked with some goods.  We attempted to go to the park after Costco Saturday night but it was short lived due to the rain starting and the uncomfortable humidity.  After checking out Starbucks in Korea for the first time to grade my monthly tests on Sunday, I headed to Insadong (which is mostly a souvenir shopping area) and checked out some of the cute little shops in the area.  It's different than some of the markets in that everyone selling things is mostly inside an actual store.  Eric decided to stick with the air con and went to see a movie.  It has been cooling down a bit (closer to 85-90 instead of 100-105) but the humidity seems to always want to stay right about 70-80%.  We keep hoping one day soon though!

Story:  On Wednesday Eric went to lunch with a couple Korean friends.  They told him it was dog meat so he didn't eat any.  Then they told him they were just kidding it was really beef.  He only ate a little, still unsure what it really was.  Last night he kept trying to get one of them to tell him what it really was but they won't give him a straight answer so I guess he will never know for sure if he has eaten dog or not!  FYI... he says it tasted like it could have been beef but it looked different, thus leaving him very confused as to what it really was.

We are both glad to go back to our regular work schedules tomorrow.  The elementary kids go back to school tomorrow so we won't have to teach them in the mornings anymore.  It is almost time for the second semester to start.  Hard to believe we have been here almost six months already.  Oh and my cell phone is working again!  I let it dry out for a couple days and thankfully that worked!  Learn from my lesson: Never take your cell phone with you during a monsoon!

 Samgyupsal on the grill

 All of the people selling things in Insadong have an actual store but most people like to have things set up outside too

 Large puppets dancing to the Gangnam Style song down Insadong Street