The Weekend

After a fairly busy week at work, we had a more relaxing weekend.  On Saturday we journeyed to the KINTEX Convention Center in Ilsan with two Korean friends to go to a travel expo put on by our friend's travel agency.  There were countries from all over the world being represented by different hotels and attractions.  All of the pictures looked cool (they even made places like Vietnam and Cambodia look nice) but 95% of the brochures were in Korean so the information was not so helpful.  We got excited when we found the booth about Portland.  They had big pictures of Mt. Hood and Multnomah Falls.  Speaking of Portland we also saw an ex-Portland Trail Blazer up close at the expo, Ha Seung-Jin.  Let's just say that at 7' 3" he stands out more than we do in a large crowd of Koreans!

We also made reservations for Thailand in July!  We get to spend five nights at the five star Marriott Resort and Spa in Phuket during our summer vacation.  We can't wait for that!  Today we traveled into Itaewon, the big hub for foreigners, because Eric needed shorts for work.  So we did some clothes shopping and bought some peanut butter because I decided it's been too long since I ate some.  Tonight we will be grading papers and relaxing by the river.  We sure enjoy the spring nights here.  The temperature stays comfortable even into the late evening and it's so nice to sit or walk right on the river.  Next weekend we are taking our first trip outside of Seoul to another part of the country so stay tuned for pictures and news from that adventure!

 We were excited to show our friends the places in America we had been

We also met Spongebob advertising a resort in Phuket (no it's not the one we will be going to)