Seoraksan National Park, South Korea

Last weekend I took a trip to Seoraksan National Park on the north east coast of South Korea during Buddha's birthday celebration! The park was beautiful and a welcome break from Daegu's ever increasing heat. It was a good day with great people :)

See you all next time!

Flat Stanley at 비산조등학교 (Beesan Elementary School)

A few weeks ago Flat Stanley arrived in my mail box to become an exchange student at my school in Daegu South Korea. These are his adventures so far:

Stanley in the 6th grade English classroom.

Standard school lunch: rice, soup, kimchi, vegetable, and protein dish.

In the cafeteria!

Hallway to English class.

Looking out the third floor window to the school yard below.

Here, Stanley meets the classroom's very own flat teacher's assistant.

Stanley has already made plenty of friends in the 3rd grade!

At many restaurants, food is cooked in front of you at the table!

This dish has rice, meat, veggies, and cheese!  

Stanley was very helpful!

Downtown Daegu is very popular.

In Korea, you can have McDonald's delivered to you at home by someone on a scooter!

Daegu Lantern Festival and Merrymaking!

 Daegu had a lantern festival this weekend that I attended Saturday night. I almost didn't go because I was tired from walking all day in the heat and wanted to nap. Luckily I talked myself into getting up and on to the bus, because I had a great time! By the time I arrived to Duryu Park, they were setting up the floats in the street and beginning to block off traffic. There were activities set up in the baseball stadium where people where lighting  large paper lanterns and  and letting them bobble up into the night sky. It was such a festive atmosphere you couldn't help but walk around smiling at everyone!

Some of my students found me at the park and proudly asked
 "What's your name?" in English in front of their parents.

A Korean man with good intentions insisted he take a photo of me with
my camera. I should have had the focus on a more user friendly setting... 

Waving goodbye to their lantern as it embarks on its voyage.

Up, up and away!

Fireworks explode while the lanterns continue to float away.

After the fireworks people made their way from the baseball stadium to the street for the lantern parade!