Travel blog

New year new start – or so i thought! After slobbing around for the last four months I decided the new year was an ideal time to begin an exercise regime. So yesterday I found the swimming pool and today was the start of my new regime….. As I headed … Read More

Before I start on the mammoth blogfest that is Japan it’s time to take you back to Christmas Day. Did it feel like Christmas? A question I have been asked by many people who enjoyed a ‘normal’ Christmas with their families. The answer is Yes and No! Parts of Christmas … Read More

I have always wanted to board on Christmas day and despite being in a country with slopes this year it was still not to be: however I did manage a session on Christmas eve! As it was our first Christmas away from home Kat, Emily and I couldn’t think of … Read More

Last Friday (22/12/06) the kindergarten kids had their Christmas Party. Normally I would be excited about watching the kids have fun (and effectivly getting the morning off work) but I have now realised that these things always follow the same pattern and are mainly an opportunity for the teachers to … Read More

This post is more for my personal reference than anything else but if it serves to make you jealous of all the fun I’m going to be having over the festive period then thats good with me! Friday 22 December 2006 – Christmas drinks at Rob and Wendy’s. Saturday 23 … Read More

Last week we had a mass birthday party for all the kindergarten kids who celebrated their birthdays between Halloween and Christmas. It seems that at some point each of the kids will get to celebrate their birthday at school and be given a present by each of the other students. … Read More

Well, at least it was!! But this time it was proper snow. Kat and I got on the bus from Seoul on Saturday and noticed that it had started snowing. Within 20 minutes about 3 inches of snow had fallen, everything had turned white and the bus was travelling at … Read More

Following weeks of colds and generally feeling rubbish Kat, Emily and I decided to visit the Seoul herbal medicine market in the hope of finding something to remedy our ailments. The market was huge and had plenty of medicine to choose from, but we discovered two drawbacks – everything was … Read More

A magazine had reliably informed us that Olympic Park boasted a museum made entirely out of paper! We were excited to see how it could work – it seemed inconceivable – surely there would be massive problems when it rained? It turned out that – yes – it was inconceivable! … Read More

The unthinkable has just happened! I got fed at school!! Now I’m sure you’re thinking big deal – but being given a proper lunch at school just doesn’t happen unless, of course, you’re a Korean teacher! I teach kindergarten until lunch time then the Korean teachers eat lunch with the … Read More

After reading about a museum made entirely out of paper located at Olympic Park we couldn’t think of a better way to spend last Saturday – all we had to do was find the museum! Walking out of the subway station we spotted a tourist map beside an empty tourist … Read More

I have just wasted the last 40 minutes of my life sitting through a video of last year’s kindergarten “perpormance” (or performance if you can pronounce your F’s (many Koreans can’t!))! I think, in preparation for planning this years “perpormance” – it would really help if the teachers could speak … Read More