A Glimpse into my Chuseok Weekend

So I'm sitting in my English classroom, done teaching for the day. I have about two more hours until I can leave and officially start my weekend! So why not share with you guys how I spent my Chuseok weekend!! By the way, Chuseok is what many people here call "Korean Thanksgiving." It's a time when Koreans travel to be with their families and have a Thanksgiving meal. Many families also have a ceremony for their ancestors. Lets take a glmpse into how I spent Chuseok (Chew sock). I'll try to make this post as short as possible. Because I know I never read really long blog posts....=/



Friday- I had last Friday off, so me and few other English teachers went to O-world. O-world is actually 3 parks in one --Joy Land, Zoo Land, and Flower Land. Joy Land consisted of mainly rides and roller coasters. Flower Land was more of a place you go to to just walk around and look at different flowers and statues. Zoo land was definately my favorite!! It had tons of animals!!! My favorite part of the day was the African Safari, the only thing separating us from the animals was the bus we were in!! Which actually seemed kinda unsafe because the animals could just come up to the window and literally knock over the bus if they wanted to. And actually the bus driver was feeding some of the animals!!!



Saturday- Chuseok! I went to one of my co-teachers home for Chuseok. She has two children and their English level is very good!! Then again, they did live in California for five years.... Anyway there were about 15 people there. Eveyone was genuinely nice. And for most of them, it was their first time meeting and talking to a foreigner. (= After we ate, a few of us went to the EXPO park--which is a park geared toward science and technology. Because it was Chuseok, many of the exhibitions were closed, but I did get to play some Korean games and pound rice!! Right next to the EXPO park there was a theme park very similar to the one I went to the day before. And of course, I only thought I was having Chuseok lunch with my coteacher so I was dressed in semi-nice clothes. Dynamic Korea at its best!! So we went to Kumardori Land, went on some rides, saw a few performances, then I head back to my place. Looooooong day, but of course the day is not over. I take a nap and then off to downtown of course!! ;)





Sunday- My coteacher Mrs Kim at my other school calls me around 10ish. Literally two minutes after I woke up. "Good Morning Linda, do you have any appointment today." I say "No, not really." Mrs. Kim: "Mrs Joe would like you to have lunch with her and her family, I will give her your number and she will call you." (Mrs. Joe is the music teacher at one of my schools) Me: "Ummmm, ok thats fine." So I end up going to lunch with one Mrs. Joe, her husband, and her son on Sunday. (We went to VIPS, it was delish, to all the people in Korea right now, try it out they have the best steak!!) And of course, it wasnt just lunch. Surprise, surprise. Lets go to Daecheong Dam. So we spent maybe about an hour or so there. Done?? Not quite.... next we go to a traditional Korean village. NEXT....I went to their apt to have tea. Mrs. Joe: "Ok, next we will go to my mother-in-laws house to have dinner." Delicious of course!! After about an hour or two there, we say our goodbyes and Mrs Joe drops me off at my apt.

Monday- I also had this past Monday off, so i decided to go shoe shopping. I bought sneakers! I actually wanted the hightops, but I haven't been able to find them anywhere, so these will do. (=