This weekend we have caught up on ourselves a little as we have found ourselves getting exhausted at work - there's always more to do than what we ever have time for in teaching, and I think more so in an International school! We are certainly working hard, but both find the work very satisfying, and the children we teach are very responsive, and a pleasure to teach. So, we spent most of Saturday at school doing prep work, but then at 4pm took off to meet friends at the bus stop to head into see the 'Seoul Lantern Festival'.
This annual event happens in downtown Seoul, where the creators of these amazing paper constructions place them on platforms in the stream, and people are shepherded along the streets, zig-zagged back and forth and then allowed down the stairs to walk along the footpaths beside the stream, to be 'wowed' by the sights. We really enjoyed it - along with about 100,000 other people! It was very orderly however, and we were quite impressed when the people on organising duties actually did prevent anyone from stepping out of line, and trying to cut into the next line over. Even the ajima's were prevented from trying this trick!! And, that is saying something, as little old ladies here do have a fair bit of say!
Today, we decided we really needed to have a proper day off, so we slept in, then caught up on some housework, did a bit of baking, and then bussed down to the station to purchase some KTX tickets to Busan - we will have a weekend away on the 25th. We haven't had one for a while, and I think we both need a break. After that we visited a beautiful Chinese garden set in a park a few blocks away from our apartment - I really love the concept of different rooms in a garden. 'Maybe one day'...!!
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