It's Monday yet again, which means another week of work.
Last week, we went out to this coffeehouse/cafe type place, where they had these really delicious yogurt/smoothie type thingies. They were served in this huge glasses, and were creamy, sweet, and just delish. They also had this weird desert thing which was pretty much a plop of ice cream on sweet bread. It was a bit weird but not too bad.
This weekend, on Sunday, we went with Glen, a new expat we've met recently, to the Lotus Lantern Festival in Seoul. It was on this street, which was filled with booths that had everything from foods, teas, tshirts, and lots of different craft making booths as well. Glen and I both made a little lantern, but Aaron didn't. There was other craft making booths like masks and clay and archery, but most of those cost money, but the lanterns were free. Near the temple area, there was all these lanterns hanging up and it made a very colorful canopy. After we walked around a bit, we headed to this little cozy restaurant near Insadong, where we made very tender bulgogi and side dishes. I got this tea called five flavors fruit tea, which was almost too sweet. After that, we chilled for a few hours at a coffeehouse near the Insadong and festival area, and bought two very delicous slices of cakes- blueberry and strawberry cream. Later that night we headed out and saw the parade, which had lots of people walking and lighted up statues of elephants, buddhas, lotuses, etc. We then had to rush back home, but even so, we didn't make the last bus, so we had our first taxi ride to our little boonie area.
In other news, my sickness is almost all ok. I cough occasionally, but not nearly as bad. For Aaron of course, he just caught it and is feeling pretty sick today. I hope he feels better soon!
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