Namsangol Folk Village

Last Sunday we headed to Seoul to visit the Namsangol Folk Village.

It was a FREE attraction that had some traditional Korean houses, a traditional Korean wedding ceremony, and some other Korean things like old kimchi pots, etc. There was also some ponds and a grassy field, of which there was a view of the NSeoul Tower. We didn't go to the tower unfortunately since we didn't have time, but we did have a good time. Unfortunately, I though the houses and the garden wasn't as good as the ones in China, but still it was decent.


















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Game Night at Soda Star

For the next few entries I have a couple of new updates telling about what have been going on in the last week or so.

Last Friday (not today, but last week) we had a mini game night at soda star. It was only five of us (of which I was the only girl), but we had a lot of fun playing different card games, including gullotine, flux, gloom, and illiad. Of course we also ordered some yummy drinks and some flower tea to share between all of us.










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teacher's day, palace museum, and games

We haven't updated in two weeks, so here's another quick update on our lives.

Last weekend was a relaxing weekend, because we didn't go anywhere or do that much. On Saturday we just cleaned and rested, and on Sunday some of Aaron's relatives came by and dropped off a table, a fan, some pots, and lots of food, so it was very appreciated and pretty good, especially the table, because we had been eating off a tray off the floor. Also, we figured out the AC so we are ready for the humid hot summer!

This Friday was Teachers Day in Korea, so apparently the teachers get presents from students (and their parents) or the school. Aaron didn't really get much (except lunch out on Friday and got to go home early) but I got some flowers, perfume, little bunny decoration thing, and some soap.



This weekend was pretty cold and rainy. On Saturday it rained ALL day and was pretty chilly, but we headed to Seoul, where first we went to the National Palace Museum, which was better than the Ho Am, because it had some more interesting exhibits, such as instruments and clothes and such. We wanted to do the palace but it was so rainy that we didn't really want to stay outside too long.










After that, we headed to Yongsan, where we helped two friends get cell phones. The first one was good because we headed to the second stall and he got a good deal, but the other friend had a lot of trouble trying to get a phone that works as a prepaid phone, and he had to go to many stalls, and ended up with not as a good deal.




It was Costco after that, and we bought some food, such as oatmeal, mashed poatoes, canned meat, etc. We almost got lost but eventually found out way. We managed to pack most things into our bag so it was good, because it was raining pretty hard when we got back.

Today (Sunday), we invited one of our friends over to play some games. It was a pretty fun day, although he did get lost to our boonies, since it was pretty hard to get to. First he took the bus the wrong direction, then got off one stop after us, etc. But eventually he got here and we played some our games, such as Guillotine, Flux, and Gloom. We also had chocolate cake and I made curry. Then he also taught us how to play Magic Cards. A pretty enjoyable day.





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Mask Making

Today we headed to Seoul. It was supposedly this HiSeoul festival at the palaces, but we headed to one that was supposed to be about foods but it was really dinky. So we headed to Seoul Plaza, which was this huge lawn near the city hall.

It wasn't too amazing, but the good thing about it was they were giving out free mask making supplies - a clean white mask and this weird clay thing that was very dotty.

Ah well, mask making fun!

The finished product

I made a ball with the leftover clay!

Oh yeah, look, we found Texas in Korea!

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