Spring in Korea 2009

We just returned from a glorious Spring break in Seoul, Korea with our dear friends, the Kents whom we know and love from Cambodia days. They just moved to Seoul Foreign School (SFS) this year from Cambodia. As you may remember we have a bit of history at SFS, Marc having forged a life-long bond with the Moon family while teaching English in Seoul long before he and I met. Marc also did his student teaching at SFS (with me along) in 2000. So we also go to spend some precious time with Jack and Edie Moon who are also working at SFS again. Lucky us!

The Moons treated us to an overnight trip to a traditional village in Andong about 3 hours away from Soeul. It was a very photogenic place! So here are some images from a wander around the village...

traditional Korean houses...

paper prayers...a persimon still on the tree after a long winter...



Below is the traditional B&B we stayed at. The rooms have low doors, heated floors and paper walls. Edie knows the owner (Harmony) from way back...

in a traditional kitchen...
rubber slippers...

kim chi (spicy pickled cabbage) pots...

Well it was almost spring - the flowers where trying to come out but it was near freezing most days!

Good times were had with the Kents:

tea party...

Marc and Sophie play...

Mel cooks with the Kent girls...

Mel and Sheree at an old tea house where birds fly around while you drink your tea.