Another busy week last week, with a lot of events and celebrating. One of Britts high school friends Katie came to visit on Wednesday. She is teaching in Japan, and is on holidays so she came to check out Korea. Wednesday was St Paddys day, so we dressed in our green and after work hit up Waegook Cook. I gave all my kids clover stickers for St. Paddys day, but they had no idea what I was talking about. By the end I was telling them it was a day to wear green, drink beer, and pretend your Irish. Thursday was Britts birthday. Katie, Britt and I enjoyed a delicious waffle breakfast at a cafe, followed by an afternoon downtown. After work we met up with some friends at a resturant called Table for supper and drinks. Since most people work through the week Friday was the big St Paddy celebration. The three of us represented Acadia style with our costumes. Shirts with Irish sayings, green finger nails, green headbands and stickers. We enjoyed green drinks at Waegook Cook, and met some new friends.

The weekend was a busy weekend as well. Saturday I made my way to Cheongdo to watch some bull fights. They have a big festival every year so a group from Gumi caught the train Saturday afternoon to check that out. It is not the same as Spanish bull fights where they fight until death. Here they just fight until one bull runs away, so it is much less violent. I had made a bet on a bull fight with some friends who were going to Seoul for the night. Needless to say I lost the bet, and ended up taking the train to Seoul that night to party. We arrived in Seoul late, so when we got there we enjoyed some Subway for supper, and went straight to the bar for drinks. I ended up partying all night until 5am, and catching the KTX train back to Gumi. I was home by 8am and enjoyed all Sunday sleeping.

This week is a much lower key week and weekend. We are starting to plan a Buddhist temple stay and a couple other activities around the area. Now that all the events are over I can get back to experiencing true Korean culture.