Reub and Janers

Our Herb and Veggie Garden

2010-07-17T09:58:00.002+09:00

It's tough to grow herbs and veggies in a little apartment a big city. It's obvious that the tomatoes don't like their environment, but one of the plants worked hard and pumped one cherry out! Reuben and I are trying to decide who gets to eat it.

World Cup

2010-07-17T09:43:00.003+09:00

We did go to one game downtown. We wore our red! Korea Shouting! Later we found photographs of this game in the city. Although Reuben usually sticks out like a sore thumb, we had a hard time actually seeing him in this photo. But we were there!

Reuben' top two teams made it to the finals. A sad loss for him and many others. Games usually played at 3:30am here, but despite this the games were NOT missed. This is Reuben watching the game on our borrowed projector from the comfort of our temporary bed in the living room.

Dad Visits Seoul

2010-07-17T09:16:00.003+09:00

Not just any weekend, but Father's Day weekend we enjoyed our Dad's visit to Seoul.

Bye bye Ben

2010-07-17T09:13:00.002+09:00

This spring we said goodbye to our friend Ben. His time in Korea has come to an end and he is moving on to new adventures.

Meet Mix and Mingle

2010-07-17T09:08:00.002+09:00

We had a little house party in our home this for all the Foreign/English speakers that live in our building. It was wonderful getting to know our neighbours more!

Our Friend Whitney

2010-07-17T08:49:00.004+09:00

On Tuesdays we have our friend Whitney over, try new food and drink recipes, and talk about this journey of life. We are grateful for her in our lives!

AT

2010-05-03T22:50:00.003+09:00

AT Unpacked Event hosts over 100 teachers. Big thanks to our staff here, Ali, Carolyn and DokHoon!

Received our first shipment of products imported for our new business.

Christmas in Korea

2010-05-03T22:46:00.000+09:00

Christmas 2009

2010-05-03T22:21:00.002+09:00

Anmyeon-Do with the Husteds

2009-11-29T20:45:00.005+09:00

We enjoyed a weekend away, to an island on the west sea called Anmeon, with our lovely friends Scott and Dionne.

We were taking a walk on the beach when we saw this air craft - the guys couldn't resist for only 40,000 won (about $40) so they took turns touring the island by air.

We had such beautiful weather. We strolled through what was landscaped and manicured to be in the King's Garden.

We couldn't get enough of the ocean and the fresh air.

The AT Home Office

2009-11-08T12:59:00.003+09:00

Because we were coming back for, what we thought was going to be, a short stint, we moved into Adventure Teaching's office. Our humble home, although not the most spacious, still welcomes visitors!!! It looks like this might be home for a little bit longer for our ways are not His ways!

Taebek San (Mountain)

2009-11-08T12:30:00.002+09:00

We escaped the city for a weekend and soaked in the mountain air, changing season and good friends at Taebek San.

September Birthday

2009-11-08T12:21:00.004+09:00

We scooted across the Han River into Seoul for a birthday getaway at the Imperial Palace.

Summer Fun

2009-09-21T23:23:00.003+09:00

More Summer Fun

2009-09-21T22:50:00.002+09:00

Jasper to Banff - on bikes

2009-07-13T12:12:00.006+09:00

With the Zuidhof family – 11 adults and 3 kids - we bike from Jasper to Banff. The RV carried the gear, which made the trip a little easier for the ones who didn’t train. We biked an average of 60km a day through some of most beautiful landscapes on this earth.

Jasper to Banff - con't

2009-07-13T11:58:00.004+09:00

Goodbye to BHCS

2009-07-13T11:17:00.003+09:00

Some tears were definitely shed as I had to say goodbye to students (including my lovely girls), some of who I have taught for three years. Teaching at Big Heart has been a wonderful experience. Reuben joined in the fun as we celebrated the graduation of his old high school students, all of which are going to the States for university.

Another year in Korea has come and gone!

2009-07-13T11:00:00.000+09:00

paul and roz visit - trip to the east sea with our new friends

matt and jodie visit - filling our bellies with delicious galbi

scot and kim visit - feasting on appies like the old times

yukie visits from japan - friend from university

hunting and digging for muscles on the mud flaps on the west sea

camping on the west coast

picnic on the tan river by our apartment

the results of some therapeutic "cupping" treatment that was done at the naked sauna

some friends
my grade 3/4 class - will miss them dearly

Matt and Jodie Visit

2009-04-16T09:09:00.002+09:00

Scot and Kimberley Visit

2009-04-16T09:05:00.002+09:00

Reuben's Birthday

2009-01-28T20:33:00.003+09:00

Hawaii

2009-01-28T19:57:00.003+09:00

Paul and Roz Visit

2009-01-28T19:42:00.002+09:00

Two Broken Wrists

2008-10-08T20:15:00.000+09:00

Can you believe it!?!
Reuben took a very big and painful fall in last Sunday's soccer match. It wasn't until Monday morning that he decided to see a doctor. The first doctor wanted to operate on both his wrists, but Reuben wouldn’t have it. The next doctor wanted to cast both his wrists, but Reuben wouldn't have it. So they compromised - his left wrist is in a cast, for what the doctor said would be 12 weeks and the other wrist is in a splint, that Reuben wears when we feels like it.

Muuido

2008-10-04T17:55:00.000+09:00

We took a little trip this weekend to an island on the West Sea. We camped on the beach for a night, with our friends Bruce and Lydia. The island was surprisingly quiet and peaceful considering it was a long weekend here. Enjoy the beauty of Korea!

Birthday Getaway

2008-09-23T19:52:00.001+09:00

For my birthday, Reuben took me to the little pension (cabin type place) out in the countryside. It was a wonderful little spot to relax and enjoy the beatiful weather.

There was a tree with hanging hearts... where all the couples who have stayed here write notes about their... love... maybe? i don't realy know, but it was funny.

This was the little cabin that we stayed in. It came complete with a western bed, tv, washroom and woodstove.

New Apartment

2008-09-23T19:42:00.000+09:00

Yes, we are back to Korea for another year....

Some Summer PIctures

2008-09-23T19:18:00.001+09:00

update from the past five months

2008-06-08T14:22:00.000+09:00

A little update: what we have been up to since Christmas.

We said goodbye to two of our best friends, Scot and Kimberley. We lived together in Korea for 2 years, traveled with them all over the world, and experiened so much life and friendship with them! It was a very difficult goodbye.

We tried to get to a few of the Korean festivals this spring. One of which was called the Hi Seoul Festival.

Reuben continued to play for the Anyang Soccer Team. He is crowned within the league as the player with the longest throw-in!

We had the pleasure of hosting our friends from Toronto, Angela and Andy. They were visiting for 5 days, so we toured most of Seoul, ate lots of Korean food, and sang out hearts out at a norae-bong (singing room)!

Our friends Mitch and Sunny got married June 6th. I hosted a "western style" shower for Sunny at our aparment, and together with her friends and family we spoiled her with gifts.

Reuben and his partner Scot continued to be busy investing time into their business. Adventure Teaching is now a registered corporation and has one and a half employees. Reuben is down to just one job now, since our school year ended June 5th.

We are looking forward to being home for the summer. Our travels are taking us to Seattle, San Diego, Toronto and BC. We will be coming back to Korea at the end of August, so Reuben can continue building his company in Korea, and so that I can continue teaching at Big Heart Christian School. In July I am starting graduate school at Trinity Western University. I will be studying a MA TESOL program while continuing to teach next year.

See you all Soon!

tree time

2007-12-12T18:19:00.000+09:00

thanksgiving celebration

2007-12-12T17:28:00.000+09:00

fall

2007-11-07T20:14:00.000+09:00

halloween

2007-11-07T20:03:00.000+09:00

Tibet

2007-10-22T19:01:00.000+09:00

tibet con't

2007-10-22T18:30:00.000+09:00

matt and jodies wedding

2007-10-20T16:31:00.000+09:00

home for the weekend to celebrate with matt and jodie. they are married!!!!!!!

School Retreat

2007-10-20T16:11:00.000+09:00

Happy Brithday Janers

2007-10-06T12:58:00.000+09:00

For my birthday on September 12, Reuben took me to play tennis. Something we both enjoy but never do here. So we played tennis, had a picnic on the river. And then we when got back from our date, our apartment was full of all our friends here in Korea.

Laos

2007-09-17T20:52:00.000+09:00

Cambodia

2007-09-17T20:21:00.000+09:00

THE LIFE of not only cambodians but most in the south east of asia. 3, 4, sometimes even 5 on a scooter. trekking all kinds of things.

THE HISTORY. we spent some time experiencing and learning the history of the khmer rough. it was a hard few days touring the land mine museum, the prison and killing fields and memorial. here are just a few of the pictures.

SHOOTING RANGE - reuben and jesse shot a round or two of a AK47 at a military base. They have created a little tourist attraction out of it to make some money for the country

Cambodia - Angkor Wat

2007-09-17T19:51:00.000+09:00

Temples of Angkor. This was an incredible place to tour around and learn about. We spent a whole day touring through some of the temples (wats). The most known, Angkor Wat, was built only for the Emperor's funeral and burrial place. It took most of his life time to build it, but I gues that was the norm when owning a whole Empire.

The Philippines - June 2007

2007-09-04T22:04:00.000+09:00

Reuben and I, along with another teacher and our boss took some of our jr and sr high students to the Philippines on a mission trip at the end of the school year. It was amazing to see them work so hard, love on the kids and share the promises of God.

SUMMER OF TRAVELS

2007-08-14T16:08:00.000+09:00

we started our our summer off by taking some of our students to the philippines on a mission trip for a week. after that we had a holiday in our home country of canada. we began our south east asia travels with jesse and shannon on july 10. we will be back in korea on aug 20th to begin another school year at Big Heart Christian school. I'll update some pictures of our summer when we are settlled in our little apartment in Seoul

a muddy day

2007-05-21T19:37:00.000+09:00

Last week we went to and island called Jebu to learn about the sea life. We got to the island by driving on a road that 'goes under' when the tide comes in. The west coast here has the second largest tide in the world.

Our students sure enjoyed themselves. For about 2 hours the played and wrestled in the mud, dug for crabs and helped our guide with his catch for the day.

Reuben is helping one of the students get free from the mud. This wasn't the only student that neede his assistance - many had their boots stuck.

Seong Hyun gave up trying and sat down to get his foot free.

I stayed pretty clean, just one little mark on my cheek from Yun Young.

Our guide cut up a bunch of fish caught in his nets so we all tried some of the freshest sushi you will even eat! The students went ape over the little snack and tried so hard to get me to try it. Reuben was braver then me.

After being out there for serveral hours we were all ready to get cleaned up and dried off. Some lucky ones got a ride back... some desperately hitch hiking for a ride.

Teacher's Day - May 15

2007-05-21T19:26:00.000+09:00

The Mother's Committee prepared a wonderful 'teacher's day lunch' for the whole school. We had turkey, stuffing, potatoes, sweet and sour chicken and some other goods.
Lots of schools in Korea are closed for the day. I guess gifts to teachers have gotten a little out of hand in the past.

Welcome to Korea

2007-05-14T20:37:00.000+09:00

Welcome to Korea Hannah and Raquel! Reuben and I knew these girls from university and here they are in Korea!

wAcky DAy aT SchOOl

2007-05-08T17:17:00.000+09:00

its wacky day at school! almost every student participated in our fun dress-up day. even the teachers!

here is our whole school - all 40 students and 6 teachers.

this is my co-elementaryt teacher, miss cho.

the 'girl' in the middle is one of our grade 5 male students. he won first prize for wackiest outfit!

mr and mrs zuidhof and their funny faces.

theses are some more of my elementary students. from the left is gyeong won, yeong uk, ju ho and hyung jung.

JAPAN

2007-05-07T18:09:00.000+09:00

We had a litte 4 day trip to Osaka and Kyoto last weekend. Here are some pictures from our trip. There is more to come!!!

Osaka Castle - one of the popular things to do in Osaka is tour the castle. so we did!

watching an IMAX film called 'into the deep' (or something like that).

Spent a few hours in an aquarium with over 35000 species in it. as you walked thru the aquarium you went deeper and deeper down into the sea, seeing all the sea life at their different levels. The glow in front of me is a dolphin. under the sea... under the sea...

here is a massive ferris wheel... yes, for ony 9.99 you can have a 15 min ride on it. and yes, we splurged and did it!!! it is 125 meters at the highest point, one of the tallest of its kind in the world. during your ride you get a history class from an automatic recording inside your car. yes, quite romantic i must say.

more of JAPAN

2007-05-07T17:30:00.000+09:00

here is a little taste of japanese culture.

there are lots of cute little japanese tea houses and restuarants. this area of town is what you would picture when you think of old japan - with little geishas jumping from roof to roof!!!

we waited and walkted along this one street for a long while trying to get some pictures of the beautiful geishas. my first 4 attempts at getting pictures were unsucessful. there were many walking by themselves and many trailing behind men in suits. all very cute, just like in the movies. they wont stop for pictures, but they'll smile and nod at you.

bikes everywhere! just like in china, it seems that most people travel this way. whether in a suit, dress or mini skirt, everyone is travelling on their speedy little bikes.

some pictures of us eating in a cute little restuarant. we had to try the sake... we opted for peach flavour... mmm mmm good! it was a wonderful trip, great to get away together and visit another country.

Girls Only

2007-04-24T19:01:00.000+09:00

Last weekend Dionne had a little girls party for the teachers and staff of our school. We feasted on lots of food and chatted for hours. I left after 2 hours, but apparently the others stayed for 5hours!!! It was a hit, so we are going to do it more often. Next time at my place.

Ceramics Village

2007-04-24T18:44:00.000+09:00

We brought our school to Icheon Ceramics Village for an art field trip this past week. We spent the whole day learning about the amazing history of ceramics and earthware in Korea and creating our own pieces. The students had a blast and so did the teachers because everyone got a chance to try the wheel. After lunch our buddy Mr. Park taught us how to used coils to create more peieces. Each student made a couple different plates or bowls. Mr. Park will fire and glaze our pieces and mail them to us.
This is where we went for our one year anniversary - so we have quite the collection now!

More Spring Fun

2007-04-18T17:31:00.000+09:00

We, along with the Sustads, scooted into Seoul (across the Han river) for the first time this past weekend. To get across the river you have to travel on highways and bridges that have pictures of scooters with a big red X'es through the picture. Oops! But we made it to our destination: Namsan Mountain to check out the cherry blossoms. Then we ate dinner at our favorite Indian food restaurant. The adventures continued when Scot and Kim's scooter broke down in the middle of Seoul. So, the scoot was left there, they took the bus home and met us back at our apartment.
Not a day goes by with out adventure here!

Spring Is Here

2007-04-13T19:17:00.000+09:00

Scooter Breakdown

2007-04-13T17:48:00.000+09:00

scot, kim, reub and i were off on a little day trip to seoul to see some cherry blossoms ... when we had a little breakdown of the scoot. reuben and i were up the highway about a km and realized scot and kim weren't behind us anymore .... so driving the opposit way on the highway we made it back to them.
luckily scot had a 6 foot chain in his bucket seat - just long enough for a pull. we towed them to the next exit, which just happend to be near costco. so to costco we went, did some shopping eating. the scoot worked fine on the way home. it turns out they have an overheating problem. we will try again next weekend.

some updated pictures of our home

2007-04-10T18:50:00.000+09:00

bye bye Koetje

2007-04-02T21:25:00.000+09:00

Here is a picture from Nathen Koetje's first night in Korea. This year went too fast with him. We are so happy he came, life if Korea was so much better with him. And the last picture here is of one of his last nights in Korea. We will really miss you, especially our weekly sleepovers. Miss you already bud!

bye bye DAVEY

2007-04-02T20:58:00.000+09:00

davey, this is one guy we will really miss. he was the first foreign face we saw in korea (ran into him our first night here)... he took us around, showed us the ropes and taught us what we needed to know as newbees. the king of sanbon will be missed!

BHCS Sports Day

2007-03-26T22:20:00.000+09:00

Reuben and the Student's Council organized a sports day for the school this past week. We played basketball, dodgeball, and bucket ball.

we also planned some mission relays for the teams. they had to do things like the crab walk, piggyback, sink a basket and the wheelbarrow race. The kids really enjoyed the time outside playing with eachother and the teachers.

piggy back relay... you can do it ju ho! go team yellow!

some of the jr and sr. high school girls posing for a picture. go team black!

my smiley elementary kids: sieon, hae jin and seong hyun. aren't they cute? go team blue!

we ended the day with some donuts and juice. juan and haejin are really enjoying the snack.

Anyang Soccer Team

2007-03-26T18:56:00.000+09:00

Reuben started playing in a foreigner league here. He is excited about being able to play sports again, after a long long rehab with his knee. The season has just begun... so you know what i'm going to be doing sunday afternoons ALL spring. Reuben has an amazing powerhouse throw-in to offer his team. That's my boy!

OPPS!

2007-03-17T21:59:00.000+09:00

Today I was feeling a little bored with my hair so tried something new. Velcro curlers. I did some damage to my hair when a few of them took a longer to get out then I wanted. And as you can see I used curlers that were way too small. And to make matters a little worse we were late to meet friends, so all i could do was throw on a hat. I hid the bangs part (also known as a birds nest) under the hat and we were off. Reuben and Koetke sure had a good laugh about it.

It's been awhile, hey?

2007-03-17T21:52:00.000+09:00

And look what I spotted here... when was the last time you saw overalls, on a man, and with one strap off. It's been awhile hey?

Korean Pro B-Ball

2007-03-17T21:32:00.000+09:00

Our friend Song Bae took us out to a basketball game this afternoon. Sk telecome against Dae Gu Warriors. The staduim was full of fans from both sides. We were sitting in the SK section, so we cheered for them.

Here are the guys, Tae Jeun, Frank and Song Bae (from left to right)

The cheering squad all the way up in the stands ... SK clap clap clap, SK clap clap clap...

And then we went out for some jeum-dak (korean style chicken stirfry) with song bae and his brother. Song bae leaves for PEI, Canada this week to study English for a year. We hope to see him in Canada some day.

Bye-Bye Dan and Kath

2007-03-14T20:48:00.000+09:00

Our good friends Danny and Kathryn have left Korea. They lived here for a full year. We didn't think they'd make it but they were troopers through their bad school and finished off with a horray!

We celebrated their time here with a night at all-you-can-eat Carne Staion. Good food and fun times!

And then we ended the evening with some norre-bong (Singing Room) action. We will miss their faces around here and look forward to living near them someday back home.

OUR NEW RIDE

2007-02-28T18:02:00.000+09:00

what are we riding?...

this! a scooter! we are going to scoot all around the town now! what a ball of fun this has been so far. and its only been a week.

do we look good or what?

scot and kim bought a scooter as well. koetje was over for the day, so we borrowed our co-teachers for him we all went scootering around. we had a blast seeing how far into seoul we could get.

Out with Friends

2007-02-28T17:56:00.000+09:00

One of our favorites places to eat here in Seoul is our Mount Everst Restuarant, serving Napolese and Indian food. I can't believe that I nearly starved when I was in Nepal and now i'm feasting on their food.

valentine's roses and funny faces

2007-02-24T12:33:00.000+09:00

Korean Pro Volleyball

2007-02-18T15:03:00.000+09:00

A Day on the Slopes

2007-02-12T17:36:00.000+09:00

We jumped on the opportunity to go skiing this weekend. Our friend Carmen, who works for Hyundai, got us a deal for a room, rentals and lefts this past weekend at Sungwoo Hyundai Resort.

It's been two years since Reuben and I have hit the slopes. After our years in university taking full advantage of the students prices and mountains we missed it a lot. It didn't quiet compare but it sure was fun.

We went expecting the worst... millions of people, ice and 3 second runs. We were pleasantly surprised by the short lines, on and off snowfall and tall hills. Can you see the massive TV screen to the right?

Here is the crew we went with, Dave, Reub, Koetje and Scot.

Carmen, me, Nicky and...

Kim

Later in the evening we watched a dance show/concert thing and fire works. At one point the host asked the crowd who traveled the furthest that day. Reuben got the hosts attention by yelling, wayguk (foreign person). Reuben was then invited up on stage, asked where is was from and what he does here in Korea. Then was presented with the winnings - a pair or gloves.

Surprise Visitor

2007-02-04T17:59:00.000+09:00

LISTEN TO THIS!
reuben and i are about 1 hour into our good nights sleep when we wakeup startled by the noise of our front door opening, then comes the flicker of our hallway light as it is turned on...i tell reuben to go down their. he has no weapon of any sort so we wait and listen... then we hear someone making use of our toilet, by the sound it was evident that he was a male. ... reuben leans over our loft to see who is there....
before we know it, a large and very drunk man stumbles out of our bathroom and passes out on the floor. reuben, relieved, says "adjushi, jibe anida" (sir, this is not your home). and again reuben repeats that, louder and louder. but this man isn't waking. reuben walks downstairs and says again, this is not your home. the man replies "waguk saram" (foreign person) and closes his eyes again.
we call security, and get no response, so reuben goes down to the office and explains the situation as best he could in korea to the security guard. as reuben and our security guard approach the apartment door they see a man wondering the hallway looking for his friend. reuben says "na ui ching-gu ee jibae issauyo" (Your friend is in MY apartment). as the security guard is laughing, reuben and the man's friend carry the man out into the hallway. then we lay back in bed and laugh - just another night in korea.

Growing Grass in an Apartment

2007-02-04T17:23:00.000+09:00

grass is hard to come by here. our mom zuidhof sent us a some seeds. take a look, this is just after one week of tender loving care.

Scooter Cruise'n

2007-02-04T17:18:00.000+09:00

We borrowed our friends scooter for a couple hours... and we cruised

Adventure Teaching

2007-01-31T20:59:00.000+09:00

We have an entrepreneur in the family! That’s right, Reuben and his partner Scot Sustad are putting their efforts into getting a business setup to recruit teachers to South Korea. There is a large market for teachers here, to teach in schools, academies and universities. Everyone wants to learn English, and they want to learn from people whose first language is English.

Reuben and I would recommend this adventure to almost anyone. We have had an extraordinary and fulfilling year and a half – with more to go. A huge reason why its been so enjoyable for us is because we have worked at reliable and admirable schools. Get in touch with us if you are interested or know anyone who is. We have lots of information on our website or email us.

adventureteaching@mypace.com

adventureteachingkorea.com

adevnture.teaching@hotmail.com

Skating with the Kids

2007-01-20T13:42:00.000+09:00

Happy Birthday Reuben!

2007-01-15T16:53:00.000+09:00

The day began with sparkling apple juice, pancakes, bacon and eggs.

It continued with lots of birthday wishes from students and staff at school.

It moved into a romatic dinner at Marco Polo restuarant on the 54th floor of Korea's World Trade Center (with a incredible view!).
And it ended with a Cookies and Cream chocolate fondu at home!

Ping Pong with Tae Young

2007-01-15T16:43:00.000+09:00

Reuben learned quite a bit from his year of ping pong school. He play regularly with his friend Tae Young, a fun hobbie fro Reub. Reuben can speak more Korean than Tae Youn can speak English so they usually converse in Korean.
Get your game on, go play!
Smack it!
Good Form!
Reuben wins again!!! Tae Young has only taken a few games off Reuben. Now Tae Young has started bringing his friends around to challange Reuben!

Good Old Friends!

2007-01-15T16:37:00.000+09:00

Good Old Friends!

2007-01-11T17:42:00.000+09:00

Christmas with the Zuidhofs

2007-01-11T17:17:00.000+09:00

The New Year was brought in with a gingerbread house decorating contest - Girls vs. Guys

The Girls: A depiction of a modern nativity scene. Mary and Joseph are propped beside the inn where there was no room.

The Guys: It looks a little tippy to me... but the lamp post is a nice touch.

Some family bowling - girls against guy again. We wont tell who won. It's been a while since we've played good ol'5 pin.

A hike to Bridal Falls with the siblings!

Christmas with the Hagars!

2007-01-11T17:12:00.000+09:00

Reueben and I arrived about 11pm, from a 46 hour journey from the Philippines... and what are busy doing... a ginerbread house!
Christmas Day with the family. We spent the morning at home with the grandparents, opening stockings, reading the bible and eating breakfast. The afternoon was filled with fun with more family.

The Philippines - the vacation

2007-01-10T17:12:00.000+09:00

Social with the Co-Teachers

2006-12-03T12:51:00.000+09:00

we had our co-teachers over for a little mexi food, wine and fruit fondu.

Christmas Tree Time

2006-12-03T12:21:00.000+09:00

reuben and i spent some time decorating our very little christmas tree. with our 15 foot ceilings it looks pretty dinky this year. the spirit of christmas is definitely in our home here, we have been pumping the christmas tunes!!!

we are so thankful that we wont be sitting in front of it alone on christmas day this year. we will be celebrating the birth the Jesus with our families back in Canada. yeah!

if you look closely you can see that it was even snowing a little bit as we were decorating

A 'Turkey' Meal

2006-11-27T17:30:00.000+09:00

We gathered for a little celebration on Sunday night - both Americans and Canadians had fellowship over turkey (actually chicken), mashed potatos (mashed with a fork), cranberries, stove top stuffing and gravy (compliments of a friend from the Amercian base), and to top it all off, pumkin and apple pie (bought from costco).
We have many things to be thankful for - as we all shared - one thing being our dear friends who help make home seem not so far away.

Busan

2006-11-25T12:55:00.000+09:00

thanks to our American school that celebrates thanksgiving we had a 4 day weekend. we headed down south for a few days to busan, a city on the south tip of korea. busan is the largest city next to seoul.

they call this beach the wakiki beach of korea.

we spent a few hours at the famous fish market. there are hundreds of little stands where you can buy any kind of sea life, dead or alive.

Busan - some more of

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Good Times with Good Friends

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Songli Mountain

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we went on a weekend trip with our favorite friends. we travelled about 3 hours south to a mountain in central korea. we hiked for the day, admired the beautiful leaves, and enjoyed a bicycle build for four.

fruit drying in the sun
look at the colour... wow
made it to the summit.. kim wearing boots and me in slip-ons. we weren't expecting the 12 km hike.

view for the top of the mountain... stunning

here is a shot of the one of the several claimed world's tallest standing buddha's... originally made in the silla dynasty and reconstructed for the 2002 world cup.

We'll Miss you Tiffany

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tiffany finished her contract in korea ... and is back in the beautiful country of canada now.

Taco Fun with Korean Friends

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80's Dress-Up Day at School

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out of the whole school, the teachers were the only ones who actually knew what the 80's were. so.... we were the only ones that dressed the part. my students told me i looked normal. yikes!

we went to the river for the afternoon for fun and games.
yeah team yellow! my little Sieon... cute
naray and sung won... the little girls love the older girls
80's?

oh ya mr. zuidhof.... catch those candies

Fall In Seoul

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School Fieldtrip - Art Camp

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China China China - the forbidden city

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this is the heavenly gate - the entrance into the forbidden city.
Mao's picture is on the front of the gate to the palace.

as you can see, there was a little construction within the palace.
the palace is about 1 square km... and a 3 hour tour

an ancient fire extinguisher...
group picture!

standing under the love trees - you should know that we stood in line
to have our photo taken here.
and... a babies bum. it seems that they don't even make babies clothes without holes in the bottom. easier to have them squat on the roadside, than to have diapers.

China China China - the great wall

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the great wall... wow

we didn't have the clearest weather,
but to see the wall gone on for miles was breath taking

China China China - shainghai

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having a little fun at the touriest sites...

the city of shainghai is impressively modern. they are much more creative in their architecture then Korea, we were amazed at the skyscrapers everywhere.

wires, hanging landry and bikes are everywhere

there were many buddhist at the temple, reading scriptures and worshiping

China China China - beijing

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i bought paintings from this beautiful artist
the market - shopping and bartering

beijing is working hard advertising and gettting ready for 2008
this building you see is the silk market - where we spent a total of 14 hours
shopping shopping and shopping

dirty feet after a day of walking around the city
live scorpions squirming on sticks ready to be eaten

an alter before the ming tomb... just covered with money scarificed to the dead emperior

the travellers...

How Cute

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Check out our most adorable niece and nephew, Tianna and Jabin.... oh i just want to squish them and hug them.

Meeting Heidi's Trevor

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Heidi's good friend, Travor Davis, came to Korea to play at a festival. So... we finally got to meet this boy we have heard much about.

A Korean Wedding

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