What a Great Weekend :)

I had an outstanding weekend!!!
I met my parents at the hotel on Thursday at around 8:00AM. It was fantastic to see them:) We had some breakfast and then went to a shopping market called Namdaemun Market. I bought a few items for the winter months. They also brought me my uggs and winter coats as well.
We went to eat at a traditional restaurant in the market. We had some good items that I have not had before and some other ones I knew they would like. Honestly we did so much I can't remember all we did. I bought a coat, a couple of dresses, and some brown boots. Abolsutely love them:)

Around 2:30 I had to go to work and get set up for the six hours of teaching. I was a little nervous for my 7PM class because it was the one that caused me the most problems. However, one of the girls that misbehaves was not there!! I'll have to deal with her next week, but at least I could control the class the way I wanted to.
The two classes went by fast and I took a taxi to my parents hotel. I had a late dinner and enjoyed a drink too!

The next day I went back to the hotel around 9AM where we had round two of breakfast. It was nice to have an "American" style breakfast. Usually Koreans just take some coffee and baked goods if in a hurry or have rice and kimchi for breakfast.
We went to one of my favorite places in Seoul called Insadong. A lot of arts and crafty places. I bought a dress and a flag!!!
I have been looking for a Korean flag for a long time. We walked around and took in the gorgeous mountains and perfect weather.
I had to go to class again at about 3PM, but only worked until 7PM.

At 7PM, Racheal, Brandon, and I went to meet my parents at a nice Korean BBQ restaurant. Unfortunately the traffic for my parents was awful. It took them almost an hour and a half to get to the restaurant. It is supposed to take twenty-minutes.
The BBQ was fantastic. The meat was nice and tender and I was super full.

Over the weekend we went to all of the sites. We went to a palace, Seoul tower, an electronic market, an old house, another big market, and more. Seoul tower was great because you could see how sprawling Seoul really is. I can picture myself going up to the tower and just relaxing and prepping for classes.

I felt bad because I don't know a lot of Korean and it was a little hard for us to communicate to the natives. My parents thought a lot more people spoke English, but in reality people only know a small amount. It has just recently (last ten years) become a big push to learn English.
We had a fun time laughing and telling stories about what has gone on at home and what my experience has been like so far.
Today they have left for Japan until Friday.
I am incredible jealous!!! Japan is gorgeous and they will love every second.
I will see them again on Friday and we will make our way to Busan for the weekend.

More to come!!!!

Love,
Kristen