Misadventures in Gyeongju

Seoraksan

This weekend, Tricia and I went to Seokcho and climbed Seoraksan. We got up at 4:30 a.m. Sunday morning to hike up the mountain in time to see the sunrise. It was cold. And dark. But we dressed up to take on the weather, put on our head lamps, and off we went in a conquering spirit.

To no avail...

Turns out the trail we had carefully mapped out for this little morning cordial didn't go up, which meant we were surrounded by mountains instead of sitting on top of one of them.

Still, we found a comfy bridge to admire the peaceful, sparkling pink sky.

Tricia turned out to be a great travel companion, with a nose for flairing out great accomodations and keeping us warm with soju. Thanks to her, our resting quarters went from dingy to luxurious in the lapse of but a few street corners. (There was a case of suspicious possible underwear-thievery that should probably not be discussed here but encouraged her to snoop out better lodging...)

Thanks Tricia! I hadn't laughed so hard, or so much, in quite a long time. :)

Don't worry. No animals, nor humans, were
 really injured during the taking of this picture.

Two-Day Biking Trip in Rural Gyeongju

The First One Said...

The first one said: I'm cute as a button.

The second one said: I got up to plant beans??!

The third one said: Why the bejeesus didn't the teacher bring tissues?!!

Field Trip - Planting Beans

On Tuesday

Off to the "farm" we went

Beans a-planting

Earth Day

Last Friday, we planted seedlings for Earth Day. The students, Casey, and I all dressed up in green and got our hands dirty...or at least I did, as Korean kids are uncannily reticent when it comes to scooping up soil with their bare hands.