Korea day 16

Really just leaving. Had brunch with Karen then headed to the subway. Sad day leaving. Being in Korea reignited my desire to live somewhere other than the U.S. someday. We'll see how that goes. Flew for 11 hours to LA. Then an 11 hour layover in LA. Finally in anchorage at 12:30 (after over 24 hours of travel time). Longest day of my life (literally cuz I crossed the date line and the day lasted for 41 hours with the time change). Happy Easter. 

Korea day 15

Fisher fair scones for breakfast :-) Super lazy morning. Hot pot for lunch. Then off to an old part of Seoul and hiked part of the Seoul wall. Went to a famous Korean bakery that wasn't all that great. Then to Hongik to see the street performers, who were subpar. Then to Jonny Dumpling for dinner before meeting Tae June Kwon for dessert. Then back to Karen's and some packing. 

Hot pot... Cook your own food in boiling water

North Tower from the Seoul Wall

Loving the selfie stick

Line at the bakery... Koreans think it's better than Karen and I do...

Korea day 14

Lazy morning. Went to standing coffee with Jen (Karen's roommate(ish). Got on a bus to go to the Strawberry Festival in Nonsan. It was a little underwhelming, but still fun. Another two hour bus ride brought us back to Seoul, where we went to a super pretty Starbucks. Then we wandered looking for dinner (maybe a little too long cuz hangry Kate showed up). Then home to drink a little milkshake. 

Cuz why not?

We got free strawberries for letting people take pictures of us with these hands....

Korea day 13

Early to school with Karen. I worked on some school stuff and went to Starbucks to get Karen a latte for her pumpkin spice syrup. I got to read to three of her first grade classes today. After school we went to the ice cream waffle place again then just chilled at her house. 

We got matching socks... I have to find the pictures of me reading to post...

Korea day 12

Up bright and early for the DMZ tour for real this time. We went to the joint security area and the third tunner. It was pretty interesting stuff. When we got back to Seoul we went to the Korean War museum and then to get dumplings for dinner. after dinner we had ice cream waffles. Then early to bed again for school. 

Just across the border into North Korea

At the third tunnel ( that the tour guide pronounced tunner)

Drum inside the war memorial museum 

Ice cream waffle 

Korea day 11

Up bright and early for the DMZ tour. But we got the day wrong. So we went to Nami island, 40 km ne of Seoul. We tandem biked around he island and saw the funky recycled art. Then we went to Myeongdong for dinner.

Suprisingly not as hard as I expected

We found a peacock

Aaaaand we both wore purple shoes :-)

Korea day 10

Went to school with Karen. I worked on some of my own school stuff since I'm a student again and also alphabetized her kiddie books. After school we went out for Korean BBQ and for dessert, which Karen declared was for my birthday. We went to three different dessert places. 

Grilling

Chocolate cake 

Apple tart

Cookie and ice cream