Chuseok

This week was Chuseok, the Korean Thanksgiving. It’s one of two main Korean holidays, so my school actually gave me three whole days off (although we have to work Saturday to make up for it…). Anyway, it was nice having off three days in a row and I got to meet some great people, do some fun things, and eat some delicious food. Now here are some pictures to sum it all up. (I know that’s super corny, but I really can’t help myself.)

I spent Tuesday and Wednesday with Anny's extended family. If I look tired in this picture, it's because I was - this was taken at the end of two really great, but exhausting days.

Rice cakes covered in pine needles (which we picked off before serving) Oh, and they were actually very good, they just look like they fell on the ground somewhere in Oregon.

Hard at work making spicy Korean pancakes.

Mmm, Don't you want some of that?

The family take 1... Anny looked at the picture and said, "No one smiled! Do it again!"

So we did. ^_^

Wed night I met up with some girlfriends for a soccer game at Suwon World Cup Stadium. We didn't know who they were playing, just that it was free for foreigners...

We got there and realized they were playing Seongnam - the team from our hometown! Which was cool, but we were all dressed in blue for Suwon instead of our team's yellow. Oops...

After the game, Leslie came over for a last minute slumber party. I may or may not have lured her with bacon, cheese, and bagels from CostCo... We also painted our nails with super cool glow-in-the-dark nail polish that my super cool mom sent. Unfortunately, the pictures of them acutally glowing in the dark didn't turn out, so you'll just have to take my word for it.

Thursday I slept about half the day away and loved every moment of it. Then June and I met a friend and checked out this great cafe in what must have originally been a greenhouse/nursery. The murky pond behind us probably would have been a lot prettier if there had not been torrential rain and flooding two days before.

As always, more pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/scribbledjourneys/ if you're interested.

~Melina