Chuseok

The next week at work was stressful again…I felt like I wasn’t getting any guidance because I wasn’t…Ha. I teach 6 classes/day starting at 12:55pm and ending at 8:35pm. Its weird to think that I’m teaching kids still! AH. The fallowing weekend was Chuseok, the Korean equivalent to Thanks Giving. We hit up Seoul for our four-day weekend. Beth and Stephanie were on the train earlier than I was so I trained it alone. I was feeling confident that I could get to our hotel in Seoul with the super good directions Steph gave me but I started off on the wrong foot…I missed my train. WELL I was on the right train but the in the wrong cart and being the silly person that I am I jumped off the train and run as fast as I could to the right cart when I could have just stayed on and walked through all the carts without getting off. GAH. So I’m running with my huge back pack and purse (+33c plus humidity) then I see the doors to all the carts close. NO!! I turn to train and start banging on the door for them to open up meanwhile the security guard is freaking out on his whistle to me to stop hitting the train. I was in panic fo sho. What was I going to do in this foreign country with everyone I know gone to Seoul. WTF. So I gathered myself and booked it down to the ticket agent. He laughed at me and canceled my ticket and issues another one that was leaving in half an hour. THANK GOD. However since it was a major holiday here in Korea and the train was full I had a standing ticket and was supposed to stand for the 3 hr train ride to Seoul. EF that noise. I found a fold down seat near the washrooms and marked my territory. After that everything went smooth. I found my way to the hotel with no problems at all which I was proud of cause the subway situation in Seoul is NUTS. In Seoul we did some shopping around, took in some cultural events for Chuseok, did some site seeing, and some partying. I’m stoked that I chose Busan to live in because Seoul is just too huge for me plus I love my set up in Hwamyeong. In all, Seoul was a great first trip to see Korea.