Chuseok, Everland and Palaces!

Okay this week I was pretty busy in a good way. :) This week was Chuseok which is like Korean Thanksgiving. They go to where they grew up and clean and have food with their ancestors. It is an important holiday and it is according to the Lunar Calendar. So this week I only had to work Monday and Tuesday and I got a five day weekend which was very nice. On Tuesday though we celebrated Chuseok with the kids so I have some photos of that.

Dana is the master at photo bombing/invading. haha

He was upset because his kimbap fell on the bus.

Christopher never can be serious. haha

playing traditional games

you throw the 4 sticks and depending on how the land is how many spaces you move.

They loved it!

Throwing sticks into a bucket.

Lumi's dad made me cookies for Chuseok. :)

On Thursday it was my daddy's birthday. Since I wasn't going to have class with my kids I told them my daddy's  birthday was over Chuseok so they of course asked to draw on the board and I recorded a video for my dad. :)

Okay so on Friday I went to another theme park here in Korea. It is called Everland and I have never been to it. It was a lot of fun and I would even dare to say it was Korea's version of Disney World. I say this because it had different areas like American Adventure and European Adventure. I kid you not that is what they called it. It was interesting and kind of funny. Leah and I had a ton of fun and we even did a safari ride where we got to see a lot of different animals. It was pretty cool. So I have pictures from that day.

Halloween theme

America Adventure

European Adventure

White Tigers

Lions

White Lions

Liger (male Lion female Tiger)

Liger they are like donkeys and can't reproduce.

bears. They had them do tricks.

This one is clapping and they had one walk next to our bus. It was pretty cool.

foxes

tiger

white tiger

Bundae jjigae this is what we had for dinner. So good!

Lastly yesterday Leah and I went to the last 2 palaces that I hadn't gone to yet. It was a lot of fun and we even got to see the changing of the guards. It was pretty cool to watch. Later we also went to a sheep cafe. The sheep were really cool. :) Also we met up with Haris and Andy for dinner. This was my goodbye with Andy since he has to work next Saturday when I am having my goodbye dinner. It was sad to say goodbye. :(

Well this week is my last week at work. It is weird to think it is all coming to an end so quickly. My last day will be Wednesday. So that gives me 3 days left with my kids. I think saying goodbye to Einstein will be the hardest for me. I have been teaching them for a year and 9 months and I am very sad to say goodbye to them. I hope they at least remember me, because I know I will remember all of them. They became part of my life and I will always love all of the kids I have taught, but Einstein/Davinci, old Einstein and especially Edison will always be children I remember. I honestly never thought I would become so attached to these kids when I decided to come all the way out here. It is very hard for me because it feels like I am losing my kids. It makes me really sad. I have been trying to prepare myself for goodbyes, but I don't think there is anything I really can do. It will be hard, but I have all the wonderful memories to look back on. Although this job has been one of my toughest I never regret coming here or staying as long as I have. Those kids made it all worth while and I am truly blessed to have been able to know them. So here is to my last week. Wish me luck and give me strength because I am going to need it! Have a good week! I will update I guess for the last time when I return to the States. Besos!