Fire Station Field Trip

Yesterday at school we had our June field trip to the fire house. It was a nice and hot day to be outside. The kids enjoyed it and so did I! It was nice to be out of the classroom for a while. Enjoy the pictures!

Suwon Fortress

Last Saturday I went to a city about 45 minutes away from Bundang called Suwon with my friend Jennifer. We went to visit the Hwaseong Fortress. It was a beautiful, warm day so we walked around most of the fortress. We also climbed a mountain and saw a gold Buddha statue on top. The view from the top of the mountain was pretty, but of course there was smog. At the bottom of the mountain was a Korean Folk Village. We walked around and I bought two handmade paper fans. It was cool because we saw the woman and child making them.

The weather is warm and summer is here. I can't believe it is the middle of June! I am looking forward to my summer vacation to Japan and having my family visit. In just about five weeks they will be here. They are in for a culture shock. I am excited to show them my school and neighborhood where I live.

Everything is going well at work. We have a field trip next week to the fire station with the kinders. I will be sure to post pictures from that. In August we have our field trip to the local pool. That should be lots of fun and I am sure a little crazy!

I have about 4 months left on my contract here. Where has the time gone? It seems like I am still the new teacher. A couple of teachers will be leaving this summer so I will be one of the more experienced ones here...scary! Right now my plan is to go back to St. Louis the end of October and hopefully find a job there. Who knows, we will see what happens.

Hope all is well back home and here are some pictures from last weekend.

Busan cont.

More picures from my weekend trip to Busan!