Preparing for our BIG Trip!

Helloie everyone! Thought I would offer a little update. It is probably going to be short and sweet, since I am sooo much marking to do before we go away for our vacation!

Last weekend we took it easy, for the most part. On Friday night, Ian and I along with our Junggye-dng branch friends went out for Gulbi, barhopping in our neighbourhood and of coarse ended up at the Noreabang. For those of you who are just joining us, Noreabangs are singing rooms in Korea- Great fun! You bring in your own food and drinks, rent a room and sing karaoke with all your friends. It is a great time! It was Melissa's first time too, and I could tell she was loving it!

Saturday Ian and I went to Meoyoung-dong. It is one of my favourite shopping places here. Unfortunately because I am trying to conserve my money for our trip, I couldn't buy much. It was our "4 and a half year anniversary" though, so it was pretty much just an excuse to go out for a nice dinner. We went to an Italian restaurant that was recommended to us by our friends Jen and Jeremy. It was so good, and it was especially awesome to have hot bread served with a meal! It had been too long! (I take it that that's one of the reasons Koreans are so skinny though!) We went home and made Soju slushies with Fanta and ice (Soju is Korea's "vodka") and watched a few movies. On Sunday we spent most of the day planning our trip and I headed to Itewan for a few hours. (Itewan is the foriengers district.)

All in all, we are just getting really excited for out trip. At Plus Academy, foreign teachers are allotted 5 vacation days per 6 month term. We are combining 4 of our vacation days with Korean Thanksgiving (3 days) and another National Holiday. So we will be gone for 11 days and still have one day leftover to make our trek to Japan in November. We are flying into Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from Korea, and then flying to Bangkok that same day. This is where our journey will begin! We will be spending a few days in Bangkok with one day trip to Kanchanburi to visit the tiger sanctuary and some other cool landmarks. From Bangkok, we will be heading to Siem Reap, Cambodia to visit the Ankor Temples. (One of the 7 Wonders of the World.) From Siem Reap we will be heading to Phemn Penh, Cambodia which is Cambodia's capital city. From there we are taking a scenic ferry to Chau Doc, Vietnam and heading north to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where we will spend a few days. Then we are back to Korea! So exciting! We will take a lot of pictures (obviously) and write lots about it when we get back, I am sure! If anyone wants anything specific from these countries, let us know!

We are so excited, and have so many more adventures coming up to look forward to... in 2007 alone! We are heading to Japan the first weekend in November, and Ian's parents are coming at the end of November. Time is just flying by! We will be home before you know it. We couldn't believe it when we hit out 4 month milestone of being here a few weeks ago. Only 8 months to go! (And mom: STOP worrying!!!)

Miss ya'll! xoxo