찜질방 Jjimjilbang

Jjimjilbang aka Korean Spa/Bath House
One thing I am truly going to miss in Korea is my monthly visits to the spa.
At first, I was apprehensive about going to a bath house/jjimjilbang.
Imagine a spa/hot springs back home.
Ok, you are in a gender-segregated area because...you are naked.
Yes, completely naked.
Now, get why they are segregated and why I was apprehensive?

The whole experience is fairly inexpensive.
It's about 5,000-6,000 won for the spa/sauna area and 8,000-10,000 won for the jjimjilbang area (staying over night).
Anyways, I love going to the spa/sauna because it's such a relaxing experience.
They have all these different temperature tubs and saunas.
Also, you can pay to get a scrub down (12,000-25,000 won) or you can do it yourself. It's amazing!
So I think you should give it a try, at least once, just to have the experience.

In a few weeks, I am going to actually stay the night in one so that'll be interesting.

Anyways, check out this website that give a great pictures/guide to the jjimjilbang. :)

All ready to go to at Spa Land in the world's largest department store-Shinsegae Centum City! 

February Happenings.

Here are some things I've done in the month of February.

 Stayed at the Novotel in Busan. Lovely view. :)

Chloe and I got some delicious Turkish food!

A Mural depicting my favorite Korean performance Pungmulnori.  

Paradise Hotel Hotsprings

I got to swim as well, because I was wearing a swimming cap. Ha ha.

Busan is famous for paejeon (seafood pancake).

So Chloe and I tried it out! Yummy. 

Busan Museum of Modern Art

Wondering around Haeundae. 

This month's orphanage trip was extra special because our friend Jose got the kids tons of toys!

Thank you sooooooooooooooo much!

Lego Mania!

Spongebob game!

Good Times!

10 weeks left in Korea. Let's make it memorable. ^^

Lunar New Year!

Lunar New Year started off as a celebration with my Kindergarten students. 

All the teachers and students got to wear traditional Korean clothing Hanbok.

Then the students bowed to us. 

Traditionally, they bow to their grandparents to show honor. 

Then Britney and I got to play Tuho with the kids.

You have two teams and throw the sticks into a bucket. ^^

These are just some cute pictures from the day.

       

Then we played Yutnori.

Excuse my camera skills...

Winter Activities

This place is called Santa Village.
It was a funny adventure...

The kids went sledding. I cheered them on!

When the kids started getting tired, our helpful bus drivers carried their tubes.

Where did Kevin go? He didn't know what he was holding. 

So now he knows in English how to say "icicle."

The whole time we were eating lunch,
 they kept playing American pop songs...

Britney is giggling in the background because the song
 "Birthday Sex" was playing full blast at this moment.

There was an indoor part that was supposed
 to be like Santa's Village/House. 

You could write a letter to Santa. This one was cute.

We went ice sledding!
It's a tad dangerous seeing that you have two sticks with nails on the end.

I want to bring this back to MT, it was so much fun. 

Such a beautiful day!