Aug. 16 - Aug. 21: R'n'R

Aaaahhh...finally, a week of rest and re-energizing! The four-day workweek was fabulous, not to mention that one of the days included a trip to see an Alice in Wonderland play with the kiddies.

I decided to forego traveling out of town to enjoy a nice weekend at home in Seoul. Sleeping in my own bed was brilliant. Friday night I turned off my phone and had a lovely, quiet evening with a video. Saturday I went to Namdaemun market in search of a travel pack, with no success.

I had met a man called Professor Lee and his university students a couple months ago, and he calls me and invites me to various events on a weekly basis. I decided to take him up on his invitation to a barbeque at a student's home in Hongdae Saturday night. However, on Saturday he informed me that due to rain the barbeque was canceled and instead he and the students would be having dinner at a restaurant. I thought it would be a good time, so I invited my friend Lindsey to come along as my English-speaking moral support and chaperone.

Am I ever happy that Lindsey was with me, as we discovered upon arriving to the restaurant that the "student dinner" was a bit of a hoax. Instead of twenty twenty-somethings, we found Professor Lee with three middle-aged Korean men. Lindsey and I ate dinner, worked on our Korean-speaking skills, and by 11:00 pm were on the last train home.

Today was another lazy morning, followed by another trip to Hongdae with my mate Jessica for a visit to a piercing salon. I'll leave it at that.