It's been a few weeks since I last wrote a blog, and since them Christmas and New Year have been and gone. Christmas in Korea was very strange. On Christmas Eve we went out for drinks with friends, which is just like usual, but Christmas Day was very different. There was no family to visit, and no rushing around trying to see as many family members as possible from both our families. We spent the day at a bar down town. The owner of German Bar let us have a ...

Last week we said goodbye to some more friends before heading to Seoul for the weekend to visit the DMZ. Seven of us took the 1am night bus, and met another friend there for the 7.30am tour. It was great to travel in such a large group, and felt like a real family outing! We had strict guidelines on what we could and couldn't wear on the tour. This was partly for practicality and also because the North Korean soldiersapparently take photos of the tour groups ...

Last week was my Birthday, and for the first time ever I was not in England for it. Those of you who know me well know that my Birthday is very important to me and I often have a party. This year I decided not to have a party as such, but to celebrate for the four nights leading up to the day, as this fell over the weekend. So on the Friday night I went out with a few friends for dinner and drinks at a local restaurant called Dasarang. Graham was hosting a po...

Last Tuesday Graham's eye surgeon invited us to a concert being held by the dentists of Gwangju. Not wanting to miss out on the free tickets, and this great opportunity, I managed to swap some hours around at work so that we could attend. The eye surgeon's wife is a dentist, and she was the host/ MC at the event - hence the free tickets. We also had a couple of spare tickets, so some other friends came along too, making us the only four foreigners at the conce...

The last few weeks have been a little quieter than usual for us, as Graham had laser eye surgery, so has been in recovery. The surgery went well, and he is recovering faster than the average person, so that is very good news. The weekend before his surgery we went to Naejangsan Mountain with some friends to do a hike, and see the autumn colours along with what seemed like everyone else in Korea! As there are only a few weeks when the colours are so beautiful, ...