Some of my students came over for a cooking class. They made muffins and nachoes and did a really good job. Here is Woo suk and Jae uk put muffin mixture into the tins.

Su jin and Kwang ok give a taste test.

There are a lot of bees about at the moment. This one looks like a cross between a bee and a fly.

Trees here seem to get some special attention. These ones getting an IV drip. Looks quite strange.

Spring is definetely the best season in Korea. The weather is nice, the flowers are out and so is everyone. The Chongaechon has lillies and despite the feeling that this photo may have been taken in the country, it is in the middle of the city and there were lots of people enjoying a stroll. They say the camera doesn't lie but it can trick you.

Last night Woogi and I went to the lantern festival in Jongno. I love the colours. So bright and cheerful. Different temples had performers. Except for one group the majority were women and children. I don't quite get it. Where were the guys? And in a city of millions there were only a handful of temples involved. Still the colours and faces were intersting and fun.

Picnic at Bukansan.

Pig on a spit, snacks, a beautiful day and friends, what could be better!

I really have no idea where we went. The bus driver got lost.

A happy day.

Friday morning...

up all night and waiting for ........

.........Korea University's Espalanti. Students sleep on the streets near my apartment to get a good place to see the concert put on by the Uni for it's 102nd birthday. They make more noise the night before than after the concert. This year there didn't seem to be any famous singers like there was last year but there was still a huge wave a red T-shirts jumping up and down to the music. I put my earplugs in the night the students were sleeping on the street (well probably partying on the street and sleeping the next morning) and slept well. Some of my unexpecting neighbours didn't fare so well.

Went to the wedding of a friend of Woogi's. Didn't understand a word.

Had a lot of fun afterwards with some teachers frm work at the Seoul Racetrack. I didn't spend much but didn't loose much at all, in fact nearly broke even. The track is in a nice setting and you forget you are in a big city quite quickly.

Go horse, go!

In the evening the uni put on another free concert for the community this time. Woogi and I went for awhile. There were some B-boys doing there thing. They were so athletic and really talented. I was impressed. There was a singer (Sung, Si-kyung) there who is famous (but not to me) and a folk singer too. They were good and many woman liked Mr Sung I think as after he did his thing a lot of them ran out to catch a glimpse of him. I didn't think he was handsome but he had a good voice.