The plan is to take the bus, and then stay in a "love motel". Apparently these motels are used for any illicit activity - basically anything you would not want your neighbour to know about (i.e. extra-marital activity?). Foreigners tend to stay in these motels - they're cheap and conveniently located. I guess we'll see how it is!
Saturday morning is Alden's exam. The GRE is a standardized exam like the SAT, but it's necessary to apply to grad school in the States, as opposed to an undergrad program. There will be two verbal and two quantitative (high school math) sections. We've been having some math coaching sessions; I hope my student does well!
The past few weeks have also been quite busy. I went to a lantern festival in Jinju a couple weeks ago. Mina's friend has a taxi, so we made the 2 hour trip in his comfy ride. I also met Mina's friend Shawna. I felt very comfortable around Shawna - we have similar interests and she's super nice. I then found out she's from Langley, so I think that explains things a bit. It seems like every other Canadian we've met so far is from Ontario!
Here is a picture of the pome- granate lanterns at the festival. There must have been over 200 different lanterns, including a panda with some bamboo, a totem pole, four people doing b-boy moves and people in traditional Korean dress making rice cakes. Many of the lanterns moved (robots of some sort). It was very impressive! We finished off the evening with a snack of roasted chestnuts from a street vendor. So delicious.
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