Nutcracker and Zoo

This past week was the week of no 6th graders! Starting Wednesday, we no longer had 6th graders until March. It was so great because we had extra hours at the end of our day to just relax and work on book reports and diaries. It was a great second half of a week. :) This week, we of course have no 6th graders either, but we do have a few new classes to deal with. Jeremy has two new classes, which unfortunately make his Monday's now have 5 classes in a row, and his Wednesday's have 6 classes in a row. Poor guy. :( I have 3 new classes, but at most I have only 4 classes in a row. It's still okay because at least we don't have the 6th graders to deal with! :D Yippeee!

Saturday we went to the Nutcracker here in Ansan. It was a great experience to see a different version of the extremely well-known ballet performance. This one had a an extra dance that was specifically Korean. I must confess, I did get a little bored with the show. :( And, I know Jeremy was certainly bored, too. But, what a great husband he is to stick it out for his wife. :) We took a picture in front the (fake) Christmas tree. As we were trying to do this, there were some Korean kids who knew English, and they really wanted to talk to Jeremy. They talked a tad bit with him, but when we were trying to take the picture the kids kept getting in the way. They also stood and stared at us while we were getting our picture taken. It was a little awkward for me, but whatever. :) I should be used to getting stared at by now, haha! We went with two of our Korean class instructors. It was their first time seeing the Nutcracker as well as a ballet performance. I think they liked it, but I'm not sure. We also happened to go the same day that like every kid in Ansan also went. There were SO many kids there! They were good though, they weren't distracting one bit.

Coy pond with no Coy.

Was like 8 ft from him!

 

On Sunday, we went to the zoo again. The weather was great this time, though a tad chilly. We had fun seeing some of the animals again, some that we didn't see last time, and some that were actually lively this time. The price is very cheap, so even though we skipped some of the zoo, it's no big deal because we got to spend time with each other. When we were deciding to head back, Jeremy actually convinced me to take the chair lift down. I was obviously hesitant, but since it only cost 5,000 won each, I decided to go for it. It wasn't that bad! It was awesome to see such a view from the lift! Plus, the lift went slow enough that we really got to look around and see the scenery. Certainly beat walking back!! :) It was a wonderful Sunday with my husband.

Oh, and on the way to the zoo, I was watching this lady getting her music out, and guess what she had?!!?? She actually had a cassette player with like 3 tapes in her bag!! I had to laugh because almost all Koreans have some kind of 21st century technological device from iPods, to iPhones, to cell phones with T.V. And here this woman brings out a cassette player!! HAHAHAHA!! I should have taken a picture of her. :) We see some crazy things on the subway sometimes. How can you not when there are like a million people on the subway (exaggerating of course)!
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