Japan is weird...

but you know that.

Here is a tour of my second hotel in Japan as well as my surprise with their...facilities...


I super loved the little crane on my pillow ( yes I totally kept it)
They were really nice accommodations and were extremely helpful with getting me to my next destination - Kinosaki Onsen.

No Party is ever complete without a little Song and Dance

Dear Santa...

I got to experience my first BIG NEW YEARS. I mean no, not as big as Times. But I still got to be in Seoul and counting down with everyone and joining in on all the fun festivities. Below are pretty much the order of events as the night proceeded. It was a great show and such a fun New Years. Though personally I think I am still a silly games with family and friends kind of girl.












all the balloons they are letting go have the names of the couple on them for good luck in the new year.


all the noises in the background are totally fireworks being shot off


ok we couldn't resist we bought a few and joined the hundreds!

Have a Very Merry UnBirthday to YOU!!!!

Who me?
YES YOU!!!!

So on my birthday. I actually did not tell the kids it was my birthday. Klara did it for me. And I got 40 handmade cards from my adorable kids later that day. Additionally that day I did a cooking lesson; we made Lemonade Pie. Yes it sounds strange but keep in mind we had to make something that could not be cooked. And our co teacher dismissed the ice cream idea. In any case as the pies were finished and being eaten I got the birthday song sung to me!! Also notice how one of the kids gets excited and blows out the candles first and then others joined in. I laughed really hard after.
If you are curious about the recipe here it is:
http://homeparents.about.com/od/pies/r/lemon_pie.htm

There are...

The script in these presentations are none too original but hey they are nailing the...well at least the 'There are' parts of the speeches...Check out the Chicken team especially I love how they go and count every time ( they have all the sentences on the back of the paper).

The theme of this lesson was Nature and the target sentence was, as you guessed it, 'There are'

Grade 1





Grade 2




(P.S. the phrase "Shiiii Ja" pretty much means 'start')

Dramatic Coffee

This post is especially for you Kimiko~
In our wanderings of Seoul, my friend mentions they halfway decent spot to get coffee. So we travel on over to the Hondae area and check out 1st shot Coffee Prince. Yup the very same as the one in the drama. Though now its winter and not as pretty...I promise to go back in spring and get a prettier video!

SNOW!!1!1!!!!!

This is my first snow of the season waaaaayyyyy back in November. I am clearly extremely excited about seeing this much snow in one place.