Madeleine's Teaching Day

Even though she's only just finished up her own school year (and is supposed to be on vacation), Madeleine came to school with me all day yesterday and taught my kids French. As Hangeul (written Korean) is a phonetic language, we were able to say the French words to them, that they wrote down in Hangeul, and were able to say back to us nearly perfectly. They really loved learning French, and were super excited to have an exotic Canadian visitor.

After school, we hopped on my scooter for a ride around the top of Yudal mountain. We were stopped by the police (who started off by saying, "Hello, my name is ________"), but he let us go rather than deal with 2 waygookin.

For supper, we met up with Zach, Alex and Ty (and Jessica who stopped by) for dak galbi - spicy chicken that you cook at your table and eat wrapped in a lettuce leaf. We wandered around the downtown area a bit, stopping to have silly photos taken in the photobooth that lets you add words and designs to your photo.

Finally, we ended the evening at the Magic Sparkle bar, where Madeleine got to drink a flaming cocktail through a straw (while it was still on fire).

All in all, a classic example of a normal day here in Mokpo.