Finals Monday

My last full Monday in Korea! (I will be leaving a week from today!)

In the morning I was able to skype with my Mom, Grandpa, and Martin. What a nice way to start my day. :)

Then, it was off to school for our first set of finals. Today we had reading, grammar and writing. It was pretty rough. I almost didn't finish my reading test. The teacher gave the 1 minute warning, so I ended up guessing on the last few questions to have them as least filled in rather than blank. Grammar I managed to complete in time, but am not confident in my answers. Writing was also tough and I'm not sure of the quality of my essay. Tomorrow is speaking (2 parts) and listening.

After class, I went to Insadong area to meet Katie for our last time. We went in search of a restaurant I had looked up, however we probably should have left after our arrival, because it looked a little bit on the rundown side--but it is hard to judge a restaurant based on it's decor... Well, the food was okay-not great, not the worst. After lunch we stopped at a food cart and got "kearan bbang" (egg bread) which is dough with an egg cracked into the middle and then it is cooked in a hot griddle-the result is similar to a hard-boiled egg with a custardy bread around it. I'm not actually a fan of hard boiled eggs, so I liked the bread, but wasn't crazy about the egg part. Katie and I then went to the Ddeok Museum (ddeok is rice 'cake'). It was a really small exhibit and didn't take us long to go through. Another one of those "bust" museums-especially since the entrance was 2,000W. We headed back to Insadong and had tea and chatted.

Katie went back to her part of town and I wandered around Insadong again and then towards Gwanghwamun Plaza to get a nice view of Gyeongbok Palace. I walked back to Jonggak Station and did some shopping for a few last minute gifts and came back here. I got to skype with Jung Yoon for awhile-I am really excited to see her!

Our lunch

Outside the Ddeok Museum

Gyeongbok Palace in winter