Ice Festival and Yonsei classes!

Here is a sampling of photos from the Hwacheon Ice Festival.

The streets were decorated like this throughout - very pretty!

Jen and I raced on the ice. Contrary to how it appears in this photo, I won.

This is a giant mural of a woman who caught a trout in her bare hands- people were actually doing this out on the river. Amazing!

For more pictures, check out the album below:

ICY PICTURES

So far this winter has been quite snowy and cold for Korea. It's fun, especially for a girl who went to school in Vermont! It's dangerous though, because they don't salt the roads and apparently the hospitals are full of people who've slipped and broken bones on the black ice. Be careful!

Tonight was my placement and first class at the Yonsei Korean Language Institute. I am so happy I changed. My Ewha class was pleasant but I can already tell I'm going to learn a lot more from my class at Yonsei. The class is a little larger, but the people are more active and willing to participate. The teacher also reads and talks at a semi-normal speed, instead of slowing down to a ridiculous pace. ALSO, I will not have classes on Friday nights now, which is glorious. I can even go to yoga classes on Wednesday and Friday nights, and Monday mornings if I'm feeling more ambitious than I was this morning...

Anyway, tomorrow is a big day at work so I should go to bed. Stay warm everyone~