Our last weekend for the month of November...

...and it rained so we pretty much stayed indoors.


Saturday we ran some errands, doing a quick run through the electronics market and Itaewon for Nick. At the train station in Yongsan there were some beautiful and colorful dalias that made us think of the Conservatory of Flowers back home. We tried to get Nick's computer fixed at the only Apple-authorized store in Seoul (located in Yongsan) but of course the service bar was closed. That was fun... Nick was less than pleased. In Itaewon Nick was able to get a nice Virginia Tech windbreaker from Jimmy, our go-to guy that we met through our friend and fellow teacher. Jimmy sells a number of very high quality football jerseys. They are the stitched kind, and have all the appropriate holographic NFL tags and etc...but where they would be sold for $100 or more in the states, Jimmy sells them to us for $20-30. Nick is Jimmy's "long time friend" (as Jimmy calls him haha) and Jimmy sold Nick the windbreaker for only 25,000 won, which is right around $20.



Sunday we went to Costco and fought the massive crowds of people to get some meat, cheese and also a large delicious pizza that we will be able to cook in our toaster oven, one slice at a time. It will be nice to be able to have pizza as a snack or a meal if we ever desire. The pizza here can often leave us wishing for real pizza...and while Costco pizza isn't the best, it doesn't have corn, onions or mayo on it so it's more reminiscent of pizza from home than Korean pizza is.

For dinner I made a spicy brown chicken curry loaded with vegetables - steamed broccoli and zucchini, sauteed onions, garlic, peppers, squash and carrots...it was goood if I do say so myself. The curry was not too spicy but had a good kick to it. Our friend Meredith came over while I cooked and she stayed for dinner. I have been sharing some of my recipes with her lately and showing her how to make cooking at home more fun, tasty and interesting. She happily left full and with several hand written recipes for her to try. :)

And so our quiet weekend is coming to an end. May our overworked existence begin...