A few firsts....

Fun on the Han River:

The Han River runs through Seoul and divides the city into its northern and southern region. In Korea’s history, the Han river has played an important role in the development of the capital city. This river serves as a place of escape, where people can go to in order to enjoy the weather, have a nice walk and other activities. Along the 41.5 kilometer river, are many parks where people can participate in soccer, volleyball, basketball, swimming, water skiing, yachting, boating, and fishing.

These pictures are my first (of hopefully many) experiences on the Han river. We rode these cute, little swans. (Side story: We lost control of the little swan and the current kept taking us out further away from the dock. The main guy kept calling us back but since we don't know Korean (yet...hehe), we had to use our made-up sign language to signal that he needed to come get us. I don't think he was very happy with us. ) :)

The river is very nice. Sometimes after work I go walk around and take pictures. I hope to go on a boat cruise soon, too.

Some shots of the river...

 The swan rides:

 Riding in the swans....

 Lifejackets are so attractive.

 The little old man had to bring us back!

A picture I took during one of my walks by the river after work.

 Dancing

 I had to document my first time going out dancing in Seoul! I went with Sarah, a friend I made on the subway. It turns out she lives in my neighborhood! This is us at Monkey Beach. The music was okay and I danced a little bit but I mostly did a lot of people watching:) 

Noraebang

Noraebang translates into English as "song room" or "singing room." Unlike Karaoke, Noraebang lets you rent out a singing room for a few hours. The singing room has lots of couches, big screen TVS, microphones, party lights and singing props (such as tamborines) so you can sing your heart out with your family and friends. Now, I had heard a lot about Norebang before coming to Korea and I cannot believe it took me a month and a half to finally do this!  If you know me, then you know I love singing and karaoke and pretending I'm an 80s pop star. I went with Sarah and a few people that we met at Monkey Beach. We sang and danced for about 3.5  hours and it was SO MUCH FUN. I can't wait for my sister to visit as I know she will LOVE this! I plan on doing this many more times and I'm hoping to bring this bit of Korean culture to the Americas...(I know all of my relatives would enjoy it!) .:)