Halloween and Alan's 26th :)

A little off schedule due to the Korean Crud... That is what they call the sickness every foreigner will suffer from during the first few months in Korea. Your body is not accustomed to the various strains of viruses and bacteria present in this foreign land so you will get sick... awesome right!? Especially if you come in the winter because of the dramatic change in weather from one day to another. Our school is very environmentally friendly to put in a nice way, as there is no AC during the Summer or heat during the Winter, just the opening and closing of windows and doors to keep the air in or out. When I say no Ac or heat... it means they exist, but to "save energy" (or to save money as I see it) they do not get turned on.

On to the actual post hahahah. Halloween and Alan's 26th birthday! Halloween is not celebrated here, except for places with foreigners ie. at school or at a foreign friendly club/bar. So as the week of Halloween came up, we were told that we were responsible for the decorations and activities at the school, but only for kindie classes. So we spent after hours decorating, cutting out witches and skeletons, and building spiders out of balloons. It was a success and the kids had a lot of fun and got a lot of candy!

On Saturday we went out to dinner to celebrate Alan's birthday. We wandered down Rose street and ended up at a small italian place called Gorilla Pasta. We ended up ordering two pizzas, the Margherita and the Bugolgi pizza. After we placed our order, we were first serve a mini appetizer and creamy cheddar soup. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of the soup because we ate it all before I remembered lol. The appetizer consisted of a piece of honey smoked duck breast with some greens and a drizzle of honey mustard, quite good.

             

Our first pizza arrived, and it was super cheesy. The crust itself was a flaky puff pastry. It also came with a side of apricot jam that you can dip the crust in! GENIUS. After eating the first piece I was getting quite full. Thankfully, the kitchen forgot our second pizza so we didn't have to stuff ourselves. The server cleared our table and asked if we wanted dessert! Of course! A few minutes passed and we were presented with a trio of mini desserts: a chocolate lava, orange cream cake, and vanilla ice cream with caramel sauce. So if you are following our order, we get a full three course meal, but we only payed for the entree! Very good deal in my opinion :)