Aussie Accents and Crackers

We are in the midst of our Orientation in the city of Suwon, which is South of Seoul. We are staying here all week with all new English teachers from the Gyeonggi Province. There are almost 200 of us "Native English Speakers" from Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Ireland, the US, Canada, and South Africa. It's unbelievable how many different types of people we have met!

One of the funniest things is the several Koreans we've met who speak fluent English - with a DISTINCT Australian accent! You just don't expect it to come out of their mouths!



We've spoken about our friends Sophie and Joe from Ilsan, where we live. Here's a picture of their family. They've been SO helpful in so many ways! Joe is hilarious - and somehow while we were out with them last weekend Cory managed to teach him the slang term for white people. As we walked around a busy shopping area everytime Joe would see some white foreigners he would proudly state "there's some more crackers!"

Here's a few pics from while we toured Insadong, Myeungdong, and Namdaemun (the main gate fortress wall of Seoul).