We knew the Eid holiday was coming up and the calendar said it would be three days. But in the past HCT have extended it to to a whole week and so we decided to bite the bullet and book a holiday for the week.
As Jan has been very actively involved of late with a group of teachers from the Men's & Women's colleges in teaching them how to make hanji products (see Jan's blog), we decided to go to South Korea and make contact with some shops that she bought some materials from recently and renew our acquaintances with the Andong paper factory.
We nearly didn't make it because we were told that the holiday was definitely only going to be three days!!! However, at the last minute we got an e-mail to say that they had decided to give all the colleges the whole week off. Hooray!!!
We flew out of Dubai on Cathay Pacific on the Friday afternoon, and after a few hours stop-over in Hong Kong, arrived in Seoul late on the Saturday evening. The hotel that Jan had picked from Booking.com was really great. Our room had a 42" 3D TV (complete with 5.1 surround sound), 2 PCs with unlimited Internet access, free wi-fi, a/c, ondol (heated flooring) , an O2 generator, steam room/shower, jacuzzi and an all singing all dancing toilet seat that squirted and blow dried every private part (both male and female)!!!!!
We had a great time shopping in Seoul, got to the paper factory in Andong and manged to squeeze in a quick trip to the DMZ. We pigged out on Korean food and really had a fabulous relaxing week. Our suitcases were much fuller on the way home and Jan can't wait to go back again next April, hopefully with one or two of her hanji group.
Check out the pictures in the Photo Albums.
As Jan has been very actively involved of late with a group of teachers from the Men's & Women's colleges in teaching them how to make hanji products (see Jan's blog), we decided to go to South Korea and make contact with some shops that she bought some materials from recently and renew our acquaintances with the Andong paper factory.
We nearly didn't make it because we were told that the holiday was definitely only going to be three days!!! However, at the last minute we got an e-mail to say that they had decided to give all the colleges the whole week off. Hooray!!!
We flew out of Dubai on Cathay Pacific on the Friday afternoon, and after a few hours stop-over in Hong Kong, arrived in Seoul late on the Saturday evening. The hotel that Jan had picked from Booking.com was really great. Our room had a 42" 3D TV (complete with 5.1 surround sound), 2 PCs with unlimited Internet access, free wi-fi, a/c, ondol (heated flooring) , an O2 generator, steam room/shower, jacuzzi and an all singing all dancing toilet seat that squirted and blow dried every private part (both male and female)!!!!!
We had a great time shopping in Seoul, got to the paper factory in Andong and manged to squeeze in a quick trip to the DMZ. We pigged out on Korean food and really had a fabulous relaxing week. Our suitcases were much fuller on the way home and Jan can't wait to go back again next April, hopefully with one or two of her hanji group.
Check out the pictures in the Photo Albums.
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