Hverdagen på Geoje

Det blir mye reising og farting, men vi har hverdager også:) Etter jul har vi innsett at tiden kommer til å gå veldig fort frem mot hjemreise, som nå er fastsatt til 1. september, med forbehold... Men vi prøver å ikke tenke så mye på det, heller nyte tiden.

Jeg har de siste mandagene og fredagene gått på hanjikurs. Hanji er tradisjonelt, håndlaget koreansk papir. Håndverk er ikke min sterkeste side, men det var nå jeg skulle prøve meg på det, da. Jeg har altså laget en hanjikrukke! Det hele er laget av tjukt hanji papir, som er som papp og med mye lim, klipping, stryking, hårtørking og litt mere lim, blir det til slutt en krukke.

 Her er noen av de andre på kurset.

 Koreanere flest, bare for å generalisere bittelitt, er utrolig flinke til å dele. Nesten alltid når vi går på tur er det noen som spør om vi vil ha en mandarin, en banan, litt kimchi eller soju. Trivli' folk! Så når kursdamen har laget kimchi, deler hun med alle.

 Korean style :)

 

 Borghild og Elin lager fine hanji brett.

 Ta-daa!

 

Hverdagene for meg går ellers med til studier, turer, trening, kafébesøk og lignende expat wife aktiviteter. I løpet av februar skal jeg også starte opp igjen på koreansk kurs. Det er fine dager og mange hyggelig damer i nabolaget.

 Søndagstur med hyggelige naboer.

 Lerketur forrige torsdag. Snø og kaldt.

Nå gleder jeg meg veldig til å komme hjem en liten tur og hilse på alle de nye barna som har kommet siden sist.
 

Sist jeg dro hjem var det for å ta farvel og nå er det for å hilse på. 
 

Håper vi sees :)

Tokyo - and the best sushi I have ever eaten!

Korea celebrated Lunar and the Chinese New Year in the end of January. So a couple of days off, means "Where shall we go?". We went to Tokyo last Easter with my family, and we decided then that we had to visit Tokyo once more before we are leaving Korea, so Lunar was a perfect time.

What an amazing city and what a feast... Our main target for the trip was eating a lot of good sushi and just stroll around the city.

The first day, we went to Tsukiji fish market, the world's biggest fish market. The most spectacular with the fish market is the tuna auction. However, this starts around 5.00 am and its only 120 tourists who are allowed to participate each day. So after hearing stories about people beeing there 04.30 in the morning and not even getting a ticket, we thought we will just see the market and get there early, which in our case meant 08.30.

Of course, some Norwegain salmon.

After our visit to the market we got in line for breakfast at Sushi Dai, which is one of the most famous sushi restaurants in Tokyo. The line is actually continuing in front of the building. Since we hadn't eaten anything that day and some of us are more impatient than others we lasted for 15 minutes. We hadn't moved a bit and we taught that the neighbour restaurant was probably just as good. It was a really good meal and the sushi was so soft and fresh. Mmm....

Ginza

Mori Tower in Rappogni Hills. Nice view at the top.

Here you can see Ginza which is one of the most popular areas to visit.
A lot of nice shops, buildings and restaurants.

The Tokyo tower in Central Tokyo, which is a copy of the Eiffel Tower.

 

Streets in Shinjuku.
So much neonlights, crazy shops and a lot of people.

 

Dumplings and ramen

 

The famous Shibuya Crossing which is very crowded.

2000 people are crossing at green light in rush hours.

KOBE beef.

 

Nice in our new aprons.

 

Our last evening we were very lucky and got a table at Kozasa,

which was not easy to find.

The entrance is behind the car.

 

The restaurant has only 10 seats gathered around a L-shaped counter. The chef was very friendly and the whole dinner was relaxed and calm. And very delicious! I don't know if I am able to discribe it. The tuna was soft, like butter, and even the rice was so much better than I have tasted before. I am not a very "professional" sushi eater, and I have wondered if I would tast any diffenrence between good sushi and really good sushi. I did!

If you are interested in more pictures from Kozasa take a look at this blog.