Lizzie Katz is coming to town!!!!

It's booked! Many people know that I have been not feeling well due to my Crohn's. Well, Barry and I moved our China trip to February and I am coming home on December 25 for a week! I am so looking forward to spending time with my family and friends. I am popping!

I have taken a couple days of work, and my sweet co-teacher Yeon-Ha teacher sent me a cute video from one of my favorites, Kevin.

Kevin's Message!

Happy Chanukah and a Weekend in Busan

Last weekend, I surprised Barry with a weekend getaway to Busan for his birthday! I had gone to Busan just recently with my mom and thought it would be a great way to unwind and get away from the hustle and bustle of our usual Seoul weekends. We had a lovely weekend that included tapas and red wine (SO RARE!) and so delicious we ate there twice. We spent a lot of time lazily walking through the markets too. We both scored some great deals on winter apparel so we were very happy with ourselves! Here are a few pictures from our weekend together...



(It was a very happy day for this young Irish lad)



(Gukje Market)



(Our new favorite spot in Busan)



(They also had this on the menu...)

And now for the special surprise, Dino wanted to wish all my family and friends a very very Happy Channukah



(Ok, so Korean's can pull the skin on their inner eyes together and make a very silly/scary face, unfortunately us westerners are not able to do this because of the bridge of our nose...Dino loves to scare me with this face-good job, Jamie!)

Kraft Singles, No Thank You

So, as many of you know, I despise Kraft singles. The plastic feel, the smell, everything about them makes me want to throw up. I think this also has something to do with my mother? Anyway, in Korea, that is all they practically have-on everything (much to my disappointment). Dino always is quick to recognize my two food hates, fish and yellow cheese. They often bribe me with American money to eat them, no thank you.


(apparently I am going to jail soon if I dont start eating yellow cheese and fish) (also, whenever Dino writes my name they write Liz T. for Liz Teacher, very cute)

So, after this frustration I did a little research to why there is no cheese in this country. South Korea is a country mainly driven by an export economy. Currently, cheese cannot be imported if it contains any live bacterial growth, so this prohibits almost all cheese to be let into the country. So, fake cheese there is!

I googled this, and that's about all I could come up with! Let's hope that they change the import laws soon, but while I wait, there is a Costco in Seoul to satisfy my cheese needs!