Party Week

As I've mentioned in an earlier post, the members of Soju 2012 celebrate each other's birthdays.  This month, we had two - Tammy's and mine.  The week of partying began on November 17th with Tammy's birthday celebration.  We went out to dinner and then ended up in a bar (or two or three).

 Me & Zach

 The girls of Soju 2012

 Soju 2012

Then, Zach and I celebrated my birthday on November 20th.  In the morning, he gave me my gift of perfume and fixed breakfast.  After school he took me shopping where I bought fingernail polish and two shirts.  We then went out for dinner at a place called Posh Nosh.  It was delicious!

 He even wore a tie!

Yum!  Pizza and wine!

Thursday the 22nd was Thanksgiving.  In our neighborhood, we have a large population of foreigners (non-Koreans).  Most of us, if not all of us, are from the States.  So we decided to have a neighborhood Thanksgiving party.  Zach and I hosted.  I could not believe how much like Thanksgiving it turned out to be.

On Saturday, we celebrated Thanksgiving with our Soju 2012 family.  Zach and I hosted this one too.  Again, it turned out just like Thanksgiving at home and the food was absolutely delicious.  

 We even had two who were celebrating Thanksgiving for the very first time.  Stephen is from Canada and Fran is from England.

 Too much dessert.  Too many wines to taste!

After we ate all we could and more, we switched gears and the party turned into a birthday party for me.  We did some pre-gaming during Thanksgiving and before we went out.  Then we hit the bar(s).  Some of us (me) only made it to one.  It was a great night!

Friends from the neighborhood.

There is a picture of Soju 2012 floating out there in someone's camera, but I haven't figured out who's yet!

The next day, I went to my main co-teacher's wedding.  She is the one who helps me when we have questions about the apartment, banking, living, etc.  I was so happy that I could share her special day with her!

 The wedding was 1 1/2 hours away so we rode a "party" bus to the wedding.  They gave us snacks on the way to the wedding.

 They gave us more snacks (and beer) on the way back.

 First kiss.

Traditional wedding ceremony.  I could not stay for that one (family only) but they let me take pictures before they got started.

It was a pretty busy week but a lot of fun!  It definitely helped to keep my mind off the fact that we weren't home for the holidays.  However, we did spend the holidays with friends and even family (Soju 2012)!