Bath!

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Sorry for the delay in getting a blog up. These past few weeks have been nuts! After vacation I really had to hit the ground running. In the past week or so I’ve had to give and correct tests, do report cards with individual comments, and start monthly plans. I have really been a busy beaver. So that’s work, now for more fun stuff.

I really haven’t done too much that’s exciting these past few weeks. I have been hanging around my city and trying to become a bit more familiar with where things are. I have tried out a few new bars and restaurants. I even made a couple of friends outside of work. I think I’m becoming rather comfortable in my new environment.

One of the more adventurous things I’ve done recently is go to a public bath. I went for a walk last weekend and saw the spa. I really just wanted to check it out since I hadn’t been planning on getting wet in front of strangers. Alas, my Korean is not good enough to tell the lady that I really didn’t want to go in, so I ended up paying about 5 bucks and taking a bath. You are given a key with a number on it and then put your shoes in a small cubby. Then you walk into a big open area where there are women of all ages in every state of undress. Some are completely clothed sitting on a platform in the middle of the room watching TV, while others are butt ass naked and drying their hair. You then walk into another room that has all the different baths. You walk in and are expected to sit down to shower and get completely clean before going into the baths.

The actual baths were quite nice. They had all different temperatures and jets. I really enjoyed the super hot pool and then cooling down in one of the bigger pools with very nice jets. I hung around for about an hour and a half. I didn’t get nearly as many stares as I expected. Everyone pretty much left me alone and went about their own business. Some of the smaller children did stare, but I can understand since I have tattoos in funny places. (If you have more specific questions about this experience please email me, instead of leaving comments)

One of the other interesting things I’ve done recently is take a shot that was on fire. Some of the bars here put on cocktail shows and you can pay extra for flaming shots. They spin bottles, light them on fire and breathe fire. I have been rather impressed by the talents of bar tenders here.

That’s it for now. I need to go teach my devil’s spawn class. Hope all is well!