Last night was our going away party in Gwangju. About 50 people or more from the community showed up to say goodbye to 7 teachers from my school who are leaving (Myself, Justin, Steve, his wife Aneta, Geoffrey, Adam, and Rose). There were tables all the way down the restaurant strewn with kimchi and lettuce and meat being cooked. I bought some Yellowtail "Bubbles" before the dinner (It was on sale for $15 instead of $19-FATE!) for the occasion. We went on a bit of a pub crawl-actually just to "Big Apple" (formerly known as "Big Fun" but was never big fun). We woke up today around 11am and finished the final bits of packing and cleaning. I had already moved all of my stuff to Justin's on Thursday so that the school could have another apartment for the new teachers. That dinner plus free shabu shabu from our boss the night before was amazing.
Early afternoon Paul (the guy from our work who helps us do things around the town) picked us up from Justin's apartment with a driver and a Brighton van to take us to the bus station. Pulling out of Pungam was very sad and the pair of us got misty-eyed.
We ate Lotteria one last time in the Gwangju bus terminal. Lotteria is like McDonald's but it's a Japanese company and it is amazing. I went all out on a disgusting feast consisting of all of my favourites: 2 chicken fillet strips, pomegranate juice, yogurt salad, 2 cheese sticks, and a paprika bacon beef cheeseburger (a double cheeseburger that has black olives and yellow pepper on it!). After the four hour bus ride to Seoul we met our old coworker Ryan and his two friends in Itaewon (the foreigner area) for dinner and drinks. Great night. Great goodbyes. Time for the panic...
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