Preparing travel plans

Amara and I have decided to stay in our apartment and instead use the money we saved to add to our Korea trip budget. Our first step in our preparation was a trip to the foreign bookstore to buy "Lonely Planet" Korea. We plan on spending a few Days in Seoul. Then we want to tour the Demilitarized Zone on the border of North and South Korea. We'd also like to spend a few days hiking volcanos and resting on the beaches of Jeju island, an island south of the country. Mostly, we are looking foward to seeing our friend Ryan, who has been teaching in Korea for a little over a year.

Classes started the other day. The teachers communicate with us in only Chinese, but they are able to get us to understand with non-verbal communication (hand gestures, facial expressions, etc). We also have a textbook that we follow along with during each lesson with English translations. The only thing that I don't like is that I was placed in the beginner level class due to the fact that my Chinese reading skills are limited. So I'm going to request to be placed in a more challenging class.