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[laura-and-ryan]

Does anyone know of any english speaking cooking classes in Seoul, or preferably bucheon? My parents are coming over and are interesting in taking a class for a day or an evening...

Also does anyone know of a decent tour of the DMZ they could go on?

Anyone have any other ideas for parents to do in the Seoul area while I'm working during the day?

thanks for the help...

[Bibbitybop]

My mom visited for a week, I had to work 3 of the days she was here.

First, the USO tour is by far the best, but RSVP ASAP, it fills up and people don't like answering the freaking phones there for some reason.

During one day, have your mom go to your school with you, include her in the lesson, as long as the school approves this. Mine loved it.

Other days, send your mom on the Seoul City Bus Tour. It goes on select routes. My mom chose the palace route. She got to see the famous palaces that I had already seen and I didn't have to waste time with her seeing things I've already seen.

She also loved Insa-dong and went shopping there more than once.


Be sure to make her a map or two and give her your phone number and the English-language foreign help line. Make sure she can get in a taxi, show a piece of paper and get to a familiar place and/or your apartment.

I got a call at school one day from my lost mother. She strayed down some residential roads and was trying to describe what she saw, like I could direct her from a random neighborhood. The answer "get on a main road and get a taxi."