Well folks, we're down to the wire. We only have about 10 weeks to go until we're finished with our time in Korea. 10 weekends sounds like no time at all, but 10 weeks of teaching still sounds like FOREVER. I will write more on how I feel about all this later. We are booked until we go home which I couldn't be more excited about...the weather is beautiful and having plans gets me through the week!
Last weekend our lovely friends Ruth and Andy invited us back to their little town of Sunchang. We took an early bus and got there around noon. It was gorgeous outside, so we packed a little picnic of kimbap, oranges, and bananas and started hiking up their mountain, along with their friend Brian who has lived in Sunchang for 3 years! Now, this mountain is pretty much the same as any other mountain, BUT we were the only ones on the trail! We only ran into 2 groups of people the entire 3 hours we were hiking. This is unusual here because usually there are so many Koreans and they are all pushing and trying to get around you. Anyway, the hike was lovely, even with my multiple breaks because apparently yoga doesn't help with my stamina. When we were almost at the top, we came to a flat rock with a pretty view and decided to have our picnic there.
Our little picnic on the mountain...please note our chopsticks and the staring into the distance deep-in-thought look
After our wonderful hike, David and Gi Ro arrived and then it was time for a barbeque on the roof! They found hamburgers somewhere and it was delicious! It was also just so nice to be outside ALL DAY FINALLY! Then, we went to a tiny bar where we played card games, ate dried squid (I'm actually really going to miss that stuff), and laughed my butt off. I feel really lucky to have met such kind and funny people during my time here. A Korean man joined us although he couldn't speak any English, shook all of our hands, and blessed Colin because apparently Colin's hands were too cold. Too funny.
The next day, we took a short bus ride to Damyang, a bamboo forest that is also used for a tv and movie set sometimes. Again, the weather was beautiful and there weren't many people around. It was just a really relaxing walk. Although work/teaching tends to squelch my mood, this weekend still gave me very high spirits! Bring on the next weekend!
The motorcycle "gang" that rolled up for a lovely stroll in the bamboo forest... love it :)
Some of these statue men had penises...I will leave out those creative photos
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