Sunday, May 20, 2007

a weekend worth blogging about

I know it's been a while but here I am regaling you of my Korean adventures yet again! The weather has been shaping up lately and we have been out taking advantage of it. This weekend was particularly fabulous....
I was so exhausted friday form the long week of work so i kept it low key and watched an episode or two (or like 4) of lost. Couple that with a few glasses of wine and you got yourself an awesome friday night. This is a problem for me now, as I have become addicted and for some reason my computer refuses to d load them to satisfy my 24hr urge...
Since Friday was a late one the 8am wake up wasn't really welcome, however when Randel ands Erin knocked on my door bright and early I was ready to go... We headed to Jebu-do, a beach just off the coast of Incheon. It was the perfect day, the weather was amazing. We climbed rocks, played frisbee, had a clam bake, swam in the pacific, had a few beers, and just spent a lot of time in the sun. Came back prepared for a night of adventure, then the heat stroke/hangover set in and I was toast. Ate some good Mexican food in Beomgye and headed home (despite Jon Kincade's phone calls of hatred for it). Finished the night off with some quality Dan time as she nursed by bright red sun burnt back back to health with a bottle of Aloe. Yes..it's true! I am pink... bright pink.... and in so much pain I could cry, but luckily I am also tough so I won't.
We woke up later on Sunday (I needed the sleep time) to head into Seoul for the Lotus Lantern Festival. Myself and Erin ran into some work friends and headed to this amazing tea house for some Cinnamon chilled tea. The place was beautiful, it had fish tanks for tables and birds flying around the place. The atmosphere was so relaxing. We followed that by a stroll into one of the temples and then a parade. I should point out that it was a 3hr parade.... It was one of those things that your so excited about when it first begins because it was beautiful, and you hoped it would never end...then it doesn't. Either way it was a great show and i got some great pics. Afterwards we went to an Indian restaurant's for some supper, we left when we heard it ran out of curry...How does India run out of curry????????? So we settled on this great Japanese place with again an amazing atmosphere. A class place where they don't pack your food up to go, so our good friend Danielle breaks out a ziploc bag and scoops her leftovers into her purse... god why can't I have just one normal friend.
A missed subway and some good exercise running for the bus and we were headed home to our little town of Anyang to rest out sleepy heads before starting another week of work.
I love this country... I really do