Seoraksan October 23, 2010

Yesterday Mike and I went to a city called Seokcho because they have the second highest mountain in South Korea, Seoraksan. We had been before, almost a year ago and this time we wanted to see the leaves changing and some waterfalls. It was so beautiful, and worth getting up before the sun for. The hike was pretty easy, the sky was blue, and the weather was perfect. I'm a happy girl.

Fall 2010

It has been about a month since I last updated my blog. So I'll let you know what I've been up to in the last 30ish days. The weather has finally turned to fall, my favourite season, so I've been trying to take advantage. A few weeks ago, Mike and I decided to do some exploring around Anguk Station, which is the oldest part of the city. Here you'll find the old palaces, Hanok (traditional style homes), and some quirky museums. I've been here many times, but I like to revisit my favourite places over and over. Below is Cheongdukgung.

Here is Mike in a toy museum that we stumbled upon. It was well worth it. There were lots of little gems in here.

I also decided to take on a second partner. Meet my new boyfriend, Darth. I like him because he has no problem with PDA.

After Mike was indulged, we found the owl museum! In case you didn't know, owls are my new thing. Well not so new anymore. I love them mostly in cartoon, or carved wood. The real ones are a little creepy. What they can do with their necks reminds me of the exorcist. Anyways, this museum is basically one room, where a lady has collected owls or had them sent to her, from all over the world. This is what I do! Granted, I only started doing this a year ago, so I only have 5 owls, but it's a start. Is there enough interest for two competing owl museums in Seoul? Maybe. Likely. Here we also got a free drink and paper and crayons to draw our own owls.


About a 25-30 bike ride away from my house is Yuldong Park. It has a big lake in the center with a bungee jumping platform. No, I haven't done it yet, but it's only 20 bucks. It's a bargain, and I'm sure 20 bucks is enough to maintain safety standards, right? Anyways, there's also a sculpture park. The sculpture park included lots of animals. Who loves animals more than Korea? The answer is this guy:
Last weekend, Mike, Anna and myself went to Daejeon. Daejeon is about an hour from Seoul on the KTX. I had only been there once in the past and this time there was going to be a rock festival, food festival, and beer and wine festival. I couldn't pass it up. It was also free. So we headed over and as things usually are, there weren't as expected. Pros: the Rockfest, turned out to be more of a Punkfest! The beer was pretty cheap. It was in a bizarre park that included a dinosaur land and we found a dumpster which was I'm pretty sure where toys go to die. Our friends band was playing so we got 'backstage'. Cons were the international food festival wasn't really one, and the beer was just Korean Cass and there was a huge line. The concert was supposed to go until 5 am but because they forgot? neglected? to get a permit it closed down at midnight. I had fun overall. As did Mike.
My friend, Anna.

My boyfriend Mike, who enjoyed the festival so much he decided to jump? fall? out of a window in joy. Anna is the nice one who helps him get up. I'm the mean? clever? one who decided to run for my camera.





I leave you with this interesting? disturbing? photo of batman I found in a store.