As planned, we went 'hiking' with Mr. Kim on Sunday... 850ft+ and 6.5km later... We made it up to the Baegundae Peak and back! Some of the climb involved stairs or stones in the shape of stairs, but towards the end, we were propelling ourselves up a sheet of granite to reach the top!
The mountain was just outside of Seoul, so we had to take a 2hr ride on the metro from Suwon to even get there... And then the actual climb. Making small talk (with limited English-Korean communication skills) Mr. Kim busted out a gold pin he got for climbing Mt. Everest... 4 years ago... When he was 67 ! Apparently he has climbed mountains all over the world. Luckily, we are 45 years younger than him so we were able to somewhat keep up! The views were really cool from the top. We could see the whole city of Seoul and many other smaller mountain peaks.
When we got home we were all exhausted so we made some dinner and went for a little nap... Mine ended up being a full nights sleep as I didn't wake up until it was time for work on Monday! Kate received the picture above from Mr. Kim, who is apparently something of a photo editor... As you can see he has pasted his face on the Korean flag! Ha ha
This week, school is going well so far. I sang a Backstreet Boys with my kids yesterday & Surfin USA today. It's hard to watch the Olympics here because I can't get anything besides Korean programming, and not only do I not know what they are saying, but they are also showing sports I know nothing about... Archery, Handball, Judo, Fencing, Badminton... The only familiar sport they play sometimes is swimming.
Other than that, everything is good. We are having a lot of fun!
When we got home we were all exhausted so we made some dinner and went for a little nap... Mine ended up being a full nights sleep as I didn't wake up until it was time for work on Monday! Kate received the picture above from Mr. Kim, who is apparently something of a photo editor... As you can see he has pasted his face on the Korean flag! Ha ha
This week, school is going well so far. I sang a Backstreet Boys with my kids yesterday & Surfin USA today. It's hard to watch the Olympics here because I can't get anything besides Korean programming, and not only do I not know what they are saying, but they are also showing sports I know nothing about... Archery, Handball, Judo, Fencing, Badminton... The only familiar sport they play sometimes is swimming.
Other than that, everything is good. We are having a lot of fun!
3 comments:
Yes, the drop on your head has made you very much like Uncle Derek, travelling the world, cutting remarks - you'll have to work on that cardio. As for the music, you could do a theme. Sing songs of artists who met their demise in similar ways! I think some Bruce Springsteen is in order to round out your trip. Heads up. Melanie has sights on your piles of clothing ...
I never thought I'd see you at the top of a mountain....that you hiked up! Beth will be proud of you. How did you scale the granite with your awesome upper arm strength??
Hi Amanda: Sounds like a great climb. You should teach the kids some Willie Nelson songs. Ha Ha (On the road again) Grandma says hi.
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