Samcheok, Korea
I had a 3-day weekend! Friday was Korea’s 60th birthday as an independent country from Japan (back in August of 1948). I had big plans Friday with friends to do things around the city…unfortunately the weather didn’t allow it so that was a bit of a bummer. Ah well, we beat the rain by just staying inside and making the best of it.
So, much to my dismay, I haven’t been traveling around Korea as much as I should. It’s so easy to hop on a train or bus and see some of the countryside….and there are so many different things to see here. Finally I hopped on that bandwagon yesterday with a friend and we headed out to a coastal city called Samcheok. It was so beautiful! Unfortunately though, haha, we got rained on a bit there too…but I managed to take a few pics when it WAS clear.
It was really pretty, and nice to be near the water again! Sooo, we just hung out in the small town and had a nice time. It was cool to see a different aspect of Korean people, they’re friendlier in the countryside I think (at least they were more open to trying to talk to me). It’s not all that common to have people coming up and talking to you in Seoul (same with any big city in the world, people are busier doing their own thing). I came back to Seoul inspired to get out into the country more on the weekends….so I’m already planning another small trip. This city of Samcheok is on the other side of the Korean peninsula, but it was only 4 hours by bus, and a nice/cheap bus at that.
Alright, well in the meantime it’s back to work for me tomorrow. Three more days of summer camp…woohoo! Oh geez, do I have enough powerpoint games and stickers to last? I think so!!