A Week of Winter Activities

Lucky us! Instead of sweating it out in the extreme heat of an Adelaide summer, Luke and I are enjoying winter in the Northern Hemisphere. We are having a ball! Mind you, after the dreadful humidity of summer here I think it's about time we had some more comfortable weather....

Luke and I have spent the last two weeks on holidays together and we decided it was time we made the most of the chilly weather. So, this week's agenda included both ice-skating and skiing. First up was supposed to be skiing but, thanks to a mix up with a bus timetable we wound up getting up at 5:45 in the morning in order to miss the bus by minutes and stand in the cold, waiting in vain for nearly an hour. Never mind, at least we had a good early start! After returning home for a cup of tea and a sit down, we headed into Seoul to see if we might have more luck with ice-skating. And we did! It cost us about $1 each to hire a pair of skates and spend an hour gliding round an outdoor ice rink in the middle of Seoul. We were a little rusty, neither of us had been skating for a good few years, but we picked it up pretty fast and had a great time. 

Next up was another attempt at skiing. This time we had more accurate information (courtesy of Ellie) and we not only caught the right bus at the right time, we spent a fabulous day cruising down the slopes of "Bears Town" ski resort, which made the 5:30am start completely worth it! 

Ok, so there was the odd stack in there with all the cruising... but it was only my second time on skis! But, nothing too serious, the only one that really hurt was the first one, which involved slamming into one of the orange pads you can see in the photo above. They weren't as soft as they looked and I definitely don't plan on doing that again! Oh, and the photo above was not taken after that particular stack. I wasn't smiling after that one! 

Still, despite the bruises and aching muscles it was a fantastic day and one that I can't wait to repeat many times over in Japan-which is just around the corner! 

So, I think it's safe to say that this cold, snowy weather agrees with me very nicely. I'm really going to miss it! But, we're making the most of it and, with tomorrow being the first of February-the first day of our last month in Korea-we're going to be making sure we enjoy it as much as possible! 

Lucy