my hotel room (i shared it with another english teacher) notice: no beds, just thin little pads to sleep on. but, surprisingly, not that uncomfortable.
the house of some significant korean person.
this is our yummy seafood meal we ate at the hotel.
eating the yummy meal (again) with esther smiling
this is a korean boardwalk. it felt so much like Ocean City, New Jersey (or maybe i just wanted it to)
lots of fried seafood for ridiculously cheap prices
the shadows of my korean posse
katie, foot-surfing the pacific.
the Pacific ocean!
our mountainous hotel
again, our hotel and (below) the fabulous view from our hotel. and...remember, the ocean is a mere 10 minutes away.
the church went on a retreat on sunday-monday (may 11-12). i confess, i was a bit hesitant to go because i sometimes i just get tired of being around people who don't speak my language (and on a retreat, you can't really escape it). plus, we were driving 3 hours each way to spend less than 12 hours there. but, i went to what i was told was a trip to the mountains. it's my fault that i didn't do the research, but everyone failed to mention that the sea and the mountains are at the same place (and much, much colder because of it). i'm from the east coast, we drive for hours of flatness to see the sea.
so, we went to Sarack Mountain and stayed in a hotel owned by a friend of a church member. 10 minutes from our place was Sokcho...the real ocean. this was, by the way, my first time to ever touch the Pacific Ocean.
so, the retreat was okay fun. not super fun, but the kind of fun you have when you don't have any control over what's happening or any clue about what's happening. the highlight of the day was CNN on the tv in the hotel lobby. my first news in English in awhile.
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