Vacation to Wonju and games in Gangnam

I have a lot to say... but I can't right now. I'll have a big update around this time next week.

For now I'll write a little diddy about my weekend.

Friday was a day off work due to Buddha's birthday. Thankful for the day off, I planned on going to Chuncheon for the day with some friends. This city is near lakes, rivers, islands, and other beautiful scenery. It's the home of one of our favorite Korean foods, dalk galbi, and there was also a mime festival!! It sounded too good to be true, and apparently many other people agreed... because all the buses were sold out! Ahhh!

Luckily we had a koream with us to converse with the sales agent about alternative plans. The only place that wasn't sold out was a city called Wonju. The fact it was the only place with tickets available should have been a pretty good indicator of things to come. After our nearly 5 hour bus ride, that should have taken 1.5 hours.... we arrived in Wonju. We walked out of the bus terminal and asked some foreigners we spotted what there is to do. Thy laughed and said "nothing... that's why we are going to the bus terminal... our advice is to hop on a bus and head somewhere else." We thought they we being dramatic so we decided to get some lunch. We ate dalk galbi (although I'm sure it wasn't as good as chuncheon) and then searched for something, anything to do!! Turns out they were right. We spent the rest of the day drinking in front of a convenience store. The company was perfect, so really it turned out just fine. It was nice to leave the city!!

The weekend continued to be a "plan b" weekend when our plans to drink and sunbathe by the river on Saturday were foiled by a rainstorm! I decided to meet up with friends and try out a new board-game cafe. Since games are so expensive here, a lot of Koreans just go to a cafe that specializes in games to play there. We opted for Korean Monopoly and it was awesome! The game lasted around 4 hours, but we were so into it that it was fun! After the cafe it was late and we were hungry! I tried some new Korean food, then we spent the rest of the evening drinking on a patio in Gangnam while the rain poured down around us. It was actually a really fun day, despite our plans being rained out!

Sunday I spent the day with my best friend in Korea, Michelle. We studied Korean, played on the internet, and were generally hungover and lazy. It was a great weekend!!