Lunar New Year!

Happy New Year! (again - unless you are in an Asian country) We have a few days off from work so of course all of us expats are taking the chance to do a bit of traveling! While some of our friends have ventured to Beijing, Japan and Thailand; Mullen and I decided to go on an adventure! We are currently in a part of Korea called Gangwando (North Eastern part of the penninsula) and at a fairly small but really nice ski resort called High 1 (?) - we are in condos and sleeping 8 or 9 to a room... which isn't all bad and gives a great chance to meet new people! We went night skiing tonight and have all day tomorrow to ski as well. The resort is a bit small but not bad. They have decent snow and nice curving runs! You barely have to turn at all, just follow the run down - so it's really easy to pick up a lot of speed! I am hoping that it's not too crowded tomorrow so that I don't take any poor Koreans out!!

After tomorrow we will go to Seoraksan which is supposed to be, like, the best National Park in Korea. Supposed to be really really beautiful... unfortunately my camera battery is dead and I haven't found an LCD charger!!! :( I will have to buy a Kodak funsaver tomorrow and depend on Mullen for photos this time around. I am a bit nervous because our hike sounds like it might be ... intense ... and I don't have any hiking boots. I didn't want to shell out 50 bucks for one trip so... hopefully my Asics will do. Cross your fingers that I don't slip off the mountain! And everyone enjoy your Lunar New Year's!!


Erica


PS: February 7th is my Grandmother's 93rd birthday. She's amazing and all around cooler than you! So, Happy Birthday Grandma!!