Back to Sokcho (속초)

You may remember that back in March we took a trip up to the northeastern tip of South Korea. While there we went into Seorak Mountain to see snow and a lot of fog. During orientation in August we stayed near the mountain but were plagued with rain and clouds for a week. On Saturday we returned to Seoraksan in another attempt to get a clear view of the mountain and see the autumn foliage. B spent three gloomy hours on the bus watching the sky cloud up and begin to rain (H was sleeping of course). We met up with the foreigners that we had met on top of Chiaksan and their Korean friend. Together we went into Seorak National Park and hiked along the waterfall trail since there was no view from any of the peaks. Later in the afternoon the sky did open up so we high-tailed to the top of Ulsan-bawi to get our first glimpse of the area from above. The rock formations were astounding but the 808 metal stairs to the top were agonizing. We've told ourselves that we should go to this mountain at least once every season because it is heralded as the most beautiful in Korea and it looks completely different every time. As always we will get pictures on here as soon as possible. Sunday we came back to Wonju, did the grocery shopping we'd been putting off for a week and met some friends for a movie. The movie Shoot em Up was awful so we all walked out and went to a bar to talk.

Today begins the first week where we both have full class schedules, until now there have been sports days, mid-terms, observations, cancellations, field trips and other various interferences in either one or both of our schedules. Holiday and test season are over so we should both be in business until early December. That's all for now, we'll get more pictures uploaded soon....