Jinhae and Geoge-do.......My first weekend out of Seoul

Well it is now official. I'm hopeless at this blogging. I don't seem to have time to sit down and do it and then what do I talk about......I find too many things fun and exciting and I'm sure wouldn't be of much interest to so many.

Last weekend was awesome. It was lovely to be out of Seoul, the weather was amazing. I think around 15 degrees. I know you must be thinking ...Sarah saying 15 is amazing. How easy it is to think that when it was around 1 degree give or take when I arrived. I'm even taking my big red trademark coat to the dry cleaners ready to be put away till November. But back to the weekend. It was to be around 3 hours out of Seoul however because everyone wanted to go to this area to check out the Cherry Blossoms then it was very busy on the roads and took much longer.

The weekend was to check out the cherry blossoms and hike for those that wanted to. I've course I took the hiking option. Due to the late arrival on Saturday we checked out the cherry blossoms and then did a baby walk but it was still got on a mountain for some of it. We had dinner at Jinhae and then got back on the bus for another 2 hours to get to Geoge-do. After dinner the noreabong (Korean karaoke) was put on in the bus and it made for a very lively last part of that. Add in of course that at dinner people were drinking and bought a supple of beer, makoli and soju onto the bus.

We stayed the night at Geoge-do. The rooms were pretty decent however there were 4 to a room and only 1 bed. So how do you decide who gets the floor???? Well I volunteered because originally Koreans slept on the floor and I thought this would be part of my Korean experience. There is  a slight difference though. What they sleep on is a bit thicker than what we had. We had what was like a summer weight doona and it was straight floor with no carpet. The floor was nice and warm as they had the floor heating on however it got too hot for those of us directly on the floor. It was extremely uncomfortable and I didn't sleep well ....but I will still put my hand up again to try with a proper Korean bedding when on the floor. My bed here is like a slat of wood anyway so it wouldn't take too much to be just as comfortable.

Sunday was hiking. The mountain wasn't hard but did have a few steep bits but you recovered within a couple of minutes of stopping. Fantastic views and fresh air. It was divine!!!

I'm not great at putting the photos on here so I'll just download and hope it looks ok.