Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year is known as 설날, Seollal, in Korean. It is the first day of the lunar calendar. It is the most important and most popular holiday in Korea and as such it is difficult to go anywhere without at least a few weeks planning.

We had a 4 day weekend off, so we head to 순천, Suncheon, for the weekend to stay with Sarah's in-laws, to relax, galavant, watch the olympics, hike, and relax. It certainly did check all of those boxes and more.

We went to Suncheon Bay, which is an Ecological Park and wetland area that is very important to Korea. It was gorgeous and we timed it right to be there for the sunset, although it wasn't a great one because of the clouds, it was still a perfect time of day to be there.







We climbed Yongsan, the mountain overlooking the bay. It was a short climb, steep in places, but overall an easy climb, and well worth it given the view.




On Tuesday we chilled at a coffee shop for hours, and then head for an old movie set made to look like Korea in the 60's and 70's when it was first developing into what we see today. It was completely dead and eerie, but beautiful. And did we ever explore! Where we could go inside we did, where we could climb we did, and where we could hide to scare each other we did.















It was a great weekend of relaxation and exploration. Well worth the trip!

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