Our Weekend

We made sure to keep up with the gym. We went Saturday and Sunday making it three days in a row. Some would say too often thus far but we are working different muscle groups each day, so the others can rest in between. We also have been very good with our diet too. Oh ya, our trainer put us on a diet. We must really be out of shape. Anyway, Protein Protein Protein and less fat and less carbs. We have been eating lots of chicken and fish and more fruits and veggies.
So after the gym on Saturday we took the bus to Jamsil station. From there we walked about 25 minutes to the Olympic Park. The park is absolutely huge. It was opened first in 1988 for the Olympics, obviously, right. The big monument looking thing was certainly right out of the 80's. With it's bright colors and interesting architecture. We walked all over. Up and down many paths. It was such a beautiful early evening. The weather was warm with a cool breeze. We stumbled upon a band playing on a stage. At first they sounded alright but soon they sounded more like a group of guys singing Karaoke. Once they played Sweet Child O' Mine, I knew we had to leave. It was pretty bad. We continued to walk around and saw the Olympic pool, tennis courts and arena. We found an open field up against a small hillside. The field was covered with bright yellow flowers. I think they were weeds, but were planted and organized to make a beautiful scenery. We took some pictures. Someone came up to us and asked if they could take a picture with Latanya, because she was so pretty. They looked like photography students. The girl said Latanya looked like a goddess. I would agree. They said they would e-mail us the pictures soon. After hiking a little more we made our way back home.
On Sunday after the gym we headed out to Insadong. Insadong is a great place to go shopping for antiques. It is also a great place to have a traditional Korean tea experience. We were looking for a tea house they call the Flying Bird Tea House. We were shown the right direction. In this tea house, while you drink your tea, small birds fly throughout the room from bird house to bird house. So it was a must see for us. Once we arrived there we saw an up stairs and down stairs. We chose down, which just so happened not to have any birds. The upstairs did. We had our tea and I enjoyed mine, the Double Harmony Tea. Latanya not so much, until they brought her some complimentary cold tea/punch, which she enjoyed. Once we finished our tea we walked around the area for a little while and decided to explore some more. We stumbled upon a huge festival. It was called the Friendship Festival 2009. There were about a hundred different booths, each having a different country represented. It was a big multicultural event. We saw the most foreigners (other than English speaking) than we ever had before. It was nice walking through, with the exception of the crowds. We watched some different cultural dances. We saw lots of different traditional food and clothing. After awhile we decided to head back home and call it a weekend. All in all, we did tons of walking. We got to see some new parts of the city. As for today it is raining right now. The air is cool and a little chilly. Class went fine and it's another start to a wonderful week in Korea.