Week 47 was pretty uneventful until the weekend. We made lots of memories and I have lots to share. Enjoy!
On Saturday, the kids got to go swimming, something we have really never been able to do in the winter before. They were so excited to hang out with Elliot and Ashlyn. It is GREAT that Camp Hovey has such a nice indoor pool.
of course they didn't really want to take a picture
always with the peace signs
The rest of the pictures are from our trip on Sunday to the Hwacheon Ice Festival. Although it was a long car ride to get there, we really enjoyed the scenery along the way. We stopped at the top of one of the mountains and played in the snow. The festival itself was so much FUN! We really wish we had been able to spend more time there.
the first sight we saw after we parked the car
getting ready to eat some corn on the cob
one of the street food options
these are red-bean paste filled sweets that were cooking
amazing snow sculpture
to the left is the ice tunnel
pretty cool
the closet thing we will ever get to being inside an igloo
police mascots
the ice festival was the last leg of the Special Olympic Torch Relay
the ice sculpture from across the river
there were ice skates for rent BUT
who needs ice skates when you can just use your shoes OR
when you can BUTT skate (as we call it) or
sseol mae in Korean
people were playing hockey with their feet on these miniature rinks
i guess we will call this "Ice Carting"
although we didn't actually fish, it was interesting to watch
there had to be 1000 people fishing
cook it as soon as you catch is their motto
grills set up for those who wanted to cook their fish
hanging out by the hand fishing pool
"bobsledding"
What a wonderful day it was and we got to watch this beautiful sunset as we headed home. We made memories for a lifetime!
Thank you for reading our blog again. I know this one was late but at least it was GREAT! Until next time....
Annyeonghi geyseyo
