Yeongtong :)

Today, Beth, Clodagh, Dara, and I decided to go to Yeongtong, which is one city over from us. Clodagh and Dara are also English teachers here. They're sisters, and they're from Ireland. They've been teaching over here now for ten months.

We took the subway to Suwon Station, and then caught a bus to Yeongtong. We've heard that Yeongtong is really popular, so we wanted to see it for ourselves. We walked around for awhile, looking in some of the shops. After going up and down each block, we were all pretty disappointed. We've heard such great things about Yeongtong, but it didn't seem like anything special to us. It had all the same restaurants and shops as Suwon, and had the same feel as well. I imagine we're just spoiled to live in such a great part of town, that we didn't see Yeongtong as anything different from what we're used to :) We still had a great time walking around. It was really good to get out of the house and enjoy some great weather!!

We went back to Suwon Station and looked at the movie theater to see if we might want to watch something. The only movies out right now are a few Korean movies (with no English subtitles) and Harry Potter. We decided to take the subway home and find some dinner. We got off the subway, and the girls asked if we could all stop at a church close-by and light a candle for their grandmother. She's been sick, and they wanted to say a prayer for her. We went into the church on the corner, but we didn't see anyone. We weren't able to light a candle, but we all sat in the pews for a few minutes and prayed in the silence. It was really peaceful to be in the church. All the lights were off, except for the running lights in the floor. I enjoyed the prayer time, and I think it was just what Clodagh and Dara needed as well.

We left and went to a galbi place nearby. The galbi places bring you whatever meat you want (beef, pork, or chicken), and you cook it at your table. They bring you sides, too, and lettuce to wrap the meat in. It was really good :) We finished up at around 7:30pm, and decided to just head home. It was an early night, but it was nice to come home and relax.

Tomorrow, Beth is going to show me the trail that she runs every morning. I've been wanting to run with her for awhile now, but haven't had the chance. Hopefully the distance won't be too long for my abilities, and I'll be able to get back in shape :) A hurricane is supposed to come here on Monday, so the weather is going to get pretty bad tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully we'll get our run in before then.