Today, Shannon and I woke up early, ready for our big hiking day! We invited our friend, Arri, to come with us. While we were waiting to hear from her to figure out the details, we went back to my place to bring some of my stuff home. I brought two bags with me to sleep over at Shannon's for the weekend, but accumulated more things by the time today rolled around. :) Shannon was kind enough to ride back on the bus with me to help me carry my bags!!
We dropped my stuff off, and Shannon checked in with Arri. Arri was sick today, so unfortunately, she couldn't go hiking...We changed our plans and decided to go to Home Plus. This was the first time Shannon and I had ever been in a Home Plus before. The store has been compared to Target and/or Bed, Bath, and Beyond. We were really looking forward to checking it out for ourselves.
When we got there, we ate in the food court. Shannon got her spicy octopus dish that she LOVES, and I got kimchi mandu. My food was a little spicy for me (shocker, I know!), so we got ice cream from McDonald's to cool our mouths off. Ice cream here is only 500 won, which is about 40 cents. Not bad. :) Then, we decided to tackle every floor of Home Plus. All six of them.
We found so many exciting things!! We looked through all the bedding, dreaming of our beds back in the States with memory foam and soft sheets...We wandered through the clothes and shoes section, and finally made our way to the home decor section. It was there that I found my favorite purchase of the day: a canopy for my bed! And you know what's even better? It was 3,000 won, which is about $2.70. No big deal. With that and my new Spiderman body pillow that Shannon got me as an early birthday present, my bed is looking pretty awesome!! Did I mention that Shannon got me a Spiderman body pillow? It's a pretty sweet gift, I think. :)
Home Plus was definitely a success. I bought a few things, which is always fun. The prices are really good, and there's a food court, too. What's not to love?
When we got home, Shannon and I decided to go hiking after all. There's a huge mountain behind her house that we wanted to tackle, so we changed clothes and headed out. It was around 4pm when we started hiking, so the weather had cooled off a lot, making the trip a lot more bearable. The hike up was pretty difficult. It was rough terrain the whole way, and at one point, about a billion steps to climc!! But the view was absolutely incredible. We finally made it all the way to the top, stopping a few times to make sure we were still alive! We took pictures at the top and rested awhile on a big rock overlooking the city. It was magnificent.
The way down only took us about half an hour, so that wasn't bad, but, it was working completely different muscles in our legs. We were worn out by the time we reached the bottom. Great exercise, great hike, incredible view. We definitely want to go hiking again, but we've both decided that we need to invest in some hiking boots. Tennis shoes just weren't doing the job up there on the mountain.
After our hike, we relaxed a little bit. We ate dinner and watched Titanic on Shannon's computer until our friend, Sarah, came to visit. Shannon and I did a lot of really fun things this weekend and break. I'd say it was a pretty successful Chuseok. :) School starts up tomorrow...and I only have a three-day week until the weekend again! Woohoo!
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