May 17th, to many Koreans, a god was born because this hateful solar daytime is known officially every bit Buddha’s Birthday. May 18th to many people footing broad a God-send was born because this hateful solar daytime is officially Megan Fox’s (my) birthday! Ha ha! And I had a wonderful showtime Birthday inwards Korea amongst that said!
Thaddeus too I are non big cake eaters but on Fri when I arrived abode from Lotte footing he told me I had to opened upwards the fridge. A big cake box was waiting for me too the solid smelled similar baked goods. He brought out the box too told me to unopen my eyes. When I opened them the MOST beautiful cake was inwards front end of me - a SUSHI Cake! The “cake” was sushi rolls layed out inwards a cake shape. A local eating theatre makes these special for birthdays. The days to follow nosotros feasted on piece afterward piece of delicious sushi “cake.” Does Thaddeus dear me or what?
He also attempted to bake for the showtime fourth dimension inwards his ENTIRE life! I was merely impressed that he figured out how to plough on our Korean–celsius-gas-oven! He semi-successfully made cookies! They may non convey been the prettiest cookies I convey ever seen but they were delicious! He also gave me a birthday card inwards the form of a hanbok traditional Korean dress.
I actually savour hiking, thus for my birthday, Thaddeus too I joined some other slap-up network grouping called Indigo Hill on a hateful solar daytime hike! My friend I volunteered at the orphanage amongst recommended this grouping too nosotros had a wonderful hateful solar daytime hiking amongst them. Eric is the founder of the grouping too leads the trips. Also along that hateful solar daytime was a human being named Mr. Kim. Both guys were skillful hikers too extremely wonderful guides too company.
Koreans dear hiking! It may last the exclusively house inwards the footing that y'all convey to hold off inwards trouble to attain the summit of a mountain. Almost every bit much every bit they similar hiking though, they similar their hiking clothes too gear. They are the most fashionable too decked out hikers I convey ever seen. Another interesting affair virtually Korean hikers, which our guide Eric told us about, is Koreans brand a political party of hiking! They deport upwards huge assortments of nutrient too beverages too convey big elaborate picnics at the overstep of the mountain.
The hike nosotros signed upwards for was marked every bit an slow hike inwards the description. Along amongst Thaddeus too I in that location were 2 other hikers – a guy from Islamic Republic of Pakistan too a daughter from Kazakhstan- utter virtually an international group. We had a slap-up fourth dimension hiking amongst everyone!
We hiked inwards Bukhansan. Initially our hike took us upwards a little mount named Wonhyo inwards the expanse that ran along onetime castle walls. When nosotros reached the summit of the mount nosotros took a intermission for lunch. At that fourth dimension everyone pulled out dissimilar nutrient too shared amongst i another. It was a really squeamish too international picnic! Throughout the mount in that location were Buddhist temples too from our luncheon location nosotros could come across a HUGE Budda statue on an side past times side mountain.
Eric also pulled out a Ocarina too began playing for us. He was amazing too fifty-fifty had a little speaker to accompany him amongst music. He played Jason Myraz “I’m Yours” too Desperado. Later he also played me Happy Birthday! What a cool experience- celebrating my birthday on overstep of a mount piece beingness played Happy Birthday to on the Ocarina! That doesn’t demand house everyday.
After luncheon nosotros began to caput downward the mount too thus nosotros came to the cross roads of some other trail. The trail was for Bukhansanseong. This mount is the tallest peak inwards Bukhansan National Park. Before nosotros knew it nosotros were on our agency up! It was a steep hike. As nosotros made our agency to the summit nosotros had to concord onto wires that were chained onto the rock. It was really steep too slippery. When nosotros arrived at the overstep the persuasion was absolutely amazing! You could come across all of Seoul too the beautiful wood inwards the distance. We had an amazing trip too hiked for virtually 7 hours inwards all.
After our hike nosotros arrived abode really worn out but got ourselves together for my Birthday dinner. We ate at Saigon Vietnamese inwards Itaewon. Thaddeus too I shared an appetizer of a diversity of saltation rolls. They were all unique too delicious. After that nosotros each had pho. Thaddeus had spicy seafood too I had seafood too beef. My pho was filled amongst fish cakes too i fifty-fifty had a pump on it. Very cute! There were whole picayune octopuses inwards our pho. Thaddeus idea this was a picayune fleck crazy too said when he ate them the heads popped. There were scallops, too mussels consummate amongst the rhythm out however on. This made for a really pretty looking soup. The eating theatre itself was really neat too filled amongst rustic decorations similar onetime doors too window frames.
Before nosotros returned abode nosotros stopped at our neighbor's eating theatre inwards Itaewon for a bottle of makgeoli. At this eating theatre y'all imbibe the makgeoli out of bowls! The eating theatre is located on the 3rd flooring of a edifice inwards Itaewon too has a 4th flooring lounge amongst slap-up views! Our vecino too her hubby run the eating theatre too they are both thus nice! There is no English linguistic communication card hither but she is e'er happy to assist us lodge what nosotros similar too fifty-fifty happier to come across us. That black she had American Cheetos to larn amongst our makgeoli particularly for us. It was a squeamish agency to halt the black earlier heading abode too resting our really sore bones!