It must be understood, after nearly a year of living somewhere, life becomes, well...life. This is just what we do; sure it's only for this year, but "special" just isn't encountered anymore. After a year, you've kinda seen it all. Until you realize you haven't.
Submitting to this attitude of, "there is no more 'special,' let's just get through this year" does little to motivate continued blogging. In three weeks we will have returned to life in Colorado, and we will be retiring this blog; I have little reason to believe whatever readers we do have, will be interested to hear about our Barnes & Nobles' adventure after a pit stop by Illegal Pete's burrito shop.
I guess I'm just making an excuse for the trend of declining blog posts this year. This may be our only post this month while 7 of the 12 months in 2009 saw seven or more; that's averaging nearly two per week - how did we do that??
But I really am digressing here, sorry.Sokcho! You looking at these pictures?? These two shots (handy work of my beautiful wife, and separated by a mere twenty minute bus ride) do a fantastic job of encompassing what this little seaside/mountain town is.
Now, I have seen my fair share of the United States. And as far as my memory can stretch I can't recall a single location that offers what Sokcho does, in the way it does.
Mountains that rival even the Rockies and a rocky coastline whose pounding white surf is reminiscent of Northern California or Washington. Absolutely beautiful; God's creation knows no equal. And to cap it all off, the mountains and coast are less than 3 miles apart!
Oh, and for anyone coming from "life" in the Seoul area, the best part of Sokcho will literally hit you in the face the moment you step off the bus: fresh, clean, salty sea-air! Oh the joys! (For the Coloradoians, the experience may be lost on you, but as for us, the lungs and sniffer have been pleading to return ever since.)
Now, I know what you're dying to ask, "Did we eat the fish?"
"Yes," and "No." While we did take advantage of being right on the coast (the only unpolluted coast of the entire Korean peninsula), we skipped the sun dried specialty you see in the digital image and opted for the more palatable (by our standards) option of fresh sushi.
Quick geography lesson for anyone who may not know: the Korean peninsula is located smack in the between polluted China and pristine Japan (no bias here, seriously, we loved China). The result is a heavily polluted sea and coast to Korea's west and the picturesque refreshment that is it's eastern-coast. Garbage in, garbage out; we avoid the seafood here in the Seoul area as the capital is located a stone-throw from the west coast.
The short weekend trip will truly be remembered as an all-time favorite among all the seven domestic trips we pulled off this year. Traveling with some of our favorite non-Korean, Korea friends, Kevin and Erin is always a blast (full of political, social, theological debating) - it was fantastic sharing the memory with them.
Next adventure: Japan - bug us to get the photos up. Oh, and remind me to tell the story of my fist-fight with a Korean Mafia guy, seriously.
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