Sweet Spring Aroma with a Splash of Ramen

Hi, Friends! Well it was an incredible weekend away from Seoul this weekend. The scenery was beautiful with the blooming cherry blossoms, the country side, fresh air, and great company. We left Seoul at 6:30 AM on Saturday morning and took a 4-ish hour bus ride to Gyeongju with about 100 other foreigners. We immediately got bicycles and then headed out on an all day adventure. My friends and I were not really paying attention (go figure) to all the instructions and advice that they gave us before we arrived. I was half asleep and thought someone else was listening. Clearly I have friends who are somewhat similar to me. We took a leisurely stroll through the city and around a giant lake. We stopped many times to get coffee, snacks (ramen), ice cream, and other treats. All was grand until we decided to head out and find our hotel. We didn't realize that we would be traveling up a small mountain or TWO to get to it. We also didn't plan on getting lost for over an hour on our bikes trying to find our way. It didn't help that we only allowed 2 hours to get to our hotel before sunset, but who wants to waste a perfectly lovely day back at the hotel. I sure don't. We clearly should have checked out the map beforehand to see how TERRIBLE it was and asked for better directions. My friends were a little stressed. I should have been, but I thought it was hilarious and I was just taking it all in. The landscape was beautiful. I was in Korea. Honestly, I didn't care. We made it there literally as the sun was setting. It turns out we weren't the last ones there, but there were only less than 10 rooms left. Everyone got lost, but they just gave themselves extra time for that. We gave ourselves extra time for food. I think we had our priorities right on.




Plus, the sunset was awesome. I like awesome things. I'll be practical tomorrow.
























All in all, we rode about 20 miles this weekend. My body is sore. My cheeks hurt from laughing. My head is spinning less. My belly is happy. My heart is heavy.

2 weeks. I can do this.

Because of you.

Thanks.

You're awesome.

Hope you are all taking time to enjoy spring and the people you are blessed to be around.


xoxo