Do you remember how you used to dream about waking up one day, getting out of your house and finding yourself in the middle of a street covered with snow? On January 23rd, the dream finally became a reality.
DAY 3
While we were eating the dumpling soup that Jina cooked for breakfast, she told us that we were in luck that day for we will finally be able to experience snow fall. True enough, when we looked out the window, snow was indeed falling! We finished our bowls in no time and got ready for a snow-packed adventure for the day. We were scheduled to go to one of Korea's famous theme parks and snow was definitely welcome in our itinerary!
When we stepped out of the guesthouse, snow wasn't falling anymore. Bummer, right? Nah, because when we got off the subway, it was snowing again! Yes, we looked really silly taking pictures of each other in the middle of a busy street! But who cares?
Yeah it doesn't look that busy in this picture, we had to wait a freakin' long time to be able to capture this "random-person-less" picture because people kept passing by. After a couple of minutes enjoying the moment, we finally boarded a bus to Everland.
We were a bit behind schedule but we could not strike lunch off our list so despite our extreme excitement for the buwis-buhay rides in Everland, we had to sit down for a while and have our dose of Korean bulgogi!
Remember how everyone says that a dish will always taste differently when prepared at the place where it originated? It's true. Somehow, I think that even though bulgogi is available in Manila, the taste of bulgogi is somehow adjusted to suit the taste of the consumer, and thus, the authenticity is sacrificed. But we were lucky enough to try the real deal, and it was great! The beef strips were tender. Every bite reminds you of the harmony of the ingredients in the marinade, you could almost hear the music. You want proof? As soon as the spoon touched our lips, there was silence across our table as if we all wanted to just savor the moment and enjoy the dish. We did, and boy did we clean up those plates pretty quickly! We're ready for Everland now!
Unfortunately, the snow won't stop falling! The buwis-buhay rides we were excited about weren't in operation because of this so we went for the indoor rides! Can you smell the desperation now? The indoor rides were basically for kids, but we didn't mind. Any chance we can get to feel all nice and warm again was very welcome, because snow fell like crazy! We really loved the experience of having snow around but its hard to enjoy the moment when your hands are all stiff and blue! We made the decision to embrace it though since there was nothing left to do but to just savor the moment. So what if Everland theme park was pretty much closed (since most of the fun rides were)? There was just so much snow around that sure is enough for an afternoon of fun!
snowball fight, anyone?
perhaps a snow angel?
and ofcourse, we can't miss the opportunity to do a jumpshot in the snow!
and ofcourse, my favorite shot...
We spent the rest of the afternoon playing in the snow like kids :)
I know, I should post more group pics, right? Sorry, can't help but show these shots to you :) I'm too happy to keep them to myself! Alright, here are the group pics :D
So as you can see, the buwis-buhay rides would have made that afternoon crazy, but we didn't really need the rides to make an adventure out of the Everland trip. We just needed a whole lotta snow, a camera and each other :)
We had to wait for the bus for about an hour outside Everland and we were freezing like ice pops. To distract ourselves from the idea of being frozen to death, we held a little boxing match between GM's two boxing toys, the Golden Monkey and Kangaroo Jack, and we did a little dancing too. Yes, in public, and no, I am not posting the video. Yes, there is a video! And again, no, I am not posting it -- yet :)
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