Weekend Update - Chuseok Edition

Today is the fourth day of a four day weekend. We were afforded this opportunity because of the Korean holiday Chuseok 추석. This is a holiday based on the lunar calendar, instead of the solar calendar we are all used to, so it lands on different days each year.

On our day off Friday we caught a bus to Yeosu Shinae (Downtown) and set up our bank accounts at "Friendly Bank". It was soooooooo nice to finally get paid... Later that day we finally got out and hiked the mountain closest to us. It takes about 45 minutes each way, and is a nice workout. The both of us decided that we need to make this a regular thing. It is an awesome cardio workout. Our goal is to be able to hike the mountain without taking a break until reaching the top. We have some pictures from the hike posted on Facebook.

For lunch I had the bright idea to go see what was open in downtown Yeochon... Nothing... We finally found a Korean/Western fusion restaurant. The food ended up being good. We went over to Won's on Saturday and had a dinner. It was a traditional Korean style dinner, which is starting to taste good to us. There are pictures of the meal on the blog. Megan and I tried Octopus for the first time, and fish head soup broth. We also made a traditional Korean dish called Songpyong. It was fun to make, you roll some smashed up rice in a ball, flatten it, and then put some walnut in the middle and roll it, like a dumpling. There are pictures of the process.



Sunday we relaxed for most of the day, since basically EVERYTHING was closed for Chuseok day. In the early evening we walked over to the mountain we hiked a few weeks back and hit up the "gym" to do a few exercises. It was quite crowded with Koreans. People were in great moods for the holiday, so many of the Koreans were saying "Hello" or "Anyoung Haseyo" as we walked by. We even were given a deep bow from a elementary aged kid. Working out felt pretty good, hopefully it can become a regular thing. We decided to go drink some beer in the city park for the evening, and then check out Downtown. There were TONS of Koreans hanging out, but only two Wayguks, so we went back to the park with some Heinies. To close the night we checked out some random outdoor restaurant on the park. We sat and tried to read the sign in Hangul but after a few beers it gets difficult. 오아시스 was the word, and it was writing in a fancy script, which makes it more difficult to read. We finally figured out phonetically "O-ah-si-suh", combined with the pictures of palm trees in a desert... OASIS! We ordered a delicious chicken meal by accident, since we finally read a item that said "something something Chicken" and then said the the server (in Korean) "Here - Good?"... He said yes.

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Today we are relaxing, hoping to stock up on the big items from Lotte Mart, and get some veggies and maybe some other stuff from the Open Market down the road. We also hope to check out some beater cars... Hope everyone is having a good time, remember to keep emailing or commenting!