Bongseo Mountain Sabbath Hike _16. April_

Sabbath afternoon was a glorious afternoon. It was the kind of weather where you'd feel it was a sin to stay indoors. So, I invited the other 2 teachers to come on a hike/walk with me. I called 1 of my former students to ask him if he were coming on the Taejo Mountain hike. He wasn't sure, asked me what I was doing, and asked if he could come along.

Why not?

Of course he can join!

So, our party of 3 (1 of the teachers was exhausted from this week) went on to Bongseo Mountian, which is 1 block behind the institute. This is my favorite--and the closest--mountain/hill to hike. We talked a lot and got to know each other better and catch up as well.

Off to the pics!

Teacher Annamarie and Student "Bruce" (that's his English name).

Really good people.

A sign of an entrance to an outdoor study are, where teachers can have lectures in the open space. Also, there were various plants on either side of the steps, with signs and some information about each one.
Good thing Bruce was with us; he could translate what the signs (completely in Korean, except for the Latin name) said.




Endless steps . . . or so they seem.

We found a place that had natural spring water! It was pretty good, although we had to go down quite a bit to get it. Going down was not difficult, the challenge came when we had to go back up.

But, you know what? After the 350m walk up in the 3rd Tunnel at the DMZ, that hike up I-don't0know-how-many steps wasn't that bad.



Alright, we had a nice time, departed to our seperate ways . . . and neither ended up coming to the picnic on Sunday.

Sadness.

Well, Taejo Mountain, Pt. 2 is next!