Seollal, Lunar New Years

While the kids were cleaning up from the lemonade party and settling into the last twenty minutes of Kung Fun Panda I was busy packing my bag, tidying up my desk at getting ready to bolt. Friday night was the beginning of my ten day long holiday and I was ready to lounge about. To help the holiday off a group of us booked ourselves into the Hyatt for the night. It was Seollal (Lunar New Year)here and so car, bus, train and airplane loads of Seoulites abandon the big city for their hometowns. This means there are amazing deals to be had at the big Hotels.


View of Namsan tower from our room.


View of the residents below Namsan Mountain.


Heading down for dinner and drinks. For a hundred dollars a night each we got the room, unlimited finger food and drinks from 5:30 to 7:30 -we pushed it to 8:15 thanks to Joon-, access to the skating rink, swimming pool, sauna and a free breakfast buffet.


Tony trying to smile at dinner. Being from just back from New Zealand he was definitely worried about the news we were off to skate in -10 weather.


The skating rink below. Thankfully it was free because there was no way I would pay 17 dollars to skate on it.


Saejin skating (read walking) on ice.


Joon just after he beat up a little kid for use of the skating aide.


Proof of how cold minus 10 really is. (I don't care if it was -40 at my parents house, minus 10 is bitterly cold.)


Tony had a hard tumble on the ice. The next day his shoulder left him out of any bowling that we did.


The crew just after the rink closed and just before we went crazy in the Karaoke room. All in all it was a nice start to a long weekend.


View from breakfast.