Our Sunday holiday was great!
After visiting Namhansanseong Castle atop a mountain yesterday, we headed off to the Korean sauna. Men and women were divided into two large locker rooms. The men were asked to shower first. Following that new experience ;), we entered a separate building to find five giant chimineas with flap doors. The chiminea at the end was the least hot, and was pretty similar to the heat of an American sauna (like a Florida car in summer). The heat was dry (no steam). After spurts in and out of the first level, Jake, myself and one of the teenage age sons we're staying with attempted "level 3". It was by far the hottest thing we'd ever witnessed. David, the son, danced around for 30 seconds before flying out the door. Jake and I made it five minutes, tops. Yikes! After some relaxing time upstairs on yoga mats, we came back down for an awesome Korean BBQ. The main dish was pork and yes, there was kimchi. A few glasses of so-mak (soju and beer) left us feeling great after an interesting, busy and exciting week. We love Korea!
Keonbae! (Cheers)
- Colin
- Colin
After visiting Namhansanseong Castle atop a mountain yesterday, we headed off to the Korean sauna. Men and women were divided into two large locker rooms. The men were asked to shower first. Following that new experience ;), we entered a separate building to find five giant chimineas with flap doors. The chiminea at the end was the least hot, and was pretty similar to the heat of an American sauna (like a Florida car in summer). The heat was dry (no steam). After spurts in and out of the first level, Jake, myself and one of the teenage age sons we're staying with attempted "level 3". It was by far the hottest thing we'd ever witnessed. David, the son, danced around for 30 seconds before flying out the door. Jake and I made it five minutes, tops. Yikes! After some relaxing time upstairs on yoga mats, we came back down for an awesome Korean BBQ. The main dish was pork and yes, there was kimchi. A few glasses of so-mak (soju and beer) left us feeling great after an interesting, busy and exciting week. We love Korea!
Keonbae! (Cheers)
- Colin
- Colin
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