Seosan

Last December we moved to a new town by the name of Seosan. It's about a 90 minute bus ride from Seoul. There is no subway here, something I am really not used to. It's a strange feeling to be more comfortable with a subway system than with the bus transportation as opposed to the car that I've known all my life.

We've ventured to Seoul three times now since we arrived and, two out of the three, it was a nightmare to get home. The first time we were graciously scooped up by an entrepreneur who hired a bus to take a load of Seosan folks home but the second time ended up being a very expensive cab ride. 

Seosan is different. It's a large city but an older one. It pretty much has every store you need to survive in Korea from all the different make up shops to tons of grocery stores to the common Baskin Robbins, Dunkin Donuts, and Lotteria. There's even a cupcake store and a meat pie shop! 

There are loads of foreigners here. Probably around 80-100, maybe even more. 

To get a better idea of Seosan, we hiked up a mountain. 

This was our view:

Left side of Seosan

Middle of Seosan

Right side of Seosan

A far cry from the tiny Bongilcheon we lived in when we first arrived in Korea. We went from being in a town with a single intersection to being in a town where you really don't have to travel far to do anything you want. My fingers are crossed for the ocean being decent as it's just a short bike ride away. Now some things we saw on our hike...

Take your shoes off and massage your feet!

Feet massaging rocks!

A temple we found on the mountain.