Family Outing!!

When we arrived at the little town where the pension was we were told we had to walk about 6 minutes to get to it. Well, as were walking, up hill, with our bags, we knew it was more than a 6 minute walk. When we finally reached the pension we had to break off into groups of 9 for the rooms. Carmela, Nicole, Rebekah, Emily and I shared with 4 people we didn't know, but they were good people. Once we got to the room we chilled out before needing to meet for dinner. The dinner was in the pension restaurant, which was basically a tent outside.

Here is Nicole at dinner hiding her face like a typical Korean girl.

We were served pig with hot dogs in it and some side dishes.

Byeongwoo and Kyungsu from Adventure Korea cooked the samgipsal we would be eating as well. Carmela, Nicole and I bought about 8 bottles of soju to get us through Saturday night because we wanted to play drinking games and have fun with the tour guides. The soju drinking began at dinner and went well into the night.

Byeongwoo and Kyungsu cooking our dinner...I'm a bit worried at their cooking techniques.

A night view of the pension we stayed at. They had a rink in the middle of it.

Carmela and I at dinner, which wouldn't be complete without the "Victory" sign.

After dinner when the soju started to kick in and the bonfire began we decided it would be the perfect time to start doing 'Family Outing' challenges. Family Outing is a reality TV program in Korea with celebrities who live together with the hosts and they just do dares and challenges against each other. Before it got underway Nicole and Byeongwoo decided to fight, Korean style.

Nicole and Byeongwoo preparing for the fight.

Carmela decided that the challenge would be piggy back rides. Basically, this challenge went from one boy and one girl against one boy and one girl to eventually boys against girls. Byeongwoo and Kyungsu were the two boys and Nicole and Carmela were the two girls, I was the photographer extraordinaire.

Here are the 4 'Family Outing' members who participated in the challenge.

Kyungsu and Carmela won the first piggy back challenge, so here they are celebrating!

The piggy back challenge was never ending...Nicole is piggy backing Byeongwoo, why? I have no idea, but it made the challenge more challenging and super hilarious.

We actually had a pretty early night. After the soju drinking games, marshmallow roasting, 'Family Outing' challenges and playing in the snow we were in bed by 1:00 a.m. Sunday morning there was a hike for anyone interested in doing it and anyone who wasn't too hungover. I decided to do the hike because I wasn't hungover, just tired and I needed the exercise. I joined Rebekah and Emily who opted to do it, but Nicole and Carmela slept. We headed out after breakfast.

The air was crisp, clear and fresh and the view was good too.

We weren't even close to the top of the mountain at this point and I was sweating bullets.

Rebekah and I at the halfway point.

In order for us to get down the mountain we literally, had to slide on our asses. When I was finally able to stand up and walk the rest of the way down my butt was soaked and my ass was dirty. The hike was so good and the fresh air was nice, but my bum hated me. Once everyone got back from the hike we had to pack our things up and get ready to head home. The 2.5 hour bus ride home seemed way faster than when we were heading there and we got back to Seoul 2 hours ahead of schedule.