Well I had my first taste of a world other than the
apartment and its surrounds!!
Last night when Mel got back from work at about
6.30 or so, she suggested that Luke and I go out for a bite while she held the
fort. So we set off at about 7.30 once the children were settled. It was
beautifully warm – I was wearing ¾ pants and a short sleeved top – there was
slight breeze to keep the air moving so it very pleasant. We decided to walk as
far as I could manage and in fact ended up walking to the top of the famous
hill (well famous in the Ramsey family!) towards the main road which is where
the Grand Hyatt Hotel is. We took a taxi
from there to this really nice roof top restaurant, called Namsan Harvest.
Unfortunately there were no tables on the roof top – another time…. So we
walked to the Namsan Park across the way.
What a super feeling to be roaming
around a park at night and feel absolutely safe – there were quite a few people
walking their dogs, all on leads, with the owners carrying the proverbial bag!!
– we saw an enormous husky being taken for a walk – I felt for him in his
very thick winter coat!!! I guess he looks forward to the apparently very cold
winters.
The park is fantastic with all sorts of exciting parts to it – we
walked barefoot on a section which has different sized and textured pebbles and
stones – it gives one a foot massage – I found it too uneven and not a pleasure
but while we watched a chap came up, took off his shoes and walked slowly along
the paved sections towards an exercise area with lots of different types of
lifting and sitting arm and leg exercise machines. There were quite a few
people using the machines – what I found interesting was that the area was not
lit up – in fact was quite dark so there was no way one could be reading while
exercising – I liked that – when we
exercise, we exercise!
We found a delightful place to eat – next to green green
grass with Victorian type pillars in an alcove. Unfortunately the restaurant
orders closed at 8.30 so we did not have dinner but enjoyed a really great
draft beer called Santorini and shared a carrot cake, which was tasty but very
“processed” looking - not remotely like
a SA version!!
It was wonderful sitting in the open and just quietly chatting.
There was a Korean family next to us with two really cute children – a boy and
a girl who came and addressed us in English – heyo for hello!!! How are you… I
am fine…..
Morgan has just joined me so I’ll stop for now. She wants to
watch Rock a bye baby on my PC and wants to know which button she must press to
do that!!! “Nana Nana tell me, tell me – which button must I press – can I,
can I??”
She just left again so I’ll continue – we walked all the way home
– past little bars and restaurants which have about 3 – 4 tables in them, some
spilling onto the pavement.For the most part, people don’t greet you as you pass. This is
not the case if one has a child – then they are very friendly and try to engage
with the child with a lot of patting on the head or the bottom!!
So my first outing – really good and made even more so
because I was with Luke – this has been an unexpected spin off of this venture,
namely having quality time with him and working together as a team with him as
we co-ordinate taking care of Morgan and Seren. The last time I spent any time
with him was in his gap year in 2001!! Oops - she’s
back….!
Dear Prudence, you have gone out to play! I am so looking forward to following your Korean adventures. Take care of yourself. I am going to look you up on google maps so I have a visual image of where you are in the universe. Lots and lots of love.
ReplyDeleteSo lovely to read your blog and follow your adventures. Much Love, Pat and Mario
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