Everland Halloween Style!

One of Zak and I's favorite amusement parks in Korea is "Everland". They have such an array of things to do from watching monkeys, seeing a liger, drinking German beer and riding their awesome wooden roller coaster! Every season they decorate the park and since September they have had Everland decorated in a Halloween theme. Here are some photos of us from when we went recently:

See the animal crossing above the people?? :)

I have no idea what these are, any ideas?

Or this for that matter but it is so darn cute!

Oh you know, Korean Tarzan and his sidekick.

Please envision as this picture was being taken Zak not only feeding the birds but accidentally dumping bird feed on a Korean Woman's head... thats what happens when you are two feet taller than everyone else around you! Ooops!

I didn't understand why this photo was winking at me as I was waiting to get on a ride.

Me after one of the Halloween shows in my new cool witches hat that comes with cat ears. ^-^

And once the sun sets all the goblins and ghouls come out to scare everyone

It was a lot of fun, if you are in the area you should definitely check it out and don't forget to print your foreigners discount from their English friendly website! 

Everland Resort

Thanks for reading and Happy Halloween!!!! xxx

Oktoberfest @ the Seoul Grand Hilton

As I was perusing one of my Korean foodie blogs Seoul Eats I noticed a post about Oktoberfest in Seoul at the Grand Hilton and jumped on the opportunity to get tickets for this event. It was a surprise to Zak and I managed to actually keep it under wraps for the week prior to the event. I usually spill the beans within 24 hours of planning a surprise, so this was a big step for me! :-P So this event was a one time rate for unlimited German beer and cuisine, a live band from Germany, and a whole lot of fun! We definitely enjoyed ourselves and drank enough Paulaner beer for the year, I love Oktoberfest. It was nothing but a ballroom full of people who like to drink beer and eat pretzels, my kind of people!

Me in the hotel room before we went to Oktoberfest, trying to contain myself of spilling the beans! Oh and thanks for the free bottle of wine Seoul Grand Hilton, I had to drink it before Oktoberfest or else my husband would have been on to me that we are going to a drinking event if I didn't pop it open... ha ha

And now onto Oktoberfest, this right here made every penny worth it:

Tapping of the keg!

This Korean boy in his lederhosen was just too cute, even though he looked forced to wear this by his mother...

Zak about to arm wrestle..

We drink Paulaner beer! I wish you could here me singing this, because I have literally been singing it since Oktoberfest..

Drunk Nikki being silly..

And the people we shared our table with, they pretty much won all the competitions, the lady on the left it one hell of a beer chugger.. and the one on the right dominated in womens arm wrestling.

And a video I have put together from the event, beware there are embarrassing drunk moments that you will probably enjoy.. but hey it was Oktoberfest!

In all this was definitely an awesome time, we cannot wait to go again next year!!! I might just order some lederhosen  ;)

Hiking in Cheonan

Recently Zak and I went hiking in Cheonan, a city south of us, on the Taejosan Sanak Trail. There are many entrances as you can see by the map below, Zak and I had a goal to get to the large Buddha located in the middle of the map. Little did we know that we were starting on the wrong end and 2 hours later on a very steep hike we were only half way there and the sun was beginning to set. Even though we didn't make it to Buddha, we did have a great hike! (Next time Buddha, we will be rubbing your belly!)

Zak cheesin' at the entrance

This my readers, is the attire of a Korean hiker, you will undoubtedly feel under dressed whilst hiking among them.

Hmm what is this?

Oh I see, so you want me to walk barefoot across these rocks...

Beware, do not grab the ropes for help, I almost made this mistake. See below:

A viewpoint along our hike

Cheonan City

A very wobbly but pretty cool sky bridge

We were exhausted by the end of this hike, it was a constant incline and every time we said to ourselves "we must be at the highest peak now" we would hit another climb. Hoping to get better at hiking because its no joke in Korea! 

Thanks for reading and happy trails!

xxx

No really..say what?!?!

So not even 10 minutes after my last blog post (the no petrol month) Zak and I realized that not one of our bikes that we have invested a lot of time and money into but TWO have been stolen. I really hate thieves.. like really... ughhhh..

No petrol month has officially been post-poned.

:(

One month with no petrol, say whaaaat?

So Zak and myself have decided to embark on a little adventure that we have given a lot of thought to. Starting tomorrow (October 3) we will be spending the following 4 weeks without using 'gas'. This means no driving our car, no taking taxi rides, no rides with friends, no public buses, no cross country buses, and no fuel burning trains. That leaves us with our bicycles, the subway, a train called the Norioo which is fully electric (but doesnt go as far as the fuel burning trains, and is limited in schedule), and the hover-round electric wheelchairs that everyone seems to think are a form of transportation around here.. ahh if only I had one handy...

To prepare for our adventure we made quite a large shopping trip to our favorite place.. Costco! :)  We have stocked up on enough meat and food to last us a month so we dont have to make any large grocery shops except for some veg and milk here and there.

Yay I heart Costco! By the way if you are here in Korea and have gone to Costco but have not tried the Bulgogi Bake in the cafeteria.. to.die.for. Try it!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Anywho, we have decided to do this not only to prove to ourselves that it is possible to go a month without using fuel but also to kick start some healthier living. And we figured it couldnt hurt to get our carbon footprint down! I am pretty excited about this challenge, I know it will be hard and most people will think we are rediculous for doing it but Zak and I are ready to prove that we can do it. I will be sure to give you our weekly update for the next four weeks.

Thanks for reading and wish us luck!
xxx