Yes, we really did sled on the island. Although Jeju is supposed to be the Hawaii of Korea, tourist advertisement is mistaken about their winter weather. With the wind whipping hard in your face and with it getting to about -3 degrees celcius (25 degrees fahrenheit), it has been getting pretty chilly and hard to handle here with the few winter clothes I have. Fortunately, I bought a warm peacoat, a few hoodies, boots, sweaters, a hat and gloves...all for reasonable prices. Some days its warmer too....I think this wednesday it will get up into the high 50's/ lower 60s degrees farenheit. But this past Sunday (after a few days of resting from the cold weather and from being sick), we were lucky enough to go with our neighbors, Kyla, Mike, Paul and Sunhi to Mt. Halla where we saw all the beautiful snow and made a snow day out of it!
We took long winter wonderland walks in the beautiful snowy forest area, where the beautiful galdae reed still was blowing in the wind around the mountains. There we found a private area to sled and in several different places on small hills tried to make a fast sledding lane. Keith used his powerful strength to pull me as fast as he could down each mountain and on the way to the next place to sled!! Talk about a fun way to hike Mt. Halla! We also all made snow angels, and had some snowball fights, and also had a competition...girls and guys to make the best snowman. Curvacious (the snow"woman") against Big Head (the snow"man")! They both ended up looking great! Check out the pictures from our snow day! The night ended with hot chocolate, a steamy hot shower and getting cozy and warm in bed with our new soft comforter and heating pad on the highest temperature! :)
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