A Spring Salute

All of a sudden, Spring is upon us!

(There are 3 more new small updates below this one. Aren't you lucky!)

Ever since we moved here, we have been slightly dismayed at just how dead the park looks next door to our apartment. That's right, we really are lucky, it goes......School, Pizza place, Pub, Pub/Restaurant, Our House, Restaurant, Restaurant,....MASSIVE PARK! We were certainly glad to have it there, they are working on a huge running track and it has 3 tennis courts and stuff, but it just looked absolutely barren of all life until now. Spring hit with the delicate touch of a sledgehammer, and all of a sudden we find ourselves with the ultimate location for relaxation and summer beers. The once dead trees, overnight it seems, have sprung to life in a riot of white, pink, and purple, and we aren't the only ones to notice, as the park is now enjoying use from more than just the usual ridiculous speed-walkers.





The weather, in general, has also changed rather abruptly, and for the first time since getting here we can comfortably head out in short sleeved shirts etc. Even though I am still battling numerous debilitating symptoms, I dragged myself out and we had a mock run for the summer frivolities of all day boozing in the sun. Fortunately, we found a discarded set of mini speakers in Lynne's apartment, so we managed to get our end of the park rocking along to some Tool for a little bit. As you will have seen in numerous films, Asia is fairly famous for it's cherry blossom trees, and they are fairly abundant around the park.....







As well as the ubiquitous pink cherry blossoms, there are many of these trees, in variations of purple or white, with huge blossoms. No idea what they are called, but they look fairly smart nonetheless.




All in all, it's a happy day to realise how cool this park will be. We are so glad we don't live in deepest darkest Seoul, as the sleepy and mellow feel of Jungsan Village is fantastic. I can't imagine living next to one of the many EIGHT lane roads that run throughout most of Seoul. Nah....we'll save that shit for the weekends I think! We also just realised that we have some small mountains to explore only ten minutes from our door. After discovering a small trail winding up into the forest, our curiosity led us to a small oriental gazebo, with a network of unknown trails leading off further into the trees. It looks a little bit too like Pet Sematary, which I'm reading again just now, but we plan on investigating soon! Talking of pets, there may well be some new additions to our apartments before long, I'm thinking a gecko named Gordon might be interesting!