Well we’ve been back in
Korea for 6 weeks now, and they have been 6 of the busiest weeks of our lives.
Work is keeping us extremely busy, and there have been a lot of Saturday and/or weekend activities that we have been involved in as well.
One of these weekend activities was our staff retreat – a weekend where the schools takes all the staff to a resort for an all expenses paid weekend of food, fun, and seminars. this year we w
ent to the Miranda Hotel in Inchon, about 1hr from Suwon.
The hotel was nice, and we enjoyed the fact that there was a water park in the complex, although getting to the pools was an experience in itself. Koreans love their public saunas/spas/baths or whatever you want to call them. Basically they just lov
e getting naked and plunging themselves into a number of different pools of varying temperatures and colours. So to get to the pools we had to walk through the bath area first, where we were met by a large number of naked men of various sizes (I’m talking about body size only) and in various positions. There were men showering, shaving, sitting in the pools, lying flat out on their backs, and some even had their knees pulled up to their chests and were rocking back and forward. Talk about not knowing where to look! Of course Jenene and Promise went through the ladies side, where they were faced with a similar situation, only different.
After finally negotiating our way through the sausage factory, we made it out to the pools for the clothed people. There were 3 different pools, and about 2000 people for each pool – ok, there weren’t that many people, but it certainly was crowded. The word capacity does not seem to exist in the Ko
rean language, so as long as people are willing to pay, they keep letting them in. We have become accustomed to crowds, and we are even beginning to accept that personal space is more of a luxury than an expectation.
We are heading to a national park in the north east next week, so it might be an opportunity for us to rediscover that feeling of walking without a sea of people surrounding us – and some of the trees might actually be taller than me, so that should be nice too.
Well we’ve been back in 
ent to the Miranda Hotel in 
e getting naked and plunging themselves into a number of different pools of varying temperatures and colours. So to get to the pools we had to walk through the bath area first, where we were met by a large number of naked men of various sizes (I’m talking about body size only) and in various positions. There were men showering, shaving, sitting in the pools, lying flat out on their backs, and some even had their knees pulled up to their chests and were rocking back and forward. Talk about not knowing where to look! Of course Jenene and Promise went through the ladies side, where they were faced with a similar situation, only different.
rean language, so as long as people are willing to pay, they keep letting them in. We have become accustomed to crowds, and we are even beginning to accept that personal space is more of a luxury than an expectation. 
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