This past weekend, I was given a chance to visit Nami Island with some of the coolest people. My ex-host family asked me a few weeks ago if I wanted to go with them on the weekend of Dec 22-23. They also said I can bring my friends if I wanted. I asked Maggie and Linh to come with me since Linh wanted to go before and Maggie was in Korea for the time being.
The three of us arrived from our respective places in Anyang at around 1pm on Saturday. We then went to Hana's house (my host family friend). We drove for two hours to Chuncheon and arrived at really nice pension. The pension overlooked Nami island which is probably only about 2 miles in circumference. The plan was to stay there for the night then take a ferry to the island the next morning.
The pension was very luxurious. The four girls had our own pension and Hana's parents got the room next door to us. That night we had sang chu (non marinated pork wrap with lettuce dip sam jang sauce). It was delicious!! We were also very hungry so everything tasted very good. Hana and I also drank the sweetest moscato wine I'd ever had!
After dinner, we went back to our room and decided to teach Hana how to play 13 (a card game, also known as Big 2 in China). Hana finally mastered the game and actually won a few games on her own. She was proud and I was too, since I was her card master.
That night, it really felt like a vacation. I took a bath in a tub!! I haven't seen a tub since I left America. I didn't have to worry about anything because everything was planned and taken care of. We didn't have to catch the bus or look up where to eat. It was relaxing. We all fell asleep watching Hitman on TV.
The next morning, we had a home-cooked and healthy breakfast. It's nice to be eating with people... a lot of people. We packed up our things, drove about 5 minutes to the dock, then took the ferry to our final destination, Nami Island.
The ferry took about 5 minutes but of course, the view of the water, the mountain, and the snow were breathtaking... It was really cold...about -5-10 Celsius. Still, we were happy because the view was really nice. We stopped by the gift shops, saw art galleries, and saw the famous place where they filmed the Korean drama, Winter Sonata. Nami Island is quite famous because of this drama. We ate good snacks and took lots and lots of pictures. At around 3pm, we took the ferry back and ate dalk galbi for lunch (chicken dish mix with rice cakes and red paste). Again, it was delicious.
At around 6pm, we dropped Maggie and Linh off at the subway station and I went home with my host family.
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| View from our pension room. |
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| The other side of our luxurious room. |
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| In front of Moonlight Pension |
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| Balcony view with Magster |
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| the very kind and wonderful Host Family; thank you for such a good weekend! |
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| artistic picture |
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| the bathroom was the best part! |
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| check me/the view out! |
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| Dinner; caught Hana drinking! |
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| Maggie's priority: picture of all of us in the bath tub |
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| Welcome to Nami Island |
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| Our short ferry to Nami |
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| First glance at Nami; what is Santa doing there?? |
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| the famous Winter Sonata drama |
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| Famous scene from Winter Sonata took place here! |
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| view of Nami on ferry |
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| Freezing cold but breathtaking view |
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| cute song museum |
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| a very big fake guitar; standing in order by height |
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| dalk galbi... drools |
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| healthy and good; sang chu |
Hi there is the place you stayed called Moonlight Pension? Appreciate if you could share details of this place as I would like to book a night's stay there. I can't seem to find it when I Google apart from one at Busan also called Moonlight Pension. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance
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