Just what the doctor ordered

I have been getting a little concerned at my lack of interest in alcohol recently. But I seem to be back on form now. Friday was the usual mayhem- I had dinner with two of my middle school students, dak galbi, and was gratified to see that one of them was sweating from the spiciness while I was fine. Another stereotype put to rest. After dinner it was a rush to the first bar and imminent slaughter of me by Tania at table football. Only one thing to do after that- so off to the Warehouse we went for some tequila shots.

Bumpin came later and might have included a few more tequila shots before the inevitable norae bang. Needless to say, it was a late one. I got home as the sun was rising and went straight to bed. Patrick had offered to take me and Tania out for a trip to a nearby temple on Saturday afternoon. We may have been a little vague but it was nice to get out for a couple of hours.

The temple is south of Gangneung and right by the ocean. There are some great views from it

There is some kind of festival going on which I think explained the lanterns

There was certainly an air of Spring to the day. The blossoms looked gorgeous and smelt wonderful. Me and Tania ran around like mad things taking photos while Patrick took time to admire the artwork and architecture. Because of the Korean habit of not wearing shoes inside most buildings, there were little piles of footwear outside of the doors. There was also a little puppy running loose around the temple complex and I was a bit taken aback to see the little fella pick up a shoe and run away with it. I felt obliged to help the hapless owner get it back so I caught up with him but then he wanted to play with me. Fortunately he was very cute

After a round or two with the pup it was back to Gangneung and some dinner, a nap then back out to the bars.

We knew that once the wigs and cowboy hats had come out the night was nearing an end. I made it home before sunrise this time which meant that it was relatively easy to get up the next day (in the early afternoon) to go and watch some Gangneung locals play football. Me and Tania took the half time oranges and amused ourselves sharing the fruit with a very cute little Korean girl.

Actually the game was a lot of fun as people tumbled to the ground in pain, collided with each other, scored goals a-plenty and generally threw their poor hungover bodies around the pitch. After the game, me and Tania went to Anmok beach for another photo frenzy

Then we walked to Emart before I went and met Rory for dinner and a movie. It has been a good and full weekend. I am pretty tired now so here endeth my penultimate weekend in Gangneung- yikes!

(PS- nuff photos for you, Patrick?)