Eileen is not a Hiker

Today we hiked Mount Mudeung. This was not my favorite activity thus far. The fact that it was raining did not help. It started to get slippery about half way up, and you go down the same way you go up, so the way down was a bit precarious at parts. I was not quite equipped for hiking, especially in the rain, so that added to my frustration. It was good exercise however, and the Koreans say that hiking in the rain is good for your chi, so I hope I now have a happy chi. After the hiking, we went to a Korean sauna. This was an interesting experience since the women in the sauna all walk around in the nude. Though we Americans were nervous and shy at first, once you walk into a room full of naked women who are not shy, you can lose your nervousness pretty quickly. All kinds of women were there, old and young, of all shapes and sizes, which made things more comfortable as well. It was very relaxing, with all the pools and hot tubs and steam rooms, and I'm defiantly less sore than I would be with out the sauna. We changed quickly from mountain hiking clothes to our more dressed up versions of ourselves, and visited the Rotary District offices. After that meeting we were transferred to our new host family, and welcomed with dinner (with soup and rice and kimchee, as well as Korean style sushi). We have settled into our new home, all 5 of us are together this time. This of course means 5 women in one bathroom, we shall see how the morning goes. We're visiting a nuclear power plant tomorrow, and the salt producing region, which I'm sure will be interesting.