Seoul Lantern Festival, originally uploaded by Ichigomani.

Not only did the Seoul Lantern Festival kick off today, it’s also Peppero Day. For those of you who don’t know what Peppero Day is, I’ll explain. It’s basically a day when people give each other chocolate covered sticks, called “Peppero.” Usually school kids give them to each other and their teachers, but the tradition has spread and now adults buy them for their friends/ partners as well. I recieved several boxes of Peppero today from my students and I decided to nibble on some while observing the display at the Lantern Festival.
Cheonggyecheon was bursting with colours from all the beautiful lanterns. A concert was held by the river, which included performances by Rain, Wondergirls, Ivy and many more.
Seats were available for people who pre-registered on-line, but I managed to convince a tourism official to let me in the guest area. I was quite proud of my accomplishment. It was a wonderful way to spend the evening.

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View from top of Inwangsan, originally uploaded by Ichigomani.

Today I went for a hike up Inwang Mountain with my friend Elise. It was a total body workout, and I hope to do it again soon.

Kimchi Anyone?, originally uploaded by Ichigomani.

As I was waiting for the subway this afternoon I saw this advertisement. If you want to make kimchi at home you have to have a kimchi fridge… does it come with the cute model too?

Wall View, originally uploaded by Ichigomani.

This is my favourite picture of the day. We got to the top of Inwangsan and finally saw the fortress wall. There was a guard beside me and I get out my camera. I take the picture and get told no pics. Luckily the guard didn’t make me erase this shot.

Fall has arrived in Korea, it’s getting colder, the leaves are changing colour and instead of going out I just fancy staying in and watching a movie.

It’s on days like these I also like to grab some snacks from the local corner shop. There are so many kinds of snacks to choose from… I found a new one recently. 고구마 (Sweet potatoe) chips from Lotte, they taste more like apple chips… and I think they’re delicious.

There’s also a wide variety of corn chips seasoned with sugar or salt.  Whatever you might be craving, you’ll be sure to find something that suits your taste buds.  If you can’t decide what to get just get a mix of things like I did this week. The store owner looked at me in shock as I came to the counter. I’m guessing she thought all the snacks were for me… LOL.