Junk Food and Cherry Blossoms

About eleven months ago, during our orientation week, we went to a temple outside of Gwangju. At that time, Nicola and I broke away from the rest of the gang and ran up a hiking trail until we found a temple building on a hillside, with a shrine in a cave just past it. Well, that's where Stu, Steve M. and I went today.

It was quite special for me because my original trip up that hill had been my first "Oh my god. I am in Korea!" moment. I felt like I was starting a fabulous adventure. I had no idea what the next year would bring me, or even if I would be able to stick it out. See original post here.

This weekend was a bit of a reunion for most of the people in our original orientation group. On Friday, I hung out with Stu, Nicola, Max, Brent, Stephanie and Steve O. On Saturday, we lost a few, but gained Steve M. Our Friday night was a tad excessive, meaning that Saturday was decidedly low-key. The weather didn't really help, as it was grey and rainy all weekend, prompting me to eat my own weight in junk food (Outback, Italian food, TGIFridays, Popeye's Chicken and no less than 3 visits to Starbucks). Photographic evidence of the fun and games from Friday and Saturday can be found here, on Stu's Flickr page.

It's officially springtime here. There are flowers blooming everywhere, and the cherry blossoms are just bursting out. It really is the most gorgeous season.

Only three weeks left...

(Meron - this is the picture)