A day at the beach...

On Saturday we piled into a dorm van and drove two hours to the west coast of Korea. Beautiful Daechon Beach was the perfect setting for a mini-holiday and we spent time frolicking in the ocean, watching an insane pilot zoom above the beach at an alarming low altitude, reading and relaxing, eating corn dogs studded with french fries, soaking in the mud pools at the Boryeong sauna and listening to some energetic Korean drumming. It was such a nice day and the drive was gorgeous. We drove past lakes and rivers and stunning vistas of mountains and plains. We were all reminded that we need to get out of the city more often. The scenery in rural Korea is beautiful.