Spring Fever

The last few days on the island have felt like anything but spring. I was sure we were in Seattle, with the 40-degree weather and constant rain and drizzle. Luckily, things turned around today. It was actually the first time the sun had been out in 4 days. Apparently, this threw Derek off, because I woke up this morning to him shaking me telling me we over slept. I looked at my phone and saw it said 5:50 a.m. and couldn’t understand why he woke me up an hour early.

When we left for school it was beautiful and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. We’ve wanted to go look at the Cherry Blossoms for the past 4 days, but obviously with the horrible weather we haven’t gotten a chance. So we made plans today to go look at the Cherry Blossoms after school. My co-teacher gave us directions, and after school we finally went to see them. As we walked up the hill, we passed a huge temple we didn’t even know was on the island. As we passed the temple and went up a second hill we immediately realized what the big deal was about.

It was beautiful. The trees lined both sides of the street and with the afternoon light it was stunning. We followed the road around and found the “North Gate” of the old fortress that was built on the island. We went for a short walk past the gate and a nice Korean man pointed down to a resting point where we could get spring water. Then we decided to make our way back to town.

Although it didn’t take long, it was a great way to spend the afternoon. And, we got some much-needed Vitamin D after the long and gloomy week. We are going camping this weekend on an island south of Incheon. It’s supposed to be great weather (low 60s) so we’ll have a new blog post up in a couple of days, hopefully with some funny stories and great pictures!