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| Silly forest spirits! |
The first non-Suwon place we visited was the Yongsin Forest. My super-awesome sis-in-law snagged us a cabin, which was impressive because the rentals are based on a lottery and some people wait years to be able to stay the night there. Yongsin is about a 45 minute drive outside Suwon and is a popular destination for relaxing and getting the kids out of the city and into nature. They have walking trails, a kids park and lovely cabins.
There was a stream right next to our cabin, so of course we had to explore. While we were playing outside Chris found a cicada carcass and we had some fun introducing Johann to it.
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| Playing in the stream |
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| Cicada! |
The day we went to Yongsin was also my nephew's 2nd birthday. You might note the frosting on his chin and the misplacement of the cake on the tray, and guess what happened before we got the candles lit :)
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| Happy birthday! |
I was still quite jetlagged and woke up before everyone else, so Chris and I went for an early-morning hike. It was so green and lovely!
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| Lucky ducks! These were all over - kind-of want some for the backyard :) |
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| Really neat pattern on the ground. |
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| Pretty morning light at the end of the hike |
Korean playgrounds have some fun and unique toys in them, often involving two people and some kind of leverage.
Here is a link to me playing on another one, in 2006.
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| Flyin' around with my bro |
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| 2-person swing: full body workout. |
Next up: Jeju Island!
