Bikes on the Han
The two things that matter most to Koreans, Kimchi and biking...well maybe not, but we decided that we should venture out for a wee little 38 km bike ride to explore what The Han has to offer and no it's not just pollution and dirty waters! The Han is a river that divides Seoul into North and South sections. It's pretty nice to have this bit of break from high rises and busy streets.
A picture taken along the Han before the bike adventure began! We angled it so you couldn't see the dead fish floating in the background.
Our trusty biking partners, Hilary and Adrian "pedal to the Korean metal" Lipsett, with Colin along the Han!
Do we look tired? Because we are! And only 12 km's into the ride...
The mighty rings! Ahhh the 1988 Olypmics...yes Canada...Calgary wasn't the only city to have an 1988 Olympiad...the summer games were held that year in Seoul. This was the destination at the half way mark of our ride, where our legs were like jello and our shorts blackened (note we all - minus Adrian wore our nice white shorts...)
Back at the start of our route - when we finally arrived back - we found this building to be enticing. This is the tallest building in Korea - 63 floors. It is appropriately always referred to as the "63" building. Original Korea, original.
All in all, a great day of rented biking and site seeing. Good times.
posted by anne and colin @ 6:06 AM
2 Comments
2 Comments:
Hey Anne, it was good to hear from you. I really enjoyed my visit to Seoul. There is lots to do there! Didn't have a chance to check out the 63 building, but I would like to when I get a chance. It seems like you are enjoying Korea as well. Gotta love kimchi and soju. I will be coming to Seoul again. I'll give you a shout and maybe we can meet up. I like hanging out in Itaewon (it's good to see foreigners, not so many in my city- Jeonju). Hope your enjoying your time in Korea!
To be fair (and to correct what appears to be a misconception), the IOC seems to refer to Olympiads only with reference to the summer games. So technically there would be only one "Olympiad" in a year.
This is just as well, as the Greeks never held such artificial events such as "figure skating", and "ice dance" at their Olympics.
-Your resident Classical scholar.
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