Our New Year's celebration was definitely fun. We had a small get together at a friend's house and then all headed over to the Warehouse bar in our city, within minutes of the new year! We toasted and danced all night in hopes to stay up as long as possible in order to catch the sunrise. The Korean people usually bring in the new year on the beach to see the sunrise despite the frigged temperatures. We stayed out at the bar until about 4am and then headed home to refuel. We ate french toast and waited until it was late enough to head out to the beach.
There was a big stage with dancing and singer performances and also 2 or 3 big bonfire pits for people to warm up next to.
It was so cold out that day that N8 and I only made it to about 7:30 when the sunrise colors were coming up. It was beautiful to see the new year's morning light on the sea!
Now we are preparing for our departure for our OFFICIAL vacation time! Tomorrow we will be heading out to Thailand, we will arrive in the Bangkok airport by 2am and then hang around for the first flight out to Cambodia and stick around Ankor Wat for a few days. Then we plan to go back to Bangkok, head up to Chiang Mai and then hit the southern island for the remainder of the time.
When we get back to Korea we will hang out in Seoul for the day and wait for S's flight to come in and show her around!!! sooo exciting!
We might be M.I.A for a bit but we will try to email as often as possible to keep in touch.
oh by the way... PITTSBURGH IS GOIN TO THE SUPERBOWL!! we will be searching for a good sports bar in Thailand to see the game! We'll be waving our terrible towel all over south east asia.
