Nami Island YONSAMA!

Well my friend Yoko really likes Yon sama, the actor who was in the Korean drama "Winter Sonata" so we decided to take a trip to a place called Nami Island. This is one of the places the film was shot. Yoko came back on the 6th so we decided to travel to Nami Island to see a little more of Korea. I asked my homestay sister how to get there and she looked up how to get there on the internet. We were supposed to go to Cheongyangni and from there take a train. It was pretty nice and easy to get there. We had a little bit of a late start because Yoko had slept in so when I got to Sinchon she still wasn't there. I rang her up and woke her up. I don't blame her that she was late cuz she just got back the day before. She apparently had a lot of luggage with her and because she lives on the 4th floor, she had to lug it all up there by herself. Anyways, we got there a little later but it was still good. We had fastfood breakfast and then got on the train. On the train Yoko ordered some eggs from the man who walked up and down the aisle with food. There was a white package in with the hard boiled eggs but we didn't know for sure if it was salt or those little packages that keeps food okay (but you're not supposed to eat) so we asked the guy if we could eat it...he must have thought we were hilarious because after probably really rude people, it was a nice change to have some stupid question asked very seriously. Yes, it was salt....ha ha ha.
So anyways we took the train and got to see some scenery outside of Seoul. We arrived and got in a taxi who took us to the Nami Ferry Terminal where we took a ferry to the island. It was probably a ride less than 10 minutes. I could already feel my lungs expanding and breathing in deeply because the air was so much cleaner. Although the sun had come out, it was still cold so the top layer of the lake was frozen. As we made out way to the island, we were breaking ice. Was neat!
Once on the island we walked around and saw all the lines of trees. It must be so green and open during the summer. We went when there wasn't snow so all we got to really see was the line of trees. It was really nice though just to be out of the city. For the time of the year (without any snow) there were a lot of Koreans there and quite a few couples. I guess that is the place to go. Koreans are sooo funny about poising for their pictures. It was hard to stiffle a laugh then they look like they are trying to be on the cover of the next fashion magazine. ha ha ha
Yoko had a great idea of renting a bicycle. We just didn't have the luck though. We decided to rent the bicycle for two...or rather the "couple" bicycle as they advertised it. The first one we got had a flat tired so we had to wait until he pumped it up...then that bicycle as we went down a hill the chains fell off so we had to wheel the bicycle back and get another one....finally we could ride. Mostly I sat in the back and let Yoko do the navigation. I did some and it was hard. Pluz, you have to work more in the front. I was pretty tired by the time the hour rolled around...but it was fun being on a bicycle again.
We had some time left so we decided to head on to Chuncheon. We took a bus there and then walked around. We hit some of the sites that were also in "Winter Sonata" and had dakkarubi...the famous food there. It was good but a little spicy for me...
We were pretty tired after a big day so we moved out train up to an early time. We headed back and on the train we mostly slept. It was definitely a nice day trip. Pretty cheap and a great chance to get out of the city. I think Nami Island would be good to visit on other occassions when there is actually some green....