Gangneung Trip (part 9)

"Tis dinner-time. 해물파전, 짬뿡, and other seafood studded food and side-dish. 

There were numerous restaurants along the beach that offer everything, but mostly seafood, of course. 

Again, I couldn't resist but to capture the atmosphere. The sparkling & brightly lit open-air two-story restaurants were a common sight.  

I like the contrast between the dark and the colorfully lit restaurants with cars parking along the street. 

With a grin on our face out of being full after a sumptuous dinner, we walked along the beach again...back into the lodging, our 펜션 (pension). 

Again...just one more look into the contrasting color of brightly lit restaurant viewed from the darkness of the park overlooking the beach. 

after 10-minute walk from the fanfare area of dinner, we're back at the arched bridge we crossed that afternoon to reach the beach. The difference was that...the bridge turned out to be equipped with keep-changing lights emanating from the pillars. 

well, let's stay here for a while and enjoy the night scenery. 

It's relatively tiny..& small, of course..compared to the 야경 at Busan Diamond Bridge, for instance.^^ But, it's enough to make us 

stop to admire the night scenery @ Gyeongpo Beach.

Gangneung Trip (part 8)

It's almost dusk and the sun's setting...and more people were 'lurking' onto the street upfront the beach.... 

This is one of the good ways to enjoy the Gyeongpo beach: strolling along the pedestrian located in the middle of green park and the street that separates the stores along the beach line. I may not be good in describing it in words, but this is what it looked like when I took this pic. 

It's passed 6 p.m. and no one's allowed to be IN the water, let alone swimming. Yes, I remembered at the 태안 /Taean beach at the western coastal of Korean peninsula last year. ...the similarity was that...as the time strikes 6 p.m. a voice coming out of the loudspeaker politely asking all vacationers NOT to be in the water. 

and this was the result. NO ONE was at the beach.^^ 

lifeguards went home. and only lifebuoys were seen floating on the waters. 

Even, parasols were folded and wrapped inside that YELLOW temporary pile up.

the wind's getting more and more chilling....

* Eyra and Freya were sitting on the beach sand.... 

enjoying their snack....& I know it's shivering..especially when they drenched wet...^^ 

Night's lurking..and it's time to have some dinner. 

(continued onto part 9)

Gangneung Trip (part 6)

These are pictures I took when the kids were 'meditating' @ the shore. 

ㅋㅋㅋ again..I didn't know exactly what Freya was looking at, thinking about, pondering about...when she was gazing onto the sea....^^ 

But, I just couldn't help myself....pointing my phone to take the pics while she's just standing still.... 

and what a view. I mean...with a seashell protruding out of the sand right in front of the lenses, I was trying to capture the moment...

Yes... it was meant to be one of those picture-perfect moment^^ 

then..along came her sister, Eyra, who seemed to be so actively distracted by the endless possibilities of playing with the water... 

again....when her sister left...Freya stood still (AGAIN)...gazing onto the sea.^^

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 

wait...she's like making a wish? ㅋㅋㅋ 

and that's when I approached her and...hey...snap out of it, Freya.

let's just play with the sand.^

Gangneung Trip (part 4)

The reason "we sort of being so demanding (to ourselves) that we got to go to Gangneung" was to SEE the beach! Yes, we got to see the east coast beach this summer. And after a long overdue, we finally made it. 

From so many choices of the stretches of the beaches at the eastern coast of Korean peninsula, we decided to go to Gyeongpo Beach. 

This is the nearest Gyeongpo beach entrance from our pension. I walked up to the bridge first so as to be able to take the whole picture of what it looked like.

*Eyra, Freya, Mama, Om Wawan, and tante Ulfa were still at the jetty. 

Then...we're on the 'bridge' @ Gyeongpo jetty. 

I think this is one of the landmarks of Gyeongpo beach.--so to speak. 

Eyra, come on, girl.

Yes, the kids were enjoying the breeze of the fresh air(?) from sea. 

not to mention..the excitement they had as they touched the sand with their bare feet!

Yes..the real trip began.