A Culture Night at Vivaldi Park

Winter Skiing Trip could not have been better than this. The night after having all of the exhaustive skiing experience, the night's dinner and cultural show highlighted our trip as well. The great performance of an acapella group did steal the show. It was such a relief that not only Trote was being displayed, but another genre of music was also on. Bring it On. Just enjoy the video right here to see what I mean. 

Then, of course,K-Pop Cover Dance was also slurping into the main dish of contemporary Korean culture. Not to mention its catchy phrase during the playback songs, the audience got immediately up to their feet and some of them got it hyped over! An awesome night.

The third video is about my daughter--Freya--who seemed to be so tempted by the upbeat of Korean dance song...that she could not hold herself up....but to let herself go and moved her swing!!

Vivaldi Park Resort (again)

These are the videos I took when we were strolling around the Vivaldi Park at night. We were exhausted of skiing the whole day. But, the resort seemed to be so irresistibly tempting...for us ...just to let them slip away while we were sleeping. 

So, instead of going to bed early, in the midst of the Winter cold, we stepped out of our hotel room and rushed to find out that the hotel underground was full of entertainment for kids and adult alike. So, we had it covered. Skiing? check! Entertainment? check! Food? Sure!

Checking Out of the Vivaldi Park Resort

It was now check out time.
After a short lecture on Korea's best destination by a professor, we got to wrap and pack things up and ready to check out of the hotel.........and readied ourselves to go to the next destination: Nami island. Yes, it was the next destination....afterwards.

But, let me blurt something out about our check out time.
Since we were grouped into four buses and lots ..lots of guests, we got to wait for a prolonged check out time.
So, while waiting.....Eyra and Freya always found their best time of enjoying whatever they could think of.
So, here are what they were doing....while waiting in the lobby for checking out.

Vivaldi Park at night

Since it was our last night of staying at the Condominium inside the resort, we might as well spend the night outside---despite its chilling and freezing cold.







So, instead of going straight to bed, we decided to take a stroll along the resort just to enjoy the night skiing. Before that, we went underground to check the mall where all of kinds of rides were available, too. It is a 24-hour underground city in its own.




Then, we came out again...

Well, the night skiing program turned out to be popular among youngsters who wanted to seek thrills.




It was about 11 p.m. and lots of people were still going back and forth at the skiing resort.
Of course we were just looking around.






The fact that the night (a cold one) appended the eerie-ness of the resort (in a positive term, of course) made it more challenging for thrill-seekers to try it out at night
We just took pictures!





Vivaldi park resort was just like a town of itself at night.
It was--as far as I learned--surrounded by the mountains and hills that dotted the area.











So, I kinda imagined it being the bright dot out in the middle of nowhere...somewhere in Chuncheon mountainous area.







I am still wondering as to what those people expected from having to expose themselves in the cold of the night .......wrapped in tights just to go on skiing:) But, I guess...this was just a murmur or a stupid ranting of someone who never had it tried:) ^^







well, still.......just by looking at it....it already made me shiver.
That's why......our night strolling time....did impress us.

So, this is what Condo means and looks like.

Condo (Condominium) ....I suppose that's what it was.
We stayed for two nights at a Condo at Vivaldi Park during Winter skiing trip from 8 - 10 Feb. 2012.
Well, we would not have been able to enjoy the amenities of this Vivaldi Park's Condo, had the Ministry of Tourism, Sport, Culture of Korea not invited us to enjoy the Winter's beauty.
Along with other friends, we managed to be there to enjoy the best of what Korea has to offer--especially during Winter.

Now, I just want to tell about what we could do inside the Condo-term.
It was quite different from any averaged room in any other hotel. The fact that it has a kitchen --a modern one, complete with its heating pan, a sophisticated rice cooker that we barely knew how to operate it:^^..until two separate rooms we can choose ...as to where we want to sleep, either on a bed or on ondol-heated floor!


Actually, the first impression would be just :OK, it was just like any other hotel--that's what I thought.
But..then...as we got into it. ...it was no different from being at the comfort of our own home, for we can do whatever we usually do at home. The spoon? check. fork? check. plates? check. chopstick, knife, drying machine, washing machine, check check check......^^, even the fridge was a cool one, too.
Anyhow...we did not want to miss the chance of enjoying the amenities offered by the Condo at Vivaldi Park.

...........There is one thing left that still made me dumbfounded-ly speechless.......
the price: it was 330,000 Won per night!!!!!! Whattttt?????
Oh my my.....no wonder it was so good to be true.
But, I think it's reasonable...considering the amenities the Condo has to offer for its guests.
I guess...next time we go there...we should rent it with other friends so as to share the cost^^
whether I want to go there again?
Yes....you bet!
irresistibly fun.