A Weekend for Eyra @ Children Grand Park

As always, Friday afternoon is a weekly outdoor activity for Eyra with her eonni, Yang Subin. Yesterday, she went to Children Grand Park-- where as I had expected--she did do something that was not supposed to be on the list. 

Instead of exploring the zoo where she'd been assigned to...she dazzled herself into the world of floating balloon. 

the one which floats on the water ...the one huge enough for small kids to go inside it and roll themselves up and down all over the place. 

Without having to worry about getting wet or soaking wet or worse..get plunged into the water. 

for it is safely design for the convenient of the kids to explore and feel the sensation of being able to walk on the water while being tossed around inside the balloon. 

Guess...she's tired enough to keep on rolling... 

and..finally ...got to do something that she should've done in the first place...no....not...riding on a pony....

or..even..having a chunk of burritos on her hand while continuing her weekend trip to somewhere else...

Oh, swell...

Slideeeeeee

so cool!

 Go on a sliding slope made of --I did not know what-- rubber-like slide.

 
Clutched. I got to hold 'em up so as to keep them from running away from me. Well, they could not stop going up and down the sliding slopes.

 I think the kids spent most of their time right on this very spot.

Seoullland , Seoulland in Spring 2012

This was the second time we went to Seoulland. The last trip was during the chilling winter^^. But this time..it was during the early bud of Spring: April 13, 2012.

(oh btw, this was the very same day when I went  to Youido with my friends (see my previous entry)

The whole trip was an exciting one......because: 1, as seen on the huge poster at the back, Eyra and Freya's TV characters were on display during the event. 

2) we got 4 free tickets to Seoulland. A special gift from a friend of mine.

This is how the ticket looks like. For adult ticket to get a full-day pass to Seoulland. 

Freya: get ready to get immersed in the world of fun. 

Full-day pass bracelet; check!

Vroom-vroom; a character they get to know via TV greeted them. Off they went on it.

The first sight right on our right side after getting through the festival road: a bridge where we could see the charm of Spring in Seoulland.

Freya & Eyra stood motionless. Come on, let's go...! Don't just stand there.

OOps, their Mom wanted to take a pic., too. Ok, oh swell...might as well take the picture, then.

What a beautiful day, that day.

Another shot of the same spot. But, I took time to distance myself from the bridge so as to get the wide angle of the bridge.

Ok, the first thing Mommy got to do was...getting herself up on the Merry-Go-Around. Oh, pls. do you think it's up to your expectation, Mom? ^^

The kids were on their first ride: kiddie bom-bom car. Well, since not many kids were on the ride, they were on this one: twice...without queuing that long.

Bike Bike Biking @ Youido Park & Hangang

What could be more tempting than......enjoying the coming of Spring with friends ...OUTDOOR! yes!. for someone who comes from a tropical country like me,....the idea of going outdoor in the Spring was like an idea too good to waive. I won't let that chance slip away. That was exactly what I did, or we did to be precise.

Having a slice or two: donuts! that our teacher bought for us.

The whole class came out to the park just to enjoy the beautiful Spring and sun light-studded (?) ^^ --I know there is no such thing as a sun-studded (imagine: star-studded) term..^^ 

But, the mere idea of being exposed to the sunlight alone...was more than enough to make me gleefully smiling and cheerful.

So were my friends.

(intermezzo: I snapped a cool sight of this child-cart. Well, that's how I describe it. As many as 6 children clad or somewhat thrown into a small cart--that was physically pushed by a woman. What a ride, indeed. 

The time came for us to just relax, have some donuts, and do nothing but play.  The office or business complex at the back was the most likely sight that we would encounter in Youido (the so-called Manhattan of Seoul). Well, it is actually a small island in the middle of Han River. How cool is that. 

Then, off we went to take a stroll along the park and off we went to a bike rental where we decided to spend the rest of the day ...biking. It cost us only 3000 Won for one-hour ride along the whole area of Youido and Hangang Area. 

So...here are my classmates with their own bikes. Some are tandem bikes that we can share with others.  Since I was the one taking the pic.......automatically I am only immortally captured as the man behind the camera. ^^ (figuratively speaking: the memory creator!!)

We were at the Riverside. Han Riverside bike lanes that dotted the river. Seoul government has been successful in maintaining the preservation of the Han river as one of the main attractions for its local community and foreigners alike. I was easily absorbed into the modesty, yet the functionality of the bike lanes as well as other facilities provided along the riverbank. 

Igyeol, Martha, Jennely, and me....!

Igyeol, Marta, Jennely, Chanmi, & Jon-gi ssi.^^ some of my 6B classmates

I think it was one of the floating theater and public spaces that were scattered along the riverbanks. Never been there, though. But, nice to try, though. 

Since it was not a holiday, in fact...it was Friday morning. So, most people were working and ...us? we were enjoying the early Spring in Han river. What could be more exciting than that? Han river was persistently and somewhat calmly flowing dashingly along the course of Seoul. Beyond ( if you could see it) is....a Seoul Tower, barely visible at the back.

me & Chanmi. Just realized that we were riding the same color bikes. 

Then, this was the opposite scenery of the river. See the Sakura flowers at the back. That was the very place where I went to the other day. 

Another spectacle along the river. The lonely barren tree (well, wait till it is fully grown with leaves on it). I guess it would look just fine. But, as for now, the tree had to be quite contented with what it got: budding leaves.

Another sight from the Han River. Office buildings built in the midst of open space and parks were the typical sight in Youido business district. Well, no wonder lots of companies set up their branches or headquarters right in the heart of this complex.

This is the bike lane that I was writing about. See the course? We can follow this seemingly never-ending courses along the river and end up ourselves outside Seoul. True. So, we can just bike ourselves and enjoy the endless possibilities that the Han river has to offer.

 

Oh, I should have put this picture in the middle of this entry:) ^^ well, simple really. I got to put this picture right here because there is our Lee Young-Ju sonsaengnim, who also took a bike with her.  Can you spot & guess which one?

This is awesome. We were making a circle with our bikes. we were like...going round and round so as to make us dizzy. No, just to make the fun of biking.--that's all. 

On our way back home to the Park where we rented the bike. I think it was 10 minutes or so before we got to have the bikes returned...or else...we would need to pay additional 500 won per additional 10 minutes or so. ^^ what a system. :)

But...we still managed to take a picture, anyway. Aha!

That's why we were rushing^^