Sunset @ Two Different Spots in Seoul

Overlooking Han River//Sunset//Swan Boat//Floating Restaurant//Olympic Stadium...

Sunset//the under-construction Lotte Tower//Han River//Jogging Track//Ttukseom... 

A soon-to-be the tallest building in Seoul. 

In a different place: Dongmyo동묘//I climbed up a hill nearby..and enjoyed the sunset... 

Found this...I did not have time to find out what that was. 

A surrounding neighborhood seen from the one-and-only hill in Dongmyo, Seoul.

(about sunset)

Winter @ Ttukseom

With an entrance fee as much as 10,000 Won for one child...they could choose any rides they wanted to, apart from snow sled and tube. 

Of course, they wanted to try this one. oh, well... 

 

Or a mini-track hop-ride-and-go bike. 

and...winter did not seem to deter their enthusiasm. 

hmm...what about this? Daddy wanted to do this...but..boy..being a Daddy simply meant that I got to follow where the kids wanted to spend their time... 

so...I got no options but to jump into the boat!!! 

Ttukseom resort is located right next to Han River...and it's almost sunset.... 

We'd better go home....after all, all rides were closed at 5 pm.

Sunset scene at Ttukseom Resort.

Snow Sled & Snow Tube Time...

Along with Eunbie and her boyfriend, and of course...Angga, we took the kids to Ttukseom Resort to have a snow sled, wait..snow tube party..^^ It's the cheapest and the nearest from home. 

Lunch, first..everyone? sure! 

Indonesian and Korean food  all mixed up on a table...to boost our energy to play harder on the snow. 

What more could we expect? The sky & weather: perfect.

Winter vacation would not have been complete without snow-related activities.

But..boy..oh boy...the queue!!!! 

Not to mention that we got to bring our tube by ourselves up on the way to the top....^^

but..hey..that's the fun thing about it, too. 

From above, we could see that this snow-sled area is actually an outdoor swimming pool in SUMMER. 

Right...but they changed it into SNOW world in WINTER. 

Located at Subway line 7, Ttukkseom Resort Station. It's the nearest from where we live. 

Freya....grab a grip hold of your tube, dear!!! 

Bored of tubing? what about...this? 

I wondered if adults were allowed to do this, though...hmm 

But..this one, for sure...is designed for both kids and adults alike.

And we did have some fun.

Another Winter Vacation.

Outdoor 3-D ART

Just when we thought that there'd be nothing else to do @ Ttukseom resort after getting exhausted themselves of riding the bikes, they found some thing that caught their attention: the 3-D art.

Like the one above. A creative way of making the best use of pillars of the bridge. 

Yup, this giraffe was painted on one of the bridge pillars that supported the subway bridge above. 

The kids' favorite painting. Dolphins....^^ 

Yes..they looked real... 

But, of course...this dinosaur thing really captured their imagination... 

especially for Eyra..who acted out like being scared of being preyed upon... 

Well..a nice time well spent ....^^

@Ttukseom Resort, subway line 7.

Family Retreat @ Ttukseom Resort (part 2)

There were lots of lanterns hung across the resort ....like these pink and yellow ones. They simply show us the Buddha's birthday was approaching. Yes, May 6th is accordingly designated as a national holiday in Korea. 

Continued on our story about a family retreat, this is what it looked like when we're there. 

Despite strong wind that swept across the area, we managed to enjoy the fun. I asked Freya to take a pose although it was windy ...to my surprise..she just posed like that. good, Freya.  

Group picture time.  

oops..it's too far. 

Moms and their daughters. 

with Seoul & Hangang as its backdrop. 

Now, it's mas Khoirul and the kids. 

Semoga ini jadi kenangan yang indah bagi kita semua. 

Family Retreat @ Ttukseom Resort (part 1)

We're having a family retreat for the following reasons:

(1) it's a loooong weekend in Korea.

(2) our friend (mas Khoirul's family) is about to leave Korea in two-week time, so we thought of having a farewell family retreat for them.

(3) we wanted to enjoy the early summer which looks to be so enticingly perfect for a family vacation. 

After putting a tent and preparing some lunch, we let the kids do what they wanted to do. First, bubble time. Bubbles are indeed a great way to let the kids away from their Mom while their Moms busy preparing lunch. ^^ 

More and more families came and joined the retreat. We began our lunch at about 1 pm when most of our friends already came. 

Blue sky, not-that-far location from home, easy-access, good (halal) food, and...a harmony...what more could we ask for? 

For one thing, I should thank to the kids' Moms who prepared all of these. I mean..in part..this kind of retreat would not have been possible, had they not known one another in the first place, right? That's where it all began. They kind of having a regular meeting on which occasion they invite their husbands all along.^^ 

On this day, we met to celebrate the long weekend as well as for the previously mentioned reasons. Oh, did I mention the wind???? Gosh, it's so strong that we got to move the tent!  

Wait, judging from the outfit we wore...was it really summer? well, sort of. It's early summer but boy..the wind was chillingly strong ..so strong that we had to cover our heads.  

This is funny.  Eyra was draped in plastic like this...since I had to fully cover her up and protect her from the strong wind. 

She's like literally being protected from the wind. ^^ㅋㅋㅋ