We went ice skating on Christmas Eve. It was Dahin's idea and we all thought it would be a great family outing. An ice skating rink has been created for holiday fun at Kwanghwamun in downtown Seoul. We reserved tickets online and it only cost about $1 (1,000 won) per person to skate--including skate rental. The reservation was just for an hour, though, so after one hour you had to leave the rink to make room for more people--and there were lots, and lots, of people. We had invited our nieces Haenee and Jeongeun to go with us, but they arrived late via subway so Ronan, Dahin, and I went ahead while Oliver and Jack waited for the girls to arrive.
Jack, Oliver, and the girls decided they didn't want to skate since time was short (and the three cousins were a bit skiddish about skating), so they stayed outside the rink and snapped photos. Wish we could have all skated together, but think everyone had a good time regardless.
The skate session began with Dahin and Ronan hanging on me. Because I am not so steady in my skates, either, I told Dahin she had to just use the wall and try to skate on her own. The ice was a bit bumpy, so skating was not as easy for her as she remembered it, but she did really well after the first few minutes. Ronan held tight to my hand the whole time and fell about every two seconds. You can tell from the photos below that, despite the falls, he had a really good time. He got tired toward the end of the hour, so Jack took him out of the rink so that Dahin and I could skate the last few rounds together.
Haenee took this great photo of us in Myeongeong. This neighborhood, like Kwanghwamun, was incredibly packed with people. We got stuck in traffic on the way home so arrived home too late to bake the cookies for Santa, although I had pre-made the dough. The kids were good sports though and wrote their letters to Santa and went to bed (although they had threatened to stay up and wait for Santa).
We went ice skating on Christmas Eve. It was Dahin's idea and we all thought it would be a great family outing. An ice skating rink has been created for holiday fun at Kwanghwamun in downtown Seoul. We reserved tickets online and it only cost about $1 (1,000 won) per person to skate--including skate rental. The reservation was just for an hour, though, so after one hour you had to leave the rink to make room for more people--and there were lots, and lots, of people. We had invited our nieces Haenee and Jeongeun to go with us, but they arrived late via subway so Ronan, Dahin, and I went ahead while Oliver and Jack waited for the girls to arrive.
Jack, Oliver, and the girls decided they didn't want to skate since time was short (and the three cousins were a bit skiddish about skating), so they stayed outside the rink and snapped photos. Wish we could have all skated together, but think everyone had a good time regardless.
The skate session began with Dahin and Ronan hanging on me. Because I am not so steady in my skates, either, I told Dahin she had to just use the wall and try to skate on her own. The ice was a bit bumpy, so skating was not as easy for her as she remembered it, but she did really well after the first few minutes. Ronan held tight to my hand the whole time and fell about every two seconds. You can tell from the photos below that, despite the falls, he had a really good time. He got tired toward the end of the hour, so Jack took him out of the rink so that Dahin and I could skate the last few rounds together.
Oliver looks like a little Eskimo in his fur-trimmed coat. Jack and the gang took a lot of great photos of each other and the festivities.
After ice skating, we headed to a Chinese restaurant across the street from the rink. It was so good! The tea hit the spot after skating. We had a great view of the Christmas celebrations on Kwanghwamun from the second floor window. The Christmas music blasting through the air really helped create a Christmas feel.
Leaving the restaurant, we were reminded to be 'head careful.' Hmmm, could be taken so many ways....I know, but sometimes you just have to grant me that fun 'make fun of Konglish time' that I so dearly crave at times. Always makes me smile!
We headed to Myeongdong for an after-dinner ice cream cone at our favorite ice cream dive.
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Happy Christmas, Hilary!
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