Dragon Valley (Yongpyong-Day 5)

8 December 2009: We woke up rather late despite sleeping on the hard floor. After a healthful breakfast of sausages and eggs fried with water, bread, milk for the boys and for coffee Jimmy and me, we made our way up to Dragon Peak via cable car. The view was picturesque and breathtakingly beautiful.. and now I understand why mountains are usually depicted like this in Chinese paintings.. Although Jared and Justin are not particularly fond of heights...

We had a second attempt at making a snowman but unfortunately, it didn't turn out any taller than the little one we made yesterday. So we had a snow fight instead.. which turned out to be great fun and exercise for the whole family!

After lunching on bulgogi and chicken burgers, cheese sticks, shrimp croquettes and deep fried calamari rings at Lotteria (the Korean equivalent of McDonald's or Burger King).. we decided to have a go at skiing. We took FOREVER to get correct-sized rental boots and skis.. strap them on.. and get on the slopes. If my memory serves me correctly, this was only very slightly better than the last time I skied at Lake Mountain in Australia.. with fewer falls??! Then again, maybe I didn't move all that much either.. ha ha ha! But Justin and Jared did rather well as first-time skiers and certainly had fun! Jared even said he was ready for the 'advance' slope the next time around?!! He is really pushing the limits...


And check out Justin's finally flattened hair! Ha ha.. we call it the 'beanie' look. We took a pleasant stroll around the resort in the evening and took in the surreal sight of snow-covered grass, trees and roof tops, before heading back for dinner and some ZZZzzzz...