This month was a trying one in many ways and September has somewhat exhausted me, luckily this month is ending with a nice, long five day weekend. Chuseok, the Korean Thanksgiving, is here with gifts of Spam and tuna to boot.
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| Koreans generally give 'practical' gifts such as toothpaste and soaps. For the big family holiday, gift sets are given such as the ones above with Spam, tuna, cooking oil and/or sweets. |
Traditionally the holiday is celebrated with family and lots and lots of food. People put up with hours of traffic to go back to their hometowns. As was cited somewhere on the net, apparently 75% of Koreans drive south from Seoul during this holiday and three hour journeys have been quoted to take more than eight or nine.
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| Chuseok congestion: one side going out of Seoul and the other going into it. |
That's why my colleagues suggested that DH and I stay in Seoul. Apparantly, this city gets pretty empty (although I think I'll have to see it to believe it). Tomorrow we'll hike another trail at Bukhansan, Sunday attempt to go to Nami Island (third time's a charm) and Monday hit up Everland, with their generous discount for foreigners (tickets only 23,000 compared to the normal 40,000).
For all those celebrating Chuseok this weekend, enjoy a much deserved break.
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