Thursday, March 1, 2007

Peace of nature and exotic treatments…

Today was dedicated to the family and we all woke up at 5AM to start our journey to the middle part of Korean peninsula. We visited a nature park in an old traditional village in the Korean countryside. It was interesting to see different Korea than just the busy Seoul that never sleeps. I saw where the rice and ginseng grows as well as old houses made from mud. We visited a Buddha temple in the middle of the mountains, which was a beautiful scenery. After the culture part we headed to a spa resort (like Ikaalisten kylpylä in Finland) and spent several hours there. Again, I was enjoying the sauna and different pools. (However, most of the time I spent in the kid’s pool playing water games with Tommy and Annie.)

You know how there are an endless amount of different beauty treatments: you can have a milk bath, a chocolate mask and what not. Well, today I tried the weirdest beauty session ever. It was called Dr. Fish (“dokto pishii”) and the idea was to go to a small pool full of fish. Then the fishes started to eat and bite your feet, which was supposed to be healthy and make your feet soft and beautiful. I wonder if you can try that at home as well…

5 comments:

Jaakko said...

Okej, mä en kyl olis menny kalojen syötäväks;) Mut oli varmaan mielenkiintoista...

Unknown said...

Great to see how you adapt to life in Korea. I'm not going to Korea after all, unfortunately but I wont be that far away either. I'll be going to Shanghai soon so if you feel like dropping by you know how to reach me. btw: I have a Korean friend in Seoul just in case you want to have an inital contact, she's well traveled in Europe so she'd be able to help you out there - just in case. Take care and enjoy your time! Remy (now in Rotterdam)

Ms. Independence said...

hi

so nice to find you on facebook. life is so unpredictable. a european lives in asia while an asian travels to north america! to be fair, are we scheduling a reunion in africa? :-)
have a nice day~

-peltzi said...

Hi Johanna! And greetings from Taiwan! Put some pictures on your blog so that we can see how does it look like over there!

-Antti

Unknown said...

Hehee, kai kokeilit samanlaista kuvaposeerausta pohjois-korean sotilaiden kanssa kuin taannoin Silliksellä? ;-)

Vesa