Aaaaahhhhhh....

I have just had the most amazing afternoon. Right now, I'm sitting in the PC room of the Dragon Hill Spa. After two unsuccessful tries at finding an authentic Korean jjimjilbang (thanks for nothing, Lonely Planet), I found this one online last night, and Shelly agreed to try it out with me today. First, it was easy to find! Which was good, because just finding the other two, which turned out to be closed, was verry difficult. And it is raining today, so we didn't want to be walking around in the rain looking for this place. But joy!! After a short subway ride, we walked out of the station and found it almost immediately.

And it is sooo nice. It's a 6 floor spa. So first we got our lockers and showered. Then we took our time dipping into sevaral baths. There were different temperatures (warm, hot and COLD!), and different treatments (natural sea water, seaweed, ginseng, etc). Then, we got a body scrub! This is where someone scrubs you with kind of a brillo-pad type thing, and layers of skin come off. It was really nice, actually. Now we're exploring other parts of the spa. There are some cave/dome type places that are really hot - it looks like you're entering an oven. There's a big room where lots of people are watching the Olympics and snacking. There's this PC room. There's a cinema, a rooftop garden and BBQ, and who knows what else. The best part is that it's only about $10 to come here, and you can stay as long as you want. Special things like our body scrubs are additional, but it was at least half what you'd pay in the states.

This has been a great day for a spa, because the last few days here in Seoul have been kind of rough! My legs were so sore from walking, I haven't been sleeping much, and this is just a confusing city! It's so big, and not being able to speak or read Korean is obviously a hinderance. But I feel ready to tackle some nightlife tonight!

After today, I have one more full day here in Seoul, then leave to come back home the next morning. Yeah!!