It has been a long week at school. It seems like there is a never ending list of stuff to get done. I'm not sure why, but for some reason I thought that maybe that would go away when I graduated from college. I try not to have to take stuff home to work on on the weekends after spending more than 50 hours at school during the week (Yes, I know that many of you spend more time than that at your jobs), but I think that I have done school stuff every weekend that I have been here. It is hard to find time to study for my Korean class, but I think that I am doing okay.

Yesterday I went on the most amazing hike you could probably go on in Seoul. I have gone hiking with the same person for the last few weekends, but this was the first time it was just the two of us. That actually ended up being pretty good because there was no one to slow us down! We went to Bucansan, which takes about an hour and a half to get to from where I live. The hike up was part hiking, part mountain climbing and part rock climbing. We were on the mountain for about five hours, and the whole thing was breathtaking.

This is Travis and his awesome camera. It is an actual film camera that you don't see anywhere anymore. He takes it everywhere with him and protects it with his life.

This is a guy that we saw hiking up who was going barefoot. It isn't extremely common, but ever once in a while we would someone going up the mountain with no shoes. Ouch.....

There are a lot of people who climb this mountain, and they have been climbing it for a long time. This had to be a softer stone, because people's footprints had actually carved stairs into the side of the mountain.

This is fortress wall on the North side of Seoul. I know that they have walls on the North and South side of the city. I'm not sure if it goes all the way around the sides too. It was pretty amazing to see it stretching up and down the sides of the mountain. It was kind of like seeing a mini Great Wall of China.

We ate lunch on the top of this peak. We actually climbed to the top of that rock that is highest in the middle. There were a lot of people up there, but no one else attempted to climb on top of the giant boulders. The more challenging part was getting down from them. I kind of had to leap off of it. The rock surface that I landed on slanted down towards the cliff, and it took me a few steps to stop my momentum. Travis was sure that I was going to fall off the edge. Some old Korean guy saw and came running over to make sure that Travis didn't make the same jump.

The mountain has several temples on it. This is just one of the many, from far above.

These are just two of the amazing views that I had from the mountain. I got so many breathtaking pictures, but none of them really do justice to the majesty of the mountain.

I have purchased my ticket to come home for Christmas. It was quite a sum of money, but I'm sure that it will be worth it. As much as I love it here, I really can't wait to visit home.

Love you all!