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Our Pension in Jeongseon

10/22/2009

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Some of you may be wondering what a pension is. I like to describe it as a bed and bed and breakfast, without the bed or the breakfast.  Here are a few pictures of our pension...
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Here it is the outside, see it looks like a house, or bed and breakfast....
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The bedroom / living area -
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Our beds!
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We did have a kitchen!
Although I am very thankful for a western toilet, please take note of the shower....see it?  It is right there, to the left side of the photo - look up on the wall to the left side of the mirror, between the mirror and the cabinet -.  Oh yes, that is right it is right there!  Also notice the sink for brushing your teeth and washing your hands?  That's right; it is in the picture above!  The sink is in the KITCHEN! No sink in this bathroom!  Seriously, I'm was just happy to have the toilet!
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Here is our room when our beds are made -
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Isn't this fun?  This is about as close to camping as I like to get, and let me tell you after a night of sleeping on the floor with 6 people in the room you really do feel a bit like you were camping! 

The first thing you need to know when staying in a pension or a hotel in Korea is that you really should bring your own pillows.  Trust me on this one.  They have pillows like sandbags in many places.  The next thing you should know is to pack like you are going camping.  I always take a roll of toilet paper with us, we didn't need it this time, but you never know.  You also want to bring food that your kids will like to eat, because sometimes you just never know.  Our kids love Korean food, but it was nice having breakfast in the room.  The other thing is take some sort of coffee with you.  We take the little instant Korean coffee packets everywhere we go now and this time I actually bought some of those cold Starbucks drinks and stuck them in our cooler this time and I must say, they came in quite handy!  Oh, and you can't forget the napkins.  Korean really have something against napkins and papertowels ~ you can rarely find them, and when you do they are tiny ~ just take your own! I would also suggest bringing handheld video games as well as a portable DVD player, and of course bring some games to play!  If you do all of this you are sure to have a great time!

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The kids playing UNO in the kitchen
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They played UNO for hours...
Don't forget to bring your own cocktails like we did, or you might just get stuck with what they have at the local convenience store, like this "House Wine" that cost all of 2,000 won, it taste 2,000 won good as well...
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We took this picture for my MIL - don't you own this blanket?
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And a few pictures from outside the pension.
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Garlic anyone?
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The kids just wanted us to hurry and take this picture because it stunk amoung the kimchi pots!
Oh, one more thing, the owners of the pension spoke no English, and we speak no Korean.  Thank goodness for our friend that booked for us!   We had a great time here!   Stay tuned for our hike and building of a rock bridge....
4 Comments
Melanie
10/23/2009 12:05:18 am

OMG! That sooo reminds me of where Sheldon and I lived in Korea. Our bathroom had that exact kind of shower. We did have a sink in the bathroom though. Also, we had a faucet that came out of the wall in the kitchen and the counter was a piece of furniture that was taken with you when you moved. Only the faucet sticking out of the wall was left behind. We slept on the yo's the whole time we were there and took them back with us to the states and used them for camping for years until they wore out. Was the pension heated by ondol? We burned coal cylinders that heated the floor.

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Gram
10/23/2009 12:14:23 am

OMG...that is exactly the same blanket that my favorite son-in-law gave me yars ago! Makes you appreciate our modern conveniences, doesn't it?

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kathie
10/23/2009 02:22:53 am

Looks like great fun, except sleeping on the floor! Love the clean look.

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lynn
4/16/2014 12:04:48 am

Hi
Happen to chance upon your blog, and saw the Jeongseon rail bike you took in Korea. It looks very nice. Was wondering if you could share the contact or website of the pension you stayed over at? As I hope to visit the railbike and stay at a pension too.

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