It has been so weird in Seoul with the weather being so topsy-turvy. I am waking up to cold, frosty mornings and I end up being over dressed and sweating in the next few hours. Anyway, fall is here and there's a burst of color in Seoul!
SongPa county in South Seoul had organized a walk for charity and Samsung had promised to donate 1 won for every meter its employees walked. Taking this chance, S had registered for all 4 us for it. I was totally happy to participate as I wanted to finish my goal in my latest app S Health. Every day S Health wants me to take 10,000 steps and I am hardly able to cover half of it :(
Anyway, we took the taxi to Olympic park early on a Saturday, cursing the forecast of rain and clouds on this day. It took a good 15,000 won to reach the park. We at least could see some interesting sights on the way.
![Tallest building in Seoul]( "Tallest building in Seoul") |
| Lotte World Mall will become the tallest building in Seoul when it is completed. But unfortunately it is plunged in controversy because of the cracks on its floors |
![Sculptures on the way to Olympic park]( "Sculptures on the way to Olympic park") |
| So many interesting sculptures on the way to the Olympic park. |
![Olympic park Songpa county charity walk]( "Olympic park Songpa county charity walk") |
| The grand entrance to the Olympic park. |
![Registration for the charity walk]( "Registration for the charity walk") |
| Fun Registration: Indian names are soo huge compared to the three syllabled Korean ones :) |
![Fun programs before the walk]( "Fun programs before the walk") |
| Fun programs before the walk included an energetic display of skipping rope by the boys |
![exercise before the walk]( "exercise before the walk") |
| After watching the enthusiastic kids, we were all asked to do a bit of warm up before the walk. It was fun to exercise with so many people! |
![Walk in the colorful park]( "Walk in the colorful park") |
| The park was looking all pretty in the fall the colors. |
![Fall colors of the Olympic park]( "Fall colors of the Olympic park") |
| Fall colors of the Olympic park |
![We walked close to a brook.]( "We walked close to a brook.") |
| We walked with a lot of people and it made it that much more fun! |
![We walked close to a brook]( "We walked close to a brook") |
| We walked over the bridge |
![Sights of soft reeds]( "Sights of soft reeds") |
| brushing reeds |
![watching the local fauna]( "watching the local fauna") |
| watching the local fauna |
![Walking through the tunnel]( "Walking through the tunnel") |
| Walking through the tunnel |
![Greeted by the volunteers]( "Greeted by the volunteers") |
| Greeted by the volunteers with water |
![Making sure we were on time!]( "Making sure we were on time!") |
| Making sure we were on time! |
![Cheered by some music]( "Cheered by some music") |
| Cheered by some music |
![Until we reached back to the starting point.]( "Until we reached back to the starting point.") |
| After 5km of good sights and chatting without interrupted by gadgets, we reached the starting point again, where we got some souvenirs for the walk. |
I made my 10,000 steps mark and even went to make my own record of 13,000 steps that day! What a fun Saturday!
