This week we made plans with some other folks to head out to Mt. Apsan to take a little hike up one of the more beautiful mountains in the city. Apsan is located in the south end of Daegu, which is great for us because it is not too far from our apartment. We got up early, had a little breakfast headed out for the subway and then made the trek past Camp Walker (an American Army Base) and then met everyone at the base of the mountain. 
We decided, due to time contraints that it would best to take the cable car part of the way up, so we got our tickets and waited for enough people to fill the car. Within about ten minutes or so, we all piled in the car and headed up the mountain. The view from the car was breath-taking and it was much higher than expected! After our ears popped and we got out of the car, we took a minute to look around at the all the trails and then headed out.The oddest thing about hiking in Korea is that it is so popular that you can see anyone from the seasoned hiker with all the latest North Face or K2 gear to a couple wearing dress clothes and shoes (yes this could mean women in high heels!) to mom's toting small children...
SO I figured if a six year old could do this... how hard could it be?We headed up the trail which at first was pretty easy but as we got nearer to the "peak" it got how can I say it... a little intense! Our hike to the top lasted about a half hour or 45 minutes and the view was spectacular.... you could see all of Daegu (and if it wasn't sooo foggy/smoggy we would have gotten some great pics... sorry) and it looked like a little lego city with all the
rows of apartment buildings!As we headed back down we decided to hit the new breakfast place over by Camp Walker which is run by a friend of our from the baseball league. Excellent idea... the first real "American" breakfast we have had since we got here! (aside from at home... but if you know us at all you know how much we love a good breakfast out!)
So ended another lovely Saturday afternoon... next stop Samsung Lions baseball so stay tuned!
