Pleasure Ride

About a month ago, I saw this cool YouTube video on a street food market in Pyeonchang, so when we had some time yesterday before our evening event , we decided to try to find it.  So we took the train to Pyeongchang , found out it's not even really much of a town, and no one knew what I was talking about.  Turns out the market was in Pyeongchang-gun,  which is a totally different place.  3 hours and an infinite number of shuttle buses later, we finally got to eat food.  The good news is that we got to see the absolutely beautiful region during our never-ending sojourn .  We also got to see more of the town called Dallywaygeong or something like that-it's where opening ceremonies and all of the medal ceremonies take place  We realized we had been here the night before to see Shaun White get his medal, followed by beers and fried chicken at a place called Beer Chicken Pub.  I love an accurately named restaurant, don't you?  Their beer is super cheap, but they charge 17,800 won for a platter of 2 kinds of French fries and a baked potato?  What an ideal combo, I know my friends and I often split along the lines that

Biathlon is one of my favorite Olympic events,  and this race did not disappoint!!  An Austrian came out of nowhere to win the bronze, and we got to see a ton of crazy Norwegians celebrating their gold medal!

Speaking of crazy Norwegians,  I saw one with a full painted face go on a tirade about the slow and inefficient concessions  (it is slow and they run out of everything ), then collect what had to be at least 20 beers for his group, carried in a big box. He is my new inspiration and hero, and I have adopted his enthusiastic attitude towards buying LOTS of beer!

We thought Austria House would be a party because of their medal so we returned but it was just before they closed and a little dead, but a friendly group of Austrians befriended us immediately , buying us sounds of Mozart liquer,  which is schnapps with chocolate and it is delicious!

The evening ended in more transportation frustration because the shuttles are not reliable and it is beyond annoying.  Get it together, Korea!

Snowboard Cross was absolutely bananas!!!  We met so many fun people from the US Army and Navy that were such a fun time!  We also met the brother of a Snowboard Cross Olympian that injured her Achilles tendons during her practice runs yesterday.  OUCH!!!  He told us he owned an airplane and a great place to stay if we visited him in Alaska.  Since he was handsome, we obviously believe it's all legit. 

We met up with our favorite set of Olympic going siblings, the McGuirks, at Beer Chicken Pub for a pre-Ski Jump party, and had a fantastic time catching up with them!!  They were able to convince their oldest brother to come to the Games, and he was such an excited participant, especially when he was asked to take multiple pictures with Korean families and kids.  We stood in line for an hour for beer, and we have just come to accept that the Koreans will not get it together, and we will just order 500 beers together. 

Men's Figure Skating tomorrow!!!  Our costumes are AMAZING.