Koffee & Kpop

Two of my friends and I went glamping for my birthday. I’ve never been camping, let alone glamping, so I had no idea what to expect.

We took a taxi to the campground, where my friend was already getting settled in. I went into the office and asked in Korean about the reservation my friend made. The worker immediately switched to English and led me out of the office.

After telling us the path was very slippery, he purposely slid a little on the ice for a humorous effect.

We paid a little extra for a camper instead of a tent, and we had ordered firewood. We brought a variety of snacks and food, including bell peppers, zucchini, pork belly, apricot soju, and Cass beer.

I brought my portable speaker so I put on some music while we made our dinner and drank a little. When it started getting dark, my friend started a fire in the fire pit outside, and one of the campground workers came around with a cooler of food for us, which we didn’t know what to do with. We weren’t sure if it came with the reservation, but we had also already eaten, so we ended up leaving it in the fridge the next morning.

I didn’t cook anything, but I volunteered to do the dishes. The soap was diluted and everything was still covered with a thin layer of oil, which was annoying, but I tried my best to clean everything.

While the worker was there, he saw our fire and with amazement asked who had started it. Then he gave us service in the form of a few marshmallows, chocolate covered biscuits, and some long skewers. We had also brought marshmallows, so we toasted marshmallows, drank, and played music.

We felt kind of bad for the campers across from us, because they couldn’t seem to get their fire started. Just when my friend was plucking up the courage to walk over and help them, however, it roared to life.

Because we’re old ladies, we actually went to bed around 10:30. I had brought a board game and my friend brought some decks of cards, but we didn’t end up playing anything; mostly, we just rested and chatted, which was nice.

I had the top bunk and all of the bunks had heating pads underneath, which was very nice for warming up our beds. We had to rearrange some furniture so I could hook up my CPAP machine, but it worked in the end.

I woke up first the next morning, and went for a walk around the campground, taking photos until my phone died. I had forgotten to charge it the night before.

When the other girls woke up, we tidied up, threw away our trash, repacked, and called a taxi to Hoi Polloi Coffee Roasters (formerly known as Groove). I had wanted to go to the cafe since I was on that side of Seoul for a change.

I had lots of fun and would 100% do it again. Maybe next time I’ll be able to stay up a little later, though.