My mommy came this weekend! I haven't seen her in soo long, we just had lunch and walked around Insadong; I'm excited to spend more time with her next week.
Sunday we went to a Dragon Hill Spa, a jjimjibang in Yongsan. It is open 24 hours, and entrance is 10 dollars. Then you get a wristband you scan whenever you want to buy food, a massage, etc, and you pay the balance at the end. They had really good patbinsu, but the massages were super expensive so we just spent some time in the massage chairs :) They had a bunch of hot rooms with different properties; we went in a jade "pyramid," and ochre pyramid, and a coal room. The coal room was the hottest; it also looked and smelled like a furnace. After sweating tons, you go in the cold room; there is ice on the walls, and even snowmen in a corner. These rooms are coed, as is the main hall, where everyone just lounges. There were a lot of families here; it is a popular place to relax. You can sleep over; there are even rooms for that. There are also saunas with different baths and showers, as well as an outdoor pool. So nice!
main hall of the jjimjibang