Sunday, March 17, 2013
Warm weather
Spring time has finally come to Samcheonpo. The miserable, dreadful cold of winter has finally ended. The weather is actually decent now. One of my friends in Samcheonpo has been here for more than 2 years, so he knows the area quite well. He likes outdoor stuff, hiking, stuff like that. I'm going to start doing more outdoor stuff here, because there is quite a lot. There are a lot of Buddhist temples, historical sites, and mountains to climb. You can even go windsurfing around here. Yesterday (Sunday) we had lunch and ended up going to the bridge park. We walked for a few miles to a small fishing village nearby. It was quite lovely. The scenery was amazing, pictures don't really do it justice. But here are some pictures anyway.
You can rent these for a day and just fish.
You can rent a fishing boat with other people for 15,000/20000 won ($15-$20)
This is at work. i guess the cook knows I like to eat so she gave me that massive bowl of rice. The small bowl is what my coworkers got ha
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Jeonju Wedding
Last Friday was March 1st Day, a national holiday in Korea, so I had the day off. Me and a couple friends, Mike and Jim, planned to go to Seoul. But then Mike tells me that his friends sister is getting married in Jeonju, and asked me if I wanted to go. I wasn't sure, but he ended up convincing me. His friend Sarah ended up coming too. Jim went to Seoul, and we met him Saturday.
Jeonju is the guardian of Korean culture. There is a Hanok village full of traditional architecture, and even the bus stops look Korean. Jeonju is also known for its food, and we planned to eat "at least 2 meals" there. Little did we know our trip would be going to a wedding in between eating and eating some more. Here are some pictures of the Hanok village. Mikes friend showed us around. It was really cool, because he grew up in the town and knew good places. We climbed to the top of a big hill, and he played guitar up there, it was funny. We tried to eat in the area, but everything closed ridiculously early, so we weren't able to. Instead, we ended up going to a barbecue place owned by his friend. It was cool except for the part when a homeless man tried to make friends with us. He kept looking at me and knocking on the window. I just looked away. We told the waiter to tell him to go away, but the waiter came back in and said he knew us. We said no he doesn't know us at all, tell him to go away. So of course, the waiter invites him in. We had to physically take him out. Other than that dinner was good.
Makgeoli, Korean rice wine.
We had to climb a small mountain (large hill?) to get here
That night, we stayed in a love motel. It wasn't great but it's a love motel so...Anyways, the next day, we went to the wedding. It began at noon, and we got there a little early. We were looking for Mike's friend, and he ended up being in the brides room. I didn't want to go in at first, because I thought it was bad luck. But he invited us in, and his sister was sitting on a couch in her dress with people taking pictures with her. We got a picture too, but I don't have a copy (yet). Then the actual wedding started. It was pretty chill. People were talking, kids running around, people going in and out. I have never been to a wedding that loud. When the bride came out, disco lights and cool music played, and a smoke machine announced her entrance. When the cake came out it was like being in a club. Disco lights came on again, and house music accompanied the cake cutting. Really different kind of wedding. After the wedding was the meal. The wedding took place in a big wedding hall, and the food area was huge. It was a buffett, with probably over 75 items. I had all kind of cool stuff. Maybe 6,7,8 plates, I lost count. I was done but then my Korean friend said "please eat more" so I had to. After eating, we went back to the Korean village with our Korean friend and his two friends from Seoul. We ate Poppingzoo, red bean sherbet ice cream. It was surprisingly delicious. Then we went to Seoul but nothing important happened there really.
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Jeonju is the guardian of Korean culture. There is a Hanok village full of traditional architecture, and even the bus stops look Korean. Jeonju is also known for its food, and we planned to eat "at least 2 meals" there. Little did we know our trip would be going to a wedding in between eating and eating some more. Here are some pictures of the Hanok village. Mikes friend showed us around. It was really cool, because he grew up in the town and knew good places. We climbed to the top of a big hill, and he played guitar up there, it was funny. We tried to eat in the area, but everything closed ridiculously early, so we weren't able to. Instead, we ended up going to a barbecue place owned by his friend. It was cool except for the part when a homeless man tried to make friends with us. He kept looking at me and knocking on the window. I just looked away. We told the waiter to tell him to go away, but the waiter came back in and said he knew us. We said no he doesn't know us at all, tell him to go away. So of course, the waiter invites him in. We had to physically take him out. Other than that dinner was good.
That night, we stayed in a love motel. It wasn't great but it's a love motel so...Anyways, the next day, we went to the wedding. It began at noon, and we got there a little early. We were looking for Mike's friend, and he ended up being in the brides room. I didn't want to go in at first, because I thought it was bad luck. But he invited us in, and his sister was sitting on a couch in her dress with people taking pictures with her. We got a picture too, but I don't have a copy (yet). Then the actual wedding started. It was pretty chill. People were talking, kids running around, people going in and out. I have never been to a wedding that loud. When the bride came out, disco lights and cool music played, and a smoke machine announced her entrance. When the cake came out it was like being in a club. Disco lights came on again, and house music accompanied the cake cutting. Really different kind of wedding. After the wedding was the meal. The wedding took place in a big wedding hall, and the food area was huge. It was a buffett, with probably over 75 items. I had all kind of cool stuff. Maybe 6,7,8 plates, I lost count. I was done but then my Korean friend said "please eat more" so I had to. After eating, we went back to the Korean village with our Korean friend and his two friends from Seoul. We ate Poppingzoo, red bean sherbet ice cream. It was surprisingly delicious. Then we went to Seoul but nothing important happened there really.
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