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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