Mask Dance Fest & 5K

This weekend we were super busy. On Friday night we met our friend Pat and had a nice dinner with him. Then Sat. morn we got up bright and early and headed to the bus station, where we met up with Pat to take off to Andong for the Internatl Mask Dance Festival. We went there last year, and had so much fun. We watched dances from China, Bhutan, Indonesia, Korea, and Russia. It was such a nice festival, and we had a lot of fun. We decided to take the train back to Wonju (the station is close to our place!!) and got home at 10pm!
B and I tried to fall asleep quickly as we were set to do the 5K run in Wonju at 9am. Our co-teacher's husband was nice enough to drive us to the stadium and get us registered. At the last minute, he decided to register as well. This was a big marathon, so were surprised to see that we were the only foreigners. The cameramen capitalized on this and at the start line, they forced us to move up to the front of the pack and pose for pics. Who knows, maybe we'll find ourselves in a local newspaper next week! Mr. Hyun, an avid runner, finished in 24 minutes, and we were 9 minutes behind him at 33 minutes! Hey, last year we clocked in at 34 so we're improving! ha-ha! Next time we'll have to prepare I guess!




Bhutan Dancers








Indonesian Dancers





Russian Dancers

Getting ready for the big race.