First we grabbed lunch in town, and then headed to the country where we took a tour of a famous, historical Korean movie set. It was fun to play with all of the props. There's also a cave on site so we walked/crawled through that (some parts had really low ceilings).
After that, we visited Gu-insa, a Buddhist temple. It's a special temple as it's a different sect of Buddhism, and it was cool to see of the differences. We made it back to the city at sundown, to see some parasailers flying above the river. There happened to be an azalea festival in town so we walked around the booths and ended up getting kebabs from some deaf Turkish men. Their faces sure lit up when we came back for seconds! As we were chowing down, we heard fireworks, and were able to take in a great fireworks display. Right after that, we heard some music and wandered onto a nationally televised Korean Concert. Our Korean friend told us that the singers were famous performers. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day!
On Tuesday, H's school had a festival all day. I climbed a 400 meter mountain with the 1st graders (very tiring) and then they enjoyed various games throughout the day. We ended the afternoon with a talent show where one skit made fun of some teachers. I was glad to not have made it on the list, but after that they wanted some teachers to come up and sing. As singing is not my strong suit, I snuck out of the auditorium just in time!
The weather has gotten hot here recently, temps are in the high 70's already. The humidity is already coming on strong and we're not looking forward to the June/July months.
The 2 couples: Dayle (from New Zealand) and his wife Hee-Kyung (from Korea)
Dayle and B joking around on the set of the Korean drama.
At Gu-insa Temple.
Enjoying the fireworks display.
The 2nd & 3rd graders made a giant receiving line for us as we left the school to climb the mt.
Some parts were so steep that we had to pull ourselves up with a rope.
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