EPIK Field Trip

We work for EPIK (English Program in Korea) and this year the government gave our province money to take all of the teachers on a day trip. 37 of us boarded a bus Wednesday bright and early (7:20am) and headed to the west coast. First we stopped off at a temple that is famous for having a large amount of female monks. At the temple I met another teacher who's teaching near the temple. Her two best friends were visiting her from the States and she was showing them around. It reminded me of when I showed my best friends around Korea!  

Boo-deok-sa Temple

For lunch we were treated to bi-bim-bap (rice with fresh veggies, fried egg, and spicy red pepper sauce). After our meal, we got back on the bus and drove for another hour until we arrived at the Anmyeon-do Flower Festival. The grounds overlook the West Sea, and are covered in colorful flowers. B and I had planned on staying for a short time and then catching a taxi to the local bus terminal so we could head to Seoul for our final accounting class. Once we got to the fest, we learned that the nearest bus terminal was an hour away, and it was going to be a big hassle for us to make it. We ended up calling our classmates and telling them we wouldn't be able to make class...We were able to take in some really great flower exhibits though!

Andy, Rox, Jean, Sarah and I posing with the totums.

"Namdaemun" Gate covered in flowers!

The view from above (The West Sea in the distance).

At 4:30 we boarded the bus for the final time and headed home. We were on a "norae-bus" which is basically a bus equipped with karaoke equipment. Someone started and the rest of us joined in! We sang for the last hour of the trip; what a blast! 

"Song-bus" complete with flat screen tv, disco lights, and 2 mics!

Back in Wonju we finished the night with a tasty meal of "dalk-galbi" sweet/spicy chicken!! We got home at 10pm and pretty much crashed. 

Tomorrow (friday) is Teacher's Day so I have the day off and B has a lighter schedule than usual. We were hoping to have Saturday off from Uni but at the last second we realized we still have to meet with our team to finish up our group project...hopefully Sunday's weather will be nice!