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Sunday, February 21, 2010

EPIK Orientation - Field Trip

Today EPIK origanized a field trip - a chance to get away from the campus and see some of Korea. It was an exhausting but marvelous day. First we drove by bus to Yong-in City (about 1 hour away) to visit the Korean Folk Village. Basically it was a museum with replica houses depicting how Korean's lived in the past. It was very interesting and it felt great to be out in the fresh air. As well as having replica houses they also had stands selling various types of Korean foods and trinkets. All you could smell in the air was fresh wood burning and spices simmering in the teas they were making. At the center of the village they had a sqaure where Korean dancers performed and a man wowed the audience on the tight rope.

After a great lunch we travelled on to the city of Icheon, to the ceramic village, where we were given a presentation on Korean ceramics. We were then taken to a workshop where we got to paint our own ceramics (either a plate or a cup). We were shown how to make a design and how to mix the paints properly. I choose to paint a plate and I am anxious to see how it turned out.

We also visited the Woljeon Museum of Art which was located on the same property as the ceramic center. This was an art museum that was built as memorial to Wolijeon Chang Woo-Soung, who was renowned Korean painter. The museum housed his art along with his collection of other artists that he donated upon his death.

The best part of the day, however, was the dinner. We were taken to a restaurant in Icheon called Taepyeong sungdae Restaaurant, where we got to try authentic Korean food. This restaurtant is renowned for it's rice and we were each given a steaming bowl of white rice. Then there were about 25 different side dishes that you can pick and choose from to mix in with the rice. The dishes range from types of fish, meats, vegetables, spices and sauces. It was unbelievably delicious. Along with the dinner we were given an ample supply of rice wine, which was also very good.

It was an exhausting but fun day!

1 comment:

  1. SOUNDS AMAZING GIRL, WOW YOU ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH WORLD EXPERIENCES UNDER YOUR BELT.

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