Dear All
Two weekends full of music to fill you in on!
The first we have pictures of and I'm quite happy to say that the park that we went to is probably the most beautiful place that we've been to in Korea.
This is the area that we stayed in
Fairly ordinary looking to us now!
However the water (below) is not. Near our Apatuh (as they say in Korean) is a river pretending to be a thin trickle of water for every season but the rainy one (coming up in July!).
A dirty brown stream that is nicer from far away actually. This river, however is actually swimmableicous.
The evening we were there (a couple Saturdays ago) I discovered that luckily there was still some Korean cuisine that I hate. (Ryan, in his sickness, actually quite likes it).
The dish that looks a little like compost and glue is called pajong. It's a little like an omelette, with green onions and other veggies in it, and not made entirely with egg, and disgusting. The bowl of mysterious potion-esque yellow liquid is actually called dongdongju, which is yet another type of traditional Korean wine. The red stuff that looks like muscle is actually kimchi and is fairly tasty.
Night was campfire fun filled with camp fire songs.
The next morning bright and early we got ready for an epic voyage to yonder Seoul. Unfortunately buses were in high demand as there was a lack of ... any ... so after phoning helpful koreans we were left with the option of hitch hiking (which is very safe here apparently) or Taxi - The taxi got there first and a crisis was averted.
This is the guys playing in the Seoul subway station ... and moving onto the next round of the competition!!!
That's it for that weekend.
Last weekend was super busy as well with a wedding. The most elaborate wedding I have ever been to. She had TWO wedding dresses (and then the traditional Korean dress - three!), fresh flowers everywhere you looked and a 6 course meal. I'd have to say that the wedding ceremony itself was the longest and most poignant of the three weddings that we have been to so far in Korea. (Still like mine better though). They provided buses to transfer the 600 people 2 hours away to the wedding site. It was unbelieveable.
Unfortunatley we have no picture! Sorry! Ryan also played another show in Seoul with 4 stitches in his second toe. It was fabulous as well.
That's it for now!