Day 2 started with a meeting in the yeogwan we stayed at., where the principal gave a little speech and then said a few words about different teachers, resulting in them standing up and bowing and us all clapping, even though I had no idea what was going on, and most of the Korean teachers looked hungover or half-asleep.
After this we walked to breakfast, on the way a couple of the older male teachers found some big beetles on the ground which they picked up and kept. At breakfast we had some bottles of Korean wine on the table and a bunch of the teachers were drinking that but at that point I wasn't interested in it at all.
From breakfast we got on the bus headed for Jiri-san with the plan to
hike to the top, but once we got there it was so foggy we had to abort
the mission. We had a few group photos in the mist and then we got back
on the bus and headed for some alternate sights.
First was a so-called green tea cultural center, but mostly it was just a river with a couple bridges and we had a quick stroll around the area and then it was back on the bus to the next stop, a market area where we drank Makoli, a traditional Korean wine that tastes somewhat like sour milk, and ate some deep fried fish that was pretty good.
After makoli we went to a little touristy road going up a hill with a bunch of houses and stuff that I guess were once used as a TV drama set. I didn't enjoy this place too much since it was probably 90 degrees out and maybe 100% humidity. Anyways, I was dying of the heat so I ended up sitting under a tree for a while and then we headed back to the bus and went to lunch, where we had almost exactly the same food we had at breakfast, and from there we went home.
A couple interesting notes: The girl who wanted to see me again and all that didn't even talk to me again on the trip and hasn't talked to me again except for about a week later when we ended up walking to school at the same time and she had to. Also, at lunch all the Koreans ate just the fish and the rice, and left most of the soup, kimchi, pork, beef and various other side dishes untouched. There was probably enough food left on the table when we left to feed 2 or 3 more schools if they all ate at the same rate we did.
First was a so-called green tea cultural center, but mostly it was just a river with a couple bridges and we had a quick stroll around the area and then it was back on the bus to the next stop, a market area where we drank Makoli, a traditional Korean wine that tastes somewhat like sour milk, and ate some deep fried fish that was pretty good.
After makoli we went to a little touristy road going up a hill with a bunch of houses and stuff that I guess were once used as a TV drama set. I didn't enjoy this place too much since it was probably 90 degrees out and maybe 100% humidity. Anyways, I was dying of the heat so I ended up sitting under a tree for a while and then we headed back to the bus and went to lunch, where we had almost exactly the same food we had at breakfast, and from there we went home.
A couple interesting notes: The girl who wanted to see me again and all that didn't even talk to me again on the trip and hasn't talked to me again except for about a week later when we ended up walking to school at the same time and she had to. Also, at lunch all the Koreans ate just the fish and the rice, and left most of the soup, kimchi, pork, beef and various other side dishes untouched. There was probably enough food left on the table when we left to feed 2 or 3 more schools if they all ate at the same rate we did.
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