I told you there'd be a part two, but I bet you never thought it would be so quick huh? I'm an unfaithful blogger. Sorry about that.
This blog post is about my second culture trip, this time the one for the Damyang LOE. For those of you who don't know, an LOE is a subdivision of the POE, and my location is Damyang, which is half in Jeonnam and half in Jeonbuk. Let's get to the experience, shall we?
There are only 9 scholars in Jeonnam's Damyang LOE including Me, Saya, Gretchen, Sebastian, Kyle, and Fiona. I only named the people I talk to regularly. Basically no one wanted to go, but I didn't get to cancel so I ended up going with 3 other people (Gretchen and Seb went). It was a day trip on the Sunday after Halloween. I had to be home before 3am on Halloween. The horror. So this trip included us and a few people from the LOE. I'm glad I went though, because it turned out to be a pretty good trip, all things considered.
We had to meet up at the Damyang Education office at 9 am. Gretchen and I went together. It was early and I wasn't happy to be going, so I think I got on her nerves (sorry Gretchen). We got on the bus right when we got there because the building was closed and we couldn't wait inside for another 15 minutes until we left. Graham and the last guy (sorry dude, i will forever forget your name, we don't talk enough) arrived later and we all left around 9:15 (Korean time... I tell you...) to head to Yeosu, which is where the day's events would take place.
I fell asleep on the bus even though the ride was just an hour (I didn't get my 10 hours of sleep) and woke up when we arrived at the first location, which was a temple. Yes, we love temples. They're pretty and the fall foliage was coming into full swing. If you guys want to see some photos, please refer to the photo gallery to the left of this post. Anyways, we walked around the temple and got to see the insides of the temple where people prayed, and there was another lucky toss well. I didn't try that one. But it was okay.
After that, we went to a location to basically take a walk and witness the beauty of Korea in the fall. The scenes made for beautiful pictures.
After the walk, we headed to Yeosu (the city area) to have lunch at a pretty good Italian restaurant. Word to the wise: Korean Italian food is far from authentic. Far. From. Authentic. It's still really good, don't get me wrong. But if you're looking for real Italian food, good luck.
But yeah, after stuffing my face on Italian food, we went to the performance hall to watch a REALLY long play called "The Last Empress." It's basically a play about the events that led up to Japan's occupation of Korea. I would recommend this play to anyone who wants to see a very dramatic retelling. After all, it is a musical. i'm not dismissing the historical accuracy. I'm no historian. Anyway, the play was definitely amazing, and I would recommend it if you can afford it. The musical actors were on point.
But don't rely too much on me, I kept falling asleep because I was so sleepy because I still decided to have a long night on Halloween. But when things got dramatic, I woke right up and I did that enough to follow the story. It was really intense.
After the play, we all headed back to Damyang (we made a pitstop for a snack) and parted ways. And that was my second culture trip in two weeks.
Wait for the updates about concerts and clubs. More juicy stuff.
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