Korean Folk Village

Saturday May, 3rd - We went to the Korean Folk Village nearby in Suwon. So, it was a short drive and easy to get to. We arrived there around 9:30a and got front row parking. It doesn’t seem like the Korean people are morning people which is good for us. The village was very shady and relaxing. The Korean people overall are nice so it was pleasant to be in a place with no bitter Americans that feel they are entitled to everything. Along those same lines the Koreans seemed very considerate which in the case of the US is not always so. (Please, don’t get me wrong I love that God chose to place us in America but America has her own set of issues as a country which is not the same ones Korea has.) While we were walking around we just kept saying what a peaceful experience this is. We could not get over it. They even had places we would see people taking a nap, like a little Korean Folk Village rest stop. We saw three different performances while there. The first one was the Tightrope Walker. He was impressive! Then we saw a horse riding routine and a Tae Kwon Do display. The horse riders were excellent. Andrew and Mark liked petting the horses once the demo was over. The Tae Kwon Do display was extraordinary and also humorous. As we walked around the village it was very striking to see the definite class system that existed. And from what we have read it still exists in part with a modern look to it. We ate at a Korean restaurant for lunch. Andrew was very gutsy and tried a new Korean dish called Acorn Jelly none of us had had before. We were really pleased he tried something new. The dish was different and not any of our favorites (ok - we only ate the lettuce and dried seaweed off the top; we each tasted the main dish part but it was a very strange brownish-gray Jell-O like cubes with an acorn flavor with spicy red chili paste on top). In our minds Jell-O is bright colored and tastes like sugar and artificial fruit flavor. So, it is a good thing he liked my dish! After six hours walking around the village, with Mark missing his nap and a tired Andrew it was time for the drive home. We tried a different way home for a little adventure. It was a little slow but fun to see some new sights and figure out our way around the area we live. This is Joseph’s second favorite place to drive, Italy being his favorite. I’m just feeling very blessed that one of us likes to drive here. What a good thing we both like the exploration though. There are a bunch of pictures on our Shutterfly sight if you want to check them out.