Orientation - Field Trip to Jeonju
After a few days full of classes at orientation, we got the chance to go on a field trip to Jeonju. After giving us a few hours to roam and have free time, they had all sorts of cultural experiences planned for us. This included seeing the first church ever built in Korea, learning the basics of playing the traditional Korean drum, making paper fans and getting our first taste (at least for me) of Korean made bibimbap!
On our way hiking back down the hill, we got a great view of the city that gave us more perspective. Jeonju is large, but we were only in the old and traditional part of it that all the tourist go to. In the distance, you can see the more modern constructions.
After the group picture we walked to a nearby restaurant that catered to the entire orientation crowd for lunch (spread out at different points during the day to be more manageable though - there were 6 classes with about 50 people in each). We ate bibimbap! This is a very typical Korean food were there are all sorts of veggies, leaves, dried meat, egg mixed with rice in a red pepper paste. At this point in time, I was no where near prepared for how spicy Korean food normally is and I actually wasn't able to finish my lunch. However, it was a great first experience!
After our drum lesson, we went to a different building where we spent the next hour making our own paper fans! It was a simple process, but involved a lot of glue and got a little messy. I finished first out of anyone at my table, so I decided to take a few of the extra paper pieces and make a design on mine. The instructor loved my creativity, and after a few other people noticed it, everyone started copying me.
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